Swartz Trial Protest with Craig Smith

A U.S. District Court Jury found a border agent not guilty of involuntary manslaughter Wednesday, leading to protest in front of the Tucson Federal Courthouse late Wednesday, Nov. 21. The verdict came down in the noon hour in the retrial of Border Patrol Agent Lonnie Swartz, who was accused of killing a Mexican teen in a cross-border shooting. The three-hour protest began around 4:30 p.m. and led to police shutting down the intersection at Granada Avenue and Congress Street due to traffic concerns.  Per TPD, the protest was peaceful, had about a hundred participants and the department made no arrests.