Prosecutors this week dismissed a felony assault charge against a Portland woman who was set to challenge the allegation with video that caught her brushing aside a federal officer’s arm outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in October.

Lucy Caroline Shepherd, 28, was arrested Oct. 31 after officers emerged from the ICE compound about 9:50 p.m. and started to push back people gathered in front and to the side of the driveway.

Shepherd, 28, dressed in black and wearing a helmet, had moved backward and was holding up her cellphone as she stood in the street when a Federal Bureau of Prison officer pushed people back with his right arm outstretched, video footage shows.

When Shepherd told him not to touch her and used her left hand to knock his right arm away, he t

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