Assault charge dismissed against ICE protester after video shows no attack on officer in Portland

Prosecutors this week dismissed a felony assault charge against a Portland woman who was set to challenge the allegation with video that caught her brushing aside a federal officer’s arm outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in October.

Lucy Caroline Shepherd, 28, was arrested Oct. 31 after officers emerged from the ICE compound about 9:50 p.m. and started to push back people gathered in front and to the side of the driveway.

Shepherd, 28, dressed in black and wearing a helmet, had moved backward and was holding up her cellphone as she stood in the street when a Federal Bureau of Prison officer pushed people back with his right arm outstretched, video footage shows…

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