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This is complete BS. But sadly this is how the police and criminal injustice system routinely operates.
Cop take trivial petty things and change them into felony charges. one state trooper searching the man was pricked by an open safety pin that was hanging out of the left side of Mcrae’s shorts [which the cops used as a lame excuse to charge the man with aggravated assault on an officer, a felony charge.]I suspect the cops were also being bullies and arrested the guy not because it was needed but to prove they are big tough manly cops who can kick the sh*t out of anyone they want to. Some witnesses did not believe Mcrae’s arrest was necessary or justified, according to various social-media accounts. Safety pin leads to felony charge against protester at state House Danielle Quijada, The Republic | azcentral.com 7:17 p.m. MST March 29, 2016 Johnathan Scott Mcrae, 23, was forcefully removed from the Arizona House after he refused to leave at the initial request from authorities. Police documents state that Mcrae was booked into the county's Fourth Avenue Jail on suspicion of three charges: resisting arrest and criminal trespassing in the third degree, both misdemeanors, and aggravated assault on an officer, a felony charge. According to court documents released Tuesday, officials asked Mcrae to leave because he was "yelling and causing a disturbance in the gallery of the House of Representatives building" near 17th Avenue and Washington Street. Records show Mcrae was asked to leave four times and refused to comply. Court documents said that after six state troopers carried him out of the gallery, Mcrae was taken to the Capitol District Facility, where he was searched for weapons. When authorities asked Mcrae if he had any weapons, he said no. However, one state trooper searching the man was pricked by an open safety pin that was hanging out of the left side of Mcrae’s shorts. Court records identified the safety pin as a weapon of assault, and the trooper sought medical assistance for his injury. State Department of Public Safety officers told The Arizona Republic that Mcrae was part of a group of four people who were chanting and yelling as the House was meeting. The chamber's sergeant-at-arms asked them to leave, DPS Capt. Damon Cecil said, and three left peacefully. "One person did not leave — he stayed," Cecil told The Republic. "He was no longer being disruptive, but the sergeant-at-arms wanted him removed. Once everyone else had left, he stayed, and the sergeant-at-arms asked him to leave again." Troopers were then asked to remove the man. "He clamped down on the seat that was there — on the armrest," Cecil said. "And troopers had to physically remove his arm ... from the armrest." Some witnesses did not believe Mcrae’s arrest was necessary or justified, according to various social-media accounts. |