5 get suspended sentences in New Orleans City Hall melee
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Municipal Court judge sentenced five demonstrators acquitted and two others arrested on December 20 in the City Council Chamber before the Council agreed to demolish New Orleans’ four largest public housing developments.
The seven defendants in court Wednesday before Judge Sean Early 10 people were in handcuffs after loudly against the decision of rejection by the Civil Sheriff’s Office deputies, additional spectators in the December 20 meeting.
This was followed by a melee, where Tasered at least two demonstrators were detained by police, also dispersed pepper spray in a hurry outside City Hall.
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Early dismissed the action brought against a man, violations, the settlement, the city makes it illegal to wear a mask any day, which is not Mardi Gras. Loyola University Law Clinic lawyer Judson Mitchell, representing all the seven accused, said that the man took his sweat-shirt to avoid inhaling pepper gas.
As a result of the evacuation of another demonstrator disrupters of peace and resisting arrest charges, other Early sentenced to five different categories. Most of those who disturb the peace. One woman was chosen because of the battery to spit on a photographer for The Associated Press. All were suspended in jail and a command.