Ferguson Commission member charged with assault

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Ferguson Commission member charged with assault
| December 4, 2014 | Updated: December 4, 2014 2:53pm

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A prominent young protester who serves on Missouri's Ferguson Commission has been charged with assault stemming from a protest at St. Louis City Hall.

Twenty-two-year-old Rasheen Aldridge was among a group of young activists who met with President Barack Obama at the White House Monday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (bit.ly/1I5tL8A ) reports that Aldridge was one of three demonstrators charged Thursday with misdemeanor assault.

The Forest Park Community College student was among several hundred demonstrators who marched to City Hall last week as part of a protest over a St. Louis County grand jury's decision to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in Michael Brown's shooting death.

Several participants stormed the entrance of the building, which was quickly locked down. Police used pepper spray to disperse the crowd.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Ferguson-Commission-member-charged-with-assault-5935514.php

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[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Walk aggressively into a building, go to jail, murder an 18 yr old kid, get a check for $500K

from ABC news

[RufusTFirefly]

2. Obviously just another thug.

I hope police had the foresight to frisk him for cigarillos.

[arcane1]

3. What am I missing? Where is the assault?

Is it considered assault when one "storms" into an entrance?

[Judi Lynn]

4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Ferguson Commission member charged with assault of City Hall guard

Ferguson Commission member charged with assault of City Hall guard


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President Barack Obama speaks during his meeting with elected officials, law enforcement officials and community and faith leaders in the White House complex in Washington on Monday, Dec. 1, 2014. Rasheen Aldridge Jr., a member of the Ferguson Commission, is at left in blue. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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ST. LOUIS • On Monday, Rasheen Aldridge sat three chairs away from President Barack Obama. On Thursday, he was charged with assault stemming from an incident at last week's demonstrations at St. Louis City Hall.

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson referred the charges to Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, who issued an arrest warrant and a misdemeanor charge Thursday.

The charge stems from an incident last Wednesday, when Aldridge was part of a group that attempted to protest inside City Hall. The building had been put on lock down because officials feared someone in the crowd, marching through downtown, had spray paint.

Videos of the incident posted online show the group shouting, "We shut (blank) down," while storming toward marshals who were blocking City Hall's south door. At one point, something appeared to have been thrown, making a loud thud at the door. At another, a marshal is struggling as several members of the crowd attempted to rush him.

Aldridge, 22, wearing a gray stocking cap, is seen in the front being held back by a marshal. At one point, he appeared to shove the marshal.

Eventually the crowd was dispersed after police used pepper spray. Police said the gathering became unlawful when protesters "made contact" with the City Hall marshals.

More:
http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ferguson-commission-member-charged-with-assault-of-city-hall-guard/article_b6244110-6ab7-5401-9e02-a07ef7d89195.html

Uh-HUH.

[geomon666]

5. Awfully quick of them to press charges based on so little evidence.

Oh that's right, he's not a cop and he's not white.

[Eudaimonic]

6. You shove the court marshall, you go to jail.

Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200.

[Don Draper]

7. I'm surprised the police didn't just shoot him

and claim the old "I feared for my life" excuse. This line works every time.