Four men charged after protesters shot near Minneapolis police protests

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Source: Washington Post

Authorities in Minnesota said four men had been charged after gunfire injured five people last week near a protest against the death of an unarmed black man shot and killed by Minneapolis police officers.

The announcement came hours after local leaders called on protesters in Minneapolis to stop gathering at the police building not far from where the shooting occurred.

Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced the charges against the four men on Monday, saying that one man — Lawrence Scarsella, 23 — had been charged with five counts of second-degree assault and one count of second-degree riot for shooting at the demonstrators.

The other three men — Joseph Martin Backman, 27; Nathan Wayne Gustavsson, 21; and Daniel Thomas Macey, 26 — were all being charged with one count of second-degree riot, Freeman said.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2015/11/30/minnesota-prosecutor-to-announce-charges-after-protesters-shot-near-minneapolis-police-protests/

[Blus4u]

1. Why not attempted murder?

eom


Peace

[Daemonaquila]

3. No kidding!

That would be the logical charge in a sane world.

[etherealtruth]

4. Exactly

Also wondering how they decided to not charge as a hate crime?

[d_r]

2. Is it terrible

My first thought reading the subject line was wondering if they arrested the shooters or protesters.

[Turn CO Blue]

5. Second degree assault? This was planned, they made a video.

I can't even...