Los Angeles woman who picked up police baton could get 25 years
Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A homeless Los Angeles woman who picked up a police baton during a chaotic scuffle between officers and another transient faces a possible prison sentence of 25 years to life on charges of assault and resisting arrest if convicted at trial, a spokesman for prosecutors said on Thursday.
An attorney for Trishawn Carey, 34, whose prosecution has been criticized as excessive by local activists, said on Thursday he expects his mentally ill client to be released on $50,000 bail by Friday.
A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday reduced Carey's bail to that amount from more than $1 million after finding the higher figure was excessive, said her lawyer Milton Grimes.
Carey was captured on surveillance video picking up a police baton from the ground during a scuffle in March between Los Angeles police and homeless man Charly Keunang that resulted in the Cameroonian's shooting death.
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25 years to life for PICKING UP A FUCKING BATON?
Unreal. Cops fucking kill innocent people and walk. a homeless person picks something up and get 25 years to life....
