A federal appeals court in Pasadena reinstated arson charges Thursday against two Southern California men accused of torching a Santa Monica police car during a George Floyd protest in 2020.
Nathan Wilson and Christopher Beasley were charged four years ago in Los Angeles federal court after they attended a protest gathering in Santa Monica on May 31, 2020, where they were allegedly recorded setting a police car on fire and posted the video on social media, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Beasley was identified from the video, but Wilson, who was wearing sunglasses and an American flag bandana over his face, was named months later after he was pictured on a wanted poster, prosecutors said.
Wilson, 32, of Irvine, and Beasley, 36, of Los Angeles allegedly set fire to the police car as the city was filled with demonstrators marching to protest Floyd’s in-custody Memorial Day 2020 death in Minneapolis.
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear a sit-in protest for the killing of George Floyd on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Firefighters work on an arson fire Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Sake House by Hikari near Santa Monica Boulevard and Fourth Street in Santa Monica during a day of civil unrest. A West Hills 19-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of setting the fire. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
An arson fire burns Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Sake House by Hikari near Santa Monica Boulevard and Fourth Street in Santa Monica during a day of civil unrest. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Firefighters work on an arson fire Sunday, May 31, 2020, at Sake House by Hikari near Santa Monica Boulevard and Fourth Street in Santa Monica during a day of civil unrest. A West Hills 19-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of setting the fire. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police arrest looting suspects in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
A Sheriff’s Department squad clears the downtown business district to enforce a county-wide curfew in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
A Sheriff’s Department squad clears the downtown business district to enforce a county-wide curfew in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
A Sheriff’s Department squad clears the downtown business district to enforce a county-wide curfew in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
A Good Samaritan citizen puts out a fire set ablaze by rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
A Sheriff’s Department squad clears the downtown business district to enforce a county-wide curfew in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
The fire department puts out an arson blaze in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police arrest looting suspects in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police arrest looting suspects in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police arrest looting suspects in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police arrest looting suspects in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police arrest looting suspects in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police arrest looting suspects in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police arrest looting suspects in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Police attempt to clear the business district of protesters marching for George Floyd in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
Wide-spread looting occurs in stores off Broadway as police attempt to clear the business district of protesters and rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer)
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