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Trials upon trials

Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge dive deeper into the Spokane 3 trial, its jury verdicts, and more.

Trials upon trials

On this week’s episode, Erin Sellers and Aaron Hedge went on the air to dive deeper into the Spokane 3 trial, the jury verdict, and the implications of the trial on free speech and protesting.

The “Spokane 3” – Jac Archer, Justice Forral and Bajun Mavalwalla II – were charged by the federal government with conspiracy to impede a federal officer by using threats, force or intimidation to stop ICE agents from discharging their duties.

The alleged conspiracy charges come from last year’s June 11th protest, where people in the community tried to stop ICE from taking two detained young men – who were in the US legally – to the ICE detention facility in Tacoma.

The trial began on Monday, May 18th and ended on Thursday, May 28th, where a predominantly white jury consisting mostly of people who don’t live in Spokane gave all three individuals guilty verdicts.

However, this legal process is expected to last longer, as all three individuals filed Rule 29 motions in hopes of acquittal.

They also talked about the jury trial for a Salvadoran man accused of assaulting an ICE officer during an arrest last summer in East Wenatchee.

Find the stories they talked about (in order) below:

The Trial of the Spokane 3: ‘The entire weight of the United States government’
The guilty verdict for three Spokane protesters and what’s next in their case.
RANGE MediaErin Sellers
A shocked city reckons with guilty verdict of Spokane 3
Activists, community members, officials and onlookers were horrified about the First Amendment implications of the convictions. But they vowed to keep fighting.
RANGE MediaAaron Hedge
Tried for a second time
The jury trial for a Salvadoran man accused of assaulting an ICE officer during an arrest last summer in East Wenatchee begins again after a mistrial.
RANGE MediaDaisy Zavala Magaña

Find RANGE's full coverage on the protests and federal trials here:

Spokane Protests – RANGE Media
On June 11, 2025, protesters attempted to stop Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) from taking two detained young men who were in the US legally to the ICE detention facility in Tacoma. We reported from the ground for nearly twelve hours as federal agents shoved protesters and the media and threatened federal charges against Spokanites […]
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