New Mexico man Ryan Martinez pleaded no contest to aggravated battery and assault for shooting Native American activist Jacob Johns during statue reinstallation protests and faces four years in prison.
Ryan Martinez, a New Mexico man, has pleaded no contest to aggravated battery and aggravated assault for shooting Native American activist Jacob Johns during protests against the reinstallation of a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate. He will serve four years in state prison as part of a plea deal, which originally included attempted murder charges. Johns views the shooting as racially motivated, while Martinez claims self-defense.
October 07, 2024
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