White Supremacist Who Punched Weekly Reporter Gets Case Dismissed

Tyler Laube faced the prospects of serving five years in prison after entering a guilty plea in November to a federal conspiracy to riot charge. The Redondo Beach man admitted to associating with the Rise Above Movement, a neo-Nazi group that debuted at a Mar. 25, 2017 #MAGA march-turned-melee in Huntington Beach. That’s where footage of the violence that broke out showed Laube throwing a trio of punches at Frank John Tristan, a Weekly reporter covering the rally.

Read more on my latest OC Weekly Navel Gazing Blog post:

https://ocweekly.com/white-supremacist-who-punched-weekly-reporter-gets-case-dismissed/