Even when these cases resolve in the defendant’s favor—especially when they do—they are gross abuses of prosecutorial and arrest power. They violently abducted someone, even if in the form of a lawful arrest, and the abduction was the punishment.
Kyle GriffinNEW via Politico: The Trump Justice Department has moved to drop its final charge against a California labor leader who protested immigration enforcement — the latest setback for the Trump administration's efforts to punish people who resist its deportation agenda.