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Legislative proposal would limit use of increased penalties
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People take photos of a damaged police car as they protest police brutality in Salt Lake City on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Protesters joined others across the nation after George Floyd, a black man in Minnesota, died at the hands of police on Memorial Day.
Ivy Ceballo, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY A judge in Salt Lake City declined to downgrade a criminal charge for one of several people accused of flipping a police car and setting it aflame in May, rejecting an argument that prosecutors improperly used gang enhancements to ratchet up charges.