Bronx district attorney recommends dismissing summonses given to hundreds of protesters
By John Bowden - 09/01/20 03:08 PM EDT
The district attorney for Bronx County, New York announced Tuesday that her office would recommend that charges be dropped for more than 300 protesters who were arrested during a protest in the borough in response to the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed during an encounter with Minneapolis police.
District Attorney Darcel Clark (D) said in a statement that her office would file a motion to dismiss "more than 300 summonses" issued for curfew violations during the demonstrations on June 4, explaining that she saw "no purpose" in prosecuting low-level curfew violations as a result of a protest.
“I believe in and encourage our Bronx residents to raise their voices to protest social and racial injustice in a peaceful way. I said back in June that I would not prosecute protestors simply for violating the curfew. While my Office does not prosecute summonses, I will file a motion with the court to dismiss theses summonses, which were issued June 4 in the Mott Haven section, in the interest of justice. The people who received these summonses are due back in court on them on October 2, 2020," Clark said.
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