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Felony charges dropped against Golden Gate Bridge protesters
Seven protesters received 30-day sentences, probation and $1,000 fines after jurors deadlocked on the most serious charges, prosecutors said.
- On Friday, Assistant District Attorney Angela Roze announced that San Francisco prosecutors dropped the remaining felony conspiracy charges against seven protesters who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge during an April 2024 demonstration.
- The April 15, 2024, protest, part of the global A15 movement, sought to halt Israel's military offensive in Rafah; San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins initially charged 26 activists, though most received diversion.
- After a two-and-a-half-week trial, jurors convicted the seven defendants of misdemeanors, including false imprisonment. Each received a 30-day sentence, six months probation, and a $1,000 fine, with credit for four days pretrial.
- Jenkins stated the prosecutions serve as a "reminder that when such acts become unlawful and compromise public safety that there will have to be consequences," while defendants described the proceedings as punitive.
- Defense spokesperson Raye Kahn confirmed that the defendants' attorneys plan to appeal the misdemeanor verdicts, extending the legal battle beyond the dropped felony charges.
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Felony charges dropped against Golden Gate Bridge protesters
A two-year legal battle over a dramatic protest against the war on Gaza came to an end on Friday as seven protesters who’d blocked traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge received 30-day sentences and $1,000 fines.
·Winnipeg, Canada
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Felony charges dropped against Richmond, Oakland bridge protesters
Felony charges dropped against Richmond, Oakland bridge protesters Two Richmond activists and five others got 30-day sentences and $1,000 fines on misdemeanor charges for blocking Golden Gate Bridge traffic in 2024 to protest Israel's war in Gaza.
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