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bathroommonkey76

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Sat Apr 22, 2017, 02:42 PM Apr 2017

Charges dropped against 4 at NC Trump rally

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a misdemeanor assault charge against a 73-year-old man who police say hit a woman outside of a Donald Trump campaign rally in North Carolina last September.

Buncombe County District Attorney Todd Williams told the Citizen-Times of Asheville that the case was dismissed after prosecutors spoke to the victim, 69-year-old Shirley Teter.

Teter initially told police she was punched in the face outside of the Trump rally.

Williams wouldn’t say why his office decided not to press the case. His office’s court filing cites “prosecutorial discretion.”

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http://wncn.com/2017/04/22/charges-dropped-against-4-at-nc-trump-rally/

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Charges dropped against 4 at NC Trump rally (Original Post) bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 OP
I love this excuse given by the suspect's lawyer: bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #1
 

bathroommonkey76

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1. I love this excuse given by the suspect's lawyer:
Sat Apr 22, 2017, 02:43 PM
Apr 2017
"A lawyer for Richard Campbell said the man had poor eyesight and was trying to brush off someone who touched his back when he hit Teter."
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