Meet Bajun Mavalwalla, Veteran Convicted for ICE Protest in Unprecedented Use of Conspiracy Charges

Meet Bajun Mavalwalla, Veteran Convicted for ICE Protest in Unprecedented Use of Conspiracy Charges

A federal jury last week convicted three people on felony conspiracy charges over their involvement in an anti-ICE protest in Spokane, Washington, last June. The “Spokane Three” are awaiting sentencing and face up to six years in prison for conspiracy to impede or injure ICE officers. They had attempted to block the transfer of a group of detained immigrants by sitting in front of a bus. Six of the nine protesters originally charged took plea de…

3 ICE Protesters Convicted on Federal Conspiracy Charges

A federal jury in Washington state found three protesters guilty of conspiracy charges for their role in a blockade that prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers from transferring two detained illegal immigrants out of Spokane last June. The verdict, handed down Thursday after a trial lasting nearly two weeks, marks a firm legal answer to a question the left has dodged for years: whether physically obstructing federal law enforceme…