in West Philadelphia, believe he was specifically targeted by federal prosecutors. He is also a member of the grassroots Philadelphia Coalition for Racial Economic and Legal Justice.
"I think this is case-in-point where they're taking orders from Attorney General William Barr, they're unsealing indictments within a week of an election, and they're applying a law that hasn't been used since the Nixon administration," Kusiak said. When asked about the use of the civil disorder charge, McSwain's office said Friday that it does not comment on charging decisions but"when the facts of a case fit a particular statute, we use it."
Police and protesters clash in Center City after a day of peaceful demonstrations in Philadelphia on May 30.Initially, Mobile police arrested Pugh and charged her with inciting a riot and criminal mischief, which are both misdemeanors in Alabama. But a week later, the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of Alabama announced it was going further, charging her with civil disorder.
"I've been practicing in defense in the federal court system since 1990, and this is the first time I'm aware this has ever been charged or brought in this district," Armstrong said.
Yeah I wouldn't want to go down a dangerous road, especially one with a bunch of violent rioters who want to pull me and my kids out and possibly kill us.. Yup don't go down that road.
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didn’t say squat bout the ancient (and even rarer used) law they originally went after Gen Flynn on But this is 52 year old law is suddenly Dangerous. Soooo Lame Reporting
“Protesters” is the most incorrectly used word of 2020.
When local government won't protect their citizens, what else is left? Can't be any more dangerous than watching everything go up in flames while children larp in the street.
Don’t go execute people in the streets and maybe I will have some sympathy for this arrivals of “nuanced” laws.