A jury handed down guilty verdicts on Wednesday for two protesters who were accused of assaulting federal officers during Border Patrol operations in Charlotte in November 2025.

William Stanley and Heather Morrow disrupted federal workers and ignored orders, prosecutors said.

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Morrow was found guilty of obstructing law enforcement, impeding, failure to comply and simple assault.

Stanley was found guilty of impeding, failure to comply, and simple assault. He was found not guilty of simple assault.

Both defense teams argued that the entryway and parking lot are open to the public.

The jury deliberated for several hours before coming to a decision.

The verdict is a hard blow to the people who have come to support the two.

The argument in court hinged on one idea: When and where can people voice their opposition to federal policies?

According to federal prosecutors, Murrow and Stanley should have left the Department of Homeland Security facility in south Charlotte when officers commanded them to do so.

Someone captured video of their arrest in November 2025 during a controversial immigration operation in Charlotte.

An officer was seen grabbing Stanley as Murrow touched the officer, and prosecutors said that touch was assault.

Defense attorneys argued Murrow and Stanley were not on federal property and were not impeding officers.

"It's bigger than these two defendants," said Julie Crandell, Indivisible Lake Norman. "It's bigger than what we're doing here. This is about who we are as a country. These two people were heroes. They were standing up for the most vulnerable."

During closing arguments, one of the prosecutors said, "You have a right in this country to protest, but law enforcement has a right to do their job."

These are misdemeanor charges, which means the guilty verdict may not result in time behind bars.

Channel 9 has reported on several arrests made by ICE agents during Operation Charlotte's Web. The Department of Homeland Security initially said officers detained 370 people. In December, the agency increased the total to 425.

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