Labor, student and grassroots community groups gathered outside of the Los Angeles City Attorney’s downtown office this morning to demand that political protestors not be jailed for their nonviolent civil disobedience. Last year, a coalition of students and community groups held civil disobedience rallies to call for passage of the federal Dream Act on behalf of undocumented students. The actions also opposed an anti-immigrant Arizona bill and urged an end to federal immigration raids. Last month, City Attorney Carmen Trutanich filed criminal charges against several activists for blocking traffic for up to five hours. They face up to a year in jail.Pacifica’s Ernesto Arce files this report from Los Angeles.