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6 protesters acquitted of rioting, vandalism charges stemming from Inauguration Day
https://wtop.com/dc/2017/12/verdicts-in-inauguration-day-riot-trial/WASHINGTON — Six protesters indicted for rioting in the nation’s capital on Inauguration Day were acquitted of the charges, after a month-long trial in D.C. Superior Court, according to multiple media reports.
Prosecutors have acknowledged that they had no evidence that the six defendants wielded hammers or crowbars, or threw bricks at police officers, but said that they were knowingly participating in a planned riot on Jan. 20, 2017.
Defense attorneys had argued their clients should not be held responsible for the actions of others, and called the prosecution politically-motivated, and an attack on First Amendment rights to free speech and association.
The jury deliberated for a week...
Prosecutors have acknowledged that they had no evidence that the six defendants wielded hammers or crowbars, or threw bricks at police officers, but said that they were knowingly participating in a planned riot on Jan. 20, 2017.
Defense attorneys had argued their clients should not be held responsible for the actions of others, and called the prosecution politically-motivated, and an attack on First Amendment rights to free speech and association.
The jury deliberated for a week...
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