"A man was sentenced four years in federal prison Friday after he admitted to lighting a Molotov cocktail and throwing it at Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies during a protest last year against immigration raids. Emiliano Garduño Gálvez, 23, pleaded guilty in October to one count each of possessing an unregistered destructive device and obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder."
"According to the U.S. attorney's office, the group threw objects like rocks and cinder block chunks at federal and local law enforcement officers, and set off fireworks. Authorities declared the protest an unlawful assembly. The U.S. attorney's office said Gálvez was hiding behind a stone wall when he lit and threw a Molotov cocktail toward sheriff's deputies, who were engaging in crowd control. The incendiary device landed in a grassy area near a protester's foot, about 15 feet from sheriff's deputies."
Emiliano Garduño Gálvez, 23, received a four-year federal prison sentence after pleading guilty to possessing an unregistered destructive device and obstructing law enforcement during a civil disorder. Federal authorities said he entered the U.S. from Mexico more than a decade ago and remained beyond the time permitted on his visa. During a June protest near a Home Depot in Paramount, protesters threw rocks and cinder blocks and set off fireworks while law enforcement engaged the crowd. Gálvez lit and threw a Molotov cocktail from behind a stone wall; the device landed in grass near a protester's foot about 15 feet from deputies and he fled. Federal prosecutors had sought a longer sentence, and video appears to show the flaming wick separated from the bottle after it was thrown.
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