Lake St. protester freed, pleads not guilty to assaulting federal agents

A woman charged with attacking law enforcement during a protest in Minneapolis pleaded not guilty at a brief hearing Thursday morning before a judge released her from the Sherburne County Jail.

Isabel Lopez, 27, was among a group of about 100 people who protested what they thought was an immigration raid at a restaurant on June 3.

Federal agents, including some from ICE and some wearing masks, arrived at Lake St. and Bloomington Ave. in armored vehicles. Authorities said later that the agents were executing a search warrant at Taqueria y Birrieria las Cuatro Milpas as part of a narcotics investigation and that the raid was not related to immigration.

Lopez allegedly kicked and threw a softball at officers. The FBI says she later punched an agent who came to arrest her on Monday…

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