"After Brayan Ramos-Brito was arrested for being assaulted by a Border Patrol officer, after he was held in pretrial detention for a week based on several claims that DOJ later admitted were lies (including that he said he was going to grab guns and shoot the agents, when he actually said he was going to fuck up the border patrol agents), after the initial felony assault charge was dismissed and then charged as a misdemeanor (first on something inaccurately called an indictment, and only later as an Information), and after getting several adverse rulings on motions in limine, Ramos-Brito was acquitted on Wednesday."
"U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino - the brash agent who led a phalanx of military personnel into MacArthur Park this summer - was called as a witness Wednesday in a federal misdemeanor assault case against Brayan Ramos-Brito, who was accused of striking a federal agent. Bovino, who flew in to testify from Chicago, the latest city targeted for an immigration enforcement surge, said he witnessed the alleged assault committed by Ramos-Brito in Paramount on June 7."
"On a cross-examination, federal public defender Cuauhtemoc Ortega questioned Bovino about being the subject of a misconduct investigation a few years ago and receiving a reprimand for referring to undocumented immigrants as "scum, filth and trash." Bovino said he was referring to "a specific criminal illegal alien" - a Hondur"
Brayan Ramos-Brito was arrested and held in pretrial detention for a week on claims the DOJ later admitted were false. Prosecutors initially pursued a felony assault charge that was dismissed and later filed as a misdemeanor, after other procedural irregularities. Ramos-Brito faced adverse pretrial rulings but was acquitted when the government presented no video showing the alleged assault. U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino flew in to testify that he witnessed the incident. Bovino faced cross-examination about past misconduct and prior derogatory comments about undocumented immigrants, undermining his credibility.
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