Orange County DA Whitewashed Neo-Nazi in Assault Trial from 2017 Trump MAGA Rally
When twice slapped in the face by 5-foot-4-inch college student Jessica Aguilar during a clash between white supremacists and anti-fascists at a March 2017 pro-Donald Trump rally in Huntington Beach, neo-Nazi antagonizer Tyler Laube laughed it off as inconsequential.
But to Deputy District Attorney Laila Nikaien, the slaps warranted arrest, prosecution, consumption of public resources for more than two years, 25 court appearances and the chance to put Aguilar, a member of Antifa, in jail for a year, while giving Laube another opportunity to laugh.
Though the neo-Nazis committed the most brutal acts of violence during the rally, including Laubes unprovoked pummeling of then-OC Weekly intern Frank John Tristan, local prosecutors decided to pursue charges against only one person: Aguilar, a Latina.
You might think Orange Countys government officials would go out of their way to prove they arent aligned with white supremacists, especially given shifting demographics decidedly moving the areas voting habits away from the neanderthal extremists who dominated much of our history. But outbursts stemming from an ugly past continue to emerge. Were home to white students openly celebrating Nazism, donning blackface to degrade African Americans and, long before Trumps rise, wearing costumes belittling Latinos as inferior.
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