The history of this charge is fascinating. It started out as malicious wounding, a class 3 felony punishable by 5-20, and worked it's way down to unlawful wounding, a Class 6, and then finally misdemeanor A&B, as evidence shows the injuries weren't caused by him.
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In a bond hearing for Dan Borden, one of his attackers, ACA Antony already took the position that Deandre didn't injure his accuser. So this case is about whether it was a crime to use minimal force to separate two other fighting parties.
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Deandre's charge stems from him swinging something to separate two people fighting over a flag. He swung to hit the flagpole out of their hands. This was moments before he was savagely beaten by at least 6 men.
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Because of this trial, Charlottesville will have white supremacists back in town; many of the same people who caused us terror. We survive through solidarity. None of us are really okay. We just survive because we have to.
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What you see in this case, read through national news, blogs, twitter, whatever doesn't capture how we are here on the ground. But we make it somehow. Justice for Deandre.pic.twitter.com/a63CQYMTnL
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I sincerely hope the charges are dropped because this is fucking ridiculous.
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Can't comprehend how this wasn't thrown out.
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With you in spirit!
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Thinking of you and the people of Charlottesville.
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