"After viewing a videotape of the incident at the December 14 hearing, Municipal Court Judge William Austin Meehan dropped charges against six other defendants, including a 72-year-old grandmother. A juvenile defendant awaits separate court action.
Including the juvenile there are 5 people who still have charges pending.
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No longer. The first part of the article involves the dropping of charges for the four other adults. Charges were dropped on Dec. 14 for the other six.
The juvenile will be handled in juvenile court, where his charges will no doubt be dropped too.
Again:
FACT: Charges against 6 of the defendants were dropped on December 14.
FACT: Charges against the other 4 adults were dropped in another courtroom later.
FACT: The juvenile's charges will be dealt with in juvenile court, and will no doubt be dropped as well.
This incident is now over, as far as the legal system is concerned. They never should have been arrested in the first place, and now they are no longer charged.
You have to read the entire article, which first says that charges were dropped against four defendants. Later it says that charges against ANOTHER 6 defendants were dropped on 12/14. The juvenile is the only one left.
Check again here for links to O'Reilly interview..I saw it ..4 are still charged. I had forgotten about the show as I was distracted by other things while it was on.
Article dated Jan 7 2005 regarding the teen facing charges...
"I am a bit distressed that she seems to have fallen through the cracks," Murch said. "The media claim that charges were dropped against seven people, and it was only six; they state that there are only four with charges still pending, when there are five.
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42274
the post this am does not specify anything.
Admin: could you please ask to have specifics when posting this. My wife and I have been running ragged looking for the specific Judge who said this. nowhere in any article is the judges name that actually dismissed the hate crime charges. We believe someone has purposely made this post with out good sources and has cause considerable problems