LA attorney to anti-ICE protesters: We're coming for you

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Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced new charges on June 17 against the anti-immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) protesters in the city and warned others involved in violence that the authorities were coming after them.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Spanish at the end, a statement in Spanish, and then you can ask a question of Mario Ramirez.

00:06We are here to announce additional charges beyond the ones that we presented at our original press conference.

00:13In announcing these charges, I want to be crystal clear as I am at every one of these conferences.

00:19Charges are not evidence.

00:21Every defendant we're going to be discussing is presumed innocent until and unless proven

00:27by legally admissible evidence beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

00:32These are people for whom the protest was a cover.

00:36They weren't interested in protesting.

00:38They weren't interested in joining the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people.

00:43They wanted to legitimately voice their concerns about what's going on in society.

00:49This smaller group, which numbers probably in the hundreds, not even in the thousands,

00:54this group wanted to commit crimes.

00:57They looked at the protests as a cover, an opportunity to go ahead and ply their illegal

01:04trade and commit a whole variety of crimes that in many ways has done a huge disservice

01:11to the legitimate protesters out there.

01:14We have promised you that the charges are coming.

01:19And for anybody who's committed these crimes who wasn't arrested at that moment in time,

01:23we have told those folks that we are coming for you.

01:27We are united in our efforts to ensure that individuals that choose to cause violence and

01:32destruction in our communities are held accountable.

01:35And you've seen us do that over the last week.

01:38And we're here today to continue doing that and to announce more charges.

01:42As the District Attorney said, you have an absolute right to peacefully protest.

01:51You have no right to destroy property or to engage in acts of violence, especially at our

01:56law enforcement officers.

01:58Since June 6, 2025, my office, working with federal and state partners, have charged more

02:03than 20 individuals with federal crimes for engaging in violent conduct, obstructing enforcement

02:09operations, or supporting acts of violence.

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