How Prosecutors Turn a Protest Into a ‘Riot’

in news •  7 years ago 

"Throughout this disruptive legal adventure, the government has failed to provide most defendants in the case with evidence of their alleged individual wrongdoing. For example, I was offered a plea deal (to a single misdemeanor charge) on the basis of virtually nothing more than being at the site of the protest. Many of my co-defendants report similar experiences. Yet we remain under indictment for multiple felonies, with all the disruption and fear that brings."

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/opinion/how-prosecutors-turn-a-protest-into-a-riot.html?_r=0&referer=https://t.co/cqITHUCdm5?amp=1

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