Prosecutors last week dismissed all charges filed against a 37-year-old Eugene man arrested during an April 29 protest at the Eugene Federal Building as workers put up temporary fencing.

Video posted by Lookout Eugene-Springfield of Eugene police officers arresting Christopher Henry Bennett showed him and others walking in a crosswalk on Pearl Street at Sixth Avenue toward a group of officers.

“The state of the evidence is such that a material element of the crime cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt,” prosecutors with the Lane County District Attorney’s Office said in a June 30 court filing.

With no obvious provocation, officers arrested Bennett in the crosswalk. A Eugene police spokesperson the next day said officers had earlier admonished Bennett “multiple times” for “continually” walking into traffic and blocking cars. Videos posted online showed protesters mostly in an area designated for street parking, but with some at times stepping into the road.

The police spokesperson also said Bennett reportedly struck the front of a Lane Transit District bus with a bullhorn as the vehicle turned south onto Pearl Street from Sixth Avenue.

Prosecutors had charged Bennett with interfering with public transportation and second-degree disorderly conduct, both misdemeanors.

Lane County Circuit Judge Curtis Conover ordered the case dismissed July 1.

“There was no evidence that Mr. Bennett committed any crime on that day. Once the DA’s office reviewed the video, they agreed with us and filed the motion to dismiss,” Lauren Regan, an attorney with the Civil Liberties Defense Center, who represented Bennett, said in an email.