Protester charged with battery after March pro-Trump rally in Huntington Beach
A 20-year-old protester is facing battery charges in connection with an altercation during a March 25 rally in Huntington Beach supporting President Trump.
The Orange County district attorney’s office Thursday filed two misdemeanor charges against Jessica Aguilar of Sacramento, who authorities say protested at the Make America Great Again march at Bolsa Chica State Beach.
Some of the approximately 2,000 marchers and 30 protesters clashed during the event. One protester was punched and kicked by marchers after dousing someone with pepper spray.
Prosecutors allege Aguilar punched a man on the face and slapped another man twice. State parks officers took her into custody on suspicion of assault, authorities said.
Aguilar is expected to be arraigned June 20 in Orange County Superior Court in Westminster.
If convicted, she could face a year in jail.
The district attorney’s office rejected four other requests for charges against people who attended the gathering because prosecutors didn’t think they could prove beyond a reasonable doubt who started the altercations, according to a news release.
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