"Even if this guy caused minor injuries, as the judge claimed ... There is no such thing as misdemeanor assault on a police officer. There is only felony assault on a police officer,"
"For the judge to say that he committed misdemeanor assault on me, that is a repugnant verdict. It absolutely shouldn't have been allowed. It should have been felony assault on me."
"contributed to the unceremonial ending"
"absolutely no difference whatsoever."
Shaborn Banks was sentenced to 50 hours of community service for third-degree assault related to an attack on Lt. Richard Mack during a July 15, 2020 Brooklyn Bridge Black Lives Matter demonstration. Banks avoided prison after being found not guilty of more serious felony counts and a misdemeanor weapon charge earlier in the year. Lt. Mack sustained injuries that ended his 26-year career and denounced the misdemeanor verdict as repugnant, saying misdemeanor assault on a police officer should not exist. Banks' defense said he struck Mack after being hit first. Two other defendants received harsher punishments.
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