LOS ANGELES (CNS) – An East Los Angeles man pleaded not guilty today to handing out protective face shields to protesters last month during an anti-ICE demonstration.
Alejandro Theodoro Orellana, 29, a member of the Boyle Heights-based community organization Centro CSO, faces federal charges of conspiracy and aiding and abetting civil disorder, court records show.
According to the indictment, Orellana and at least two others drove around downtown LA in a pickup truck distributing Uvex Bionic face shields and other items to a crowd engaged in a protest near the federal building on Los Angeles Street on June 9. The face shields are designed to protect from chemical splashes and flying debris…