The U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss charges against a Los Angeles man arrested by the FBI for allegedly giving face shields to Immigration and Customs Enforcement protesters.
Federal agents arrested Alejandro Theodoro Orellana on June 12 during an early morning raid in East L.A. Following the arrest, Akil Davis, assistant director in charge of the FBI field office in LA, said, “Alejandro was providing masks and face shields to violent rioters.”
U.S Attorney Bill Essayli used Orellana’s arrest as an example of efforts to arrest and identify people involved in “organizing and/or supporting civil disorder in Los Angeles,” in a post to X on June 12…