Springfield, Ohio, Haitian group files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance over rumors
By
Brady Knox
September 24, 2024 7:03 pm
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A Haitian group from Springfield, Ohio, filed citizen criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) over statements made about the Haitian community.
Springfield shot to national prominence after Vance and Trump focused attention on the roughly 20,000 Haitian immigrants who landed in the town, which had a previous population of 58,000. Most famously, Vance and then Trump repeated rumors that Haitian immigrants were eating local pet cats and dogs.
The Haitian Bridge Alliance claimed Trump and Vance put the community in danger. Its lawyer, Subodh Chandra, said the group was invoking its private-citizen right to file charges after the local prosecutor’s inaction, the Associated Press reported.
The charges include disrupting public services, making false alarms, telecommunications harassment, aggravated menacing, and complicity. Chandra is asking the Clark County Municipal Court to issue arrest warrants for Trump and Vance.
In a statement, she attempted to pin bomb threats against schools and local buildings against Trump and Vance.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3165294/springfield-ohio-haitian-group-citizen-criminal-charges-trump-vance/