CSU Professor Acquitted of Assaulting U.S. Agents During Immigration Protest

Knut Johnson, Partner at Singleton Schreiber LLP, was featured in an article in the Los Angeles Times titled “CSU Professor Acquitted of Assaulting U.S. Agents During Immigration Protest,” published on April 10, 2026.

Johnson represented Jonathan Caravello in a federal case involving allegations of assault on a federal officer during a protest tied to an immigration raid in Southern California.

The case centered on whether Caravello’s act of removing and throwing a tear gas canister away from a crowd constituted assault with a deadly or dangerous weapon. A federal jury ultimately found him not guilty, raising broader legal questions surrounding protest activity, use of force by federal agents, and prosecutorial discretion in politically sensitive cases.

“This case should never have been filed. He never should have been dragged through this.”