Overview

• Jurors deliberated for about an hour after a two-day federal trial in Los Angeles before returning a not guilty verdict.
• The case arose from a June 7 protest outside the Homeland Security Investigations office in Paramount, first charged as a felony then reduced to a misdemeanor.
• Video evidence shown in court captured a Border Patrol agent shoving Ramos-Brito, while other angles did not clearly show him striking the officer.
• Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino testified he saw an open‑palm strike and faced cross-examination over a prior reprimand for derogatory language.
• More than 40 protest-related federal cases were filed this summer, with prosecutors dropping charges against Jose Mojica in a related incident and citing several recent misdemeanor plea deals.