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North Carolina

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts) Sat Apr 22, 2017, 01:42 PM Apr 2017

Charges dropped against 4 at NC Trump rally [View all]

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 [View all] bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 OP

I love this excuse given by the suspect's lawyer: bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #1