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Two private security guards who deployed pepper spray at pro-abortion rights demonstrators during an East Bay Planned Parenthood protest last fall have been charged in the incident, the Contra Costa County District Attorney s Office said Friday.
Ishatpal Momi, 27, of Elk Grove and Peter Reeves, 45, of Sacramento face misdemeanor charges of battery and illegal possession of tear gas in the Oct. 13 incident at the Walnut Creek clinic, the DA s office said. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories.
The guards, hired by anti-abortion activists, were carrying firearms and illegally large canisters of pepper spray when the altercation occurred with protesters gathered outside to support Planned Parenthood, the DA s office said. Members of the anti-abortion group 40 Days for Life also were protesting outside the clinic.