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The protester had been locked up in the Pinellas County Jail for four months.
Heâd been arrested during the tumultuous first week of the George Floyd protests. Police accused him of throwing rocks at the St. Petersburg Police Department and threatening to shoot an officer. They alleged he was a leader of a group that ânumbered in the dozens.â His public defender said he was innocent.
Other protesters arrested in those early weeks had long since been released, many with charges dropped. But Alfred Lenard Nelson remained imprisoned in September, accused of three felonies. His bail had been set at $30,000.
ACLU Files Emergency Petition On Behalf Of Manatee County Jail Inmates In Piney Point Evacuation Zone usf.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usf.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida has filed an emergency petition on behalf of those incarcerated in the Manatee County Jail.
The petition seeks the release of inmates from custody or a transfer to a safe location due to the nearby phosphate wastewater reservoir.
The situation at Piney Point had previously called for mandatory evacuations but on Tuesday those evacuations were lifted.
On Friday, April 2, a breach was discovered in the structure of the Piney Point wastewater reservoir.