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Alabama woman convicted on federal anti-riot charge A jury returned a guilty verdict for a racial justice protester who broke a local police car window with a bat. The conviction is the first of its kind of a participant in last year’s racial justice protests. | Mario Tama/Getty Images Link Copied An Alabama woman was found guilty on a federal civil disorder charge Wednesday following what appeared to be the first federal court trial of a participant in last year’s racial justice protests. After several hours of deliberations, a jury in Mobile convicted Tia Pugh, 22, of the felony charge for smashing a local police cruiser’s window with a bat during a demonstration held just six days after the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police sparked nationwide outrage. ....
Alabama woman’s case becomes test of federal anti-riot law The Justice Department dispatched its top terror prosecutor to defend a statute the Trump administration turned to in its fight against violence at racial justice protests. Tia Pugh s case has emerged as a test of a controversial half-century-old law that has become one of the key tools the Justice Department is using to pursue violence stemming from protests and civil unrest. | Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Link Copied MOBILE, Ala. The Justice Department dispatched one of its senior counterterrorism prosecutors for a court showdown Thursday over an event that rarely makes its way to federal court: a broken window. ....
Attorney for Mobile woman facing federal riot charge claims law is racist Updated 9:57 PM; An attorney representing a Mobile woman facing federal charges stemming from her allegedly smashing the window of a police vehicle during last year’s George Floyd protests claimed in court Thursday that the statute his client is charged under has racist origins, according to a report. Tia Pugh was charged with obstructing, impeding and interfering with law enforcement during the course of a civil disorder that affected interstate commerce for allegedly smashing the window during the May 31 protest in Mobile as demonstrators attempted to block Interstate 10. ....