Chalking protesters’ cases headed for dismissal | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – Cases against two protesters who allegedly chalked Schenectady police headquarters, prompting the Police Department to put temporary fencing around the building’s entrance in April, have been conditionally resolved.
A court clerk said cases against Mikayla Foster, 22, and Kasey Charles, 26, were adjourned in contemplation of dismissal on June 9.
Foster and Charles’ records will be sealed in December if the city residents aren’t arrested in the next six months, the clerk said.
The two had been charged with third-degree criminal tampering, a Class B misdemeanor, in connection with an April 13 protest outside the police station.
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An Albany police officer with tape over his badge on April 22 at South Station.Eduardo MedinaShow MoreShow Less
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In a sign of possible escalation of tension between police and an encampment of protesters next to South Station,Police Chief Eric Hawkins on Thursday declared it was is time to end this unlawful occupation.”Eduardo MedinaShow MoreShow Less
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Schenectady PD reacts to vandalism with fencing | The Daily Gazette
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There’s one narrow lane for the public to enter the lobby.
Police Sgt. Matthew Dearing, a department spokesman, on Monday said it was a precautionary step by the Police Department until it can explore other options.
Last Tuesday, in response to the shooting death of a Black man in Minnesota by a police officer there, a protest in Schenectady ended with a broken glass panel on a door at the police station and profanities written in chalk on the building.
Several people gathered last Tuesday evening outside the Schenectady Police Department to protest the death of Daunte Wright, who was shot by a police officer following a traffic stop on April 11.