During a virtual appearance in the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on March 3, the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney s Office recommended a misdemeanor diversion for five of the seven local Black Lives Matter protesters charged with endangering and violating the personal liberty of nonparticipants in a protest last July. Citing the community s division over the case, Deputy District Attorney Delaney Henretty made the request, asking the court to consider the defendants Marcus Montgomery, Amman Asfaw, Joshua Powell, Sam Grocott, and Jerad Hill lack of criminal history and the belief that their actions were done to stop racial discrimination, a worthy goal.