Poet’s Federal Trial Set For February, Community Continues Support

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Responding to the defense's motions to dismiss the charges, an 11-page report and recommendation signed by U.S. Magistrate Judge Dulce J. Foster was filed on Nov. 25, 2025.

The report recommends denying both of Lopez’s motions to dismiss, read it here: media.unicornriot.ninja/wp-content/u...

Isa Lopez is represented by defense attorney Jordan Kushner, who’s submitted two motions to dismiss charges brought against Lopez — one for failure to state an offense and another motion to dismiss as unconstitutional — saying the charges violated Lopez’s freedom of speech.

“They take out a lot of people that look like me and they put them in cages,” Isa Lopez said, “whether it be prisons, whether it be detention centers. It is the limiting of life. It’s the fact that we do not have the permission to grow. And that is a violation to life itself.”

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Many events and protests have been held with community demands that the U.S. Attorney drop the federal felony charges on Isa Lopez. One of those events occurred during the morning of September 29, 2025, in front of the federal courthouse.

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Since the arrest and charges, Lopez has been the recipient of waves of community support. A total of 1,700 people have signed a change.org petition calling for Isa’s charges to be dropped as of Nov. 28.

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A few days after the raid, federal agents arrested Isa following an interview with press in downtown St. Paul and charged her with another assault for allegedly hitting a federal agent during the arrest.

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Isa Lopez was charged with two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of obstruction during a civil disorder after she responded along with 200 other community members to a contentious federal raid on Lake St. on June 3, 2025.

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Before Judge Tunheim on Feb. 2, a jury made up of Minnesotans from around the state will try Isa Lopez’s 4-felony case stemming from allegedly assaulting officers during a federal raid in Minneapolis.

On Tuesday a magistrate judge recommended the denial of all of Lopez’s motions to dismiss charges.

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