Overview

• Jurors returned a not-guilty verdict after about an hour of deliberation at the end of a two-day federal trial.
• Brayan Ramos-Brito was tried on a misdemeanor charge stemming from a June 7 protest in Paramount after prosecutors reduced an initial felony count.
• Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino testified he saw Ramos-Brito strike an agent, but videos showed an agent shoving Ramos-Brito and did not clearly capture an assault.
• The U.S. Attorney's Office declined to comment on the verdict and said it has secured several misdemeanor guilty pleas in related cases.
• Prosecutors have filed more than 40 protest-related cases in the region, and earlier felony charges against fellow protester Jose Mojica were dropped after video contradicted an agent's report as Border Patrol moved to equip more agents with body cameras in Los Angeles.