CHULA VISTA (KUSI) – Two men who pleaded guilty to attacking participants at a Black Lives Matter protest in Imperial Beach last summer and punching a Black journalist covering the event were sentenced today to probation terms.
Jeffrey Brooks, 39, and Henry Brooks Jr., 33, both admitted hate crime allegations in connection with the June 7 attacks on Marcus Boyd and a group of protesters.
Prosecutors accused the men of “verbally and physically antagonizing” participants in the march at the Imperial Beach Pier Plaza.
Henry Brooks Jr. threw eggs at the demonstrators and the older defendant sucker-punched Boyd in the head as he was recording the protest, causing him to fall backward and hit his head on the ground, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.
CHULA VISTA
Two men who pleaded guilty to attacking participants at a Black Lives Matter protest in Imperial Beach last summer and punching a Black journalist covering the event were placed on probation Monday.
Jeffrey Brook, 39, and Henry Brooks Jr., 33, both admitted hate-crime allegations in connection with the June 7 attacks on Marcus Boyd and a group of protesters. Brook is sometimes identified as Brooks in documents.
Prosecutors accused the men of “verbally and physically antagonizing” participants in the march at the Imperial Beach Pier Plaza.
Brooks threw eggs at the demonstrators and Brook, the older defendant, sucker-punched Boyd in the head as he was recording the protest, causing him to fall backward and hit his head on the ground, according to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.
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Two men who pleaded guilty to attacking participants at a Black Lives Matter protest in Imperial Beach last summer and punching a Black journalist covering the event were sentenced today to probation terms.
Jeffrey Brooks, 39, and Henry Brooks Jr., 33, both admitted hate crime allegations in connection with the June 7 attacks on Marcus Boyd and a group of protesters.
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Prosecutors accused the men of verbally and physically antagonizing participants in the march at the Imperial Beach Pier Plaza.
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