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Sam Levin in Los Angeles, with photographs by Mark Abramson

LA protester charged with assaulting officer says he was the one attacked: ‘I thought I was going to die’

Man in black long-sleeved shirt and jeans holds little girl in dress, who kisses him.
Jose Manuel Mojica with his daughter at home in the Los Angeles area following his arrest, on Wednesday. Photograph: Mark Abramson/Guardian

A Los Angeles protester charged with assaulting a federal officer at a recent demonstration against immigration raids says he himself was brutally attacked by law enforcement and is strongly rejecting prosecutors’ allegations.

Jose Manuel Mojica, a 30-year-old born in LA, spoke to the Guardian on Wednesday at his apartment, two days after he was released from jail and charged with a federal crime carrying up to eight years in prison.

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