WALNUT CREEK, Calif.
Two security guards hired by an anti-abortion group are facing misdemeanor charges after using pepper spray on counter-protesters outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in a San Francisco suburb, authorities said Friday.
Ishatpal Momi, 27, of Elk Grove and Peter Reeves, 45, of Sacramento are charged with battery and illegally possessing pepper spray canisters that were larger than permitted by state law, the Contra Costa County district attorney’s office said.
The men hadn’t been arraigned and it wasn’t immediately clear if they had attorneys to speak for them.
The armed private security guards were hired to protect the group 40 Days for Life during an Oct. 13 protest outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Walnut Creek, according to a statement from the district attorney’s office.
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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.
Security guards for anti-abortion protesters charged with battery, illegal possession of tear gas
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - The Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office on Friday announced that prosecutors had filed misdemeanor charges against two private security guards paid to protect anti-abortion protesters who allegedly clashed with abortion rights activists in Walnut Creek last fall.
Ishatpal Momi, 27, of Elk Grove and Peter Reeves, 45, of Sacramento, were each charged with battery and illegal possession of tear gas stemming from a fight that occurred on Oct. 13, 2020, in front of a Walnut Creek Planned Parenthood clinic.
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