Prosecutor drops felony assault charge against one of two protesters charged for bullhorn use outside TownHall restaurant—Cleveland.com
The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday dropped the criminal case against one of the two people charged with felonious assault after an employee at Ohio City’s TownHall
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Two protesters were charged for allegedly damaging someone’s hearing with their megaphones—BuzzFeed News
Pattakos [said] that the restaurant owners were “intent on silencing First- Amendment-protected activity outside of their establishments” “This protest was closely watched by numerous on-duty police officers who were precisely assigned
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2 protesters accused of causing hearing loss with megaphones—Associated Press
Both have pleaded not guilty Their attorney, Peter Pattakos, called the charges an “outrageous attack” on the pair’s First Amendment right to engage in peaceful
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Pair who protested TownHall restaurant hit with felony assault charge after worker said she lost hearing from megaphones—Cleveland.com
“Being subject to a baseless felony prosecution is one of the worst things that can happen to a person at the hands of their government,” Pattakos said “Even if the
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