""There are a lot of people who sit on juries, and they live in Georgetown or in Northwest, or in some of these better areas, and they don't see the reality of crime that is occurring," she blathered. "And my office has been instructed to move for the highest crime possible consistent with the law, the statute and the evidence.""
"But grand jurors had other ideas, with three separate panels returning a no bill on the alleged assault. On August 25, with the 30 days to indict expiring, the DOJ was forced to walk of shame itself back into court and admit that it had come up empty. To save face, Pirro's office announced that it was charging Reid with misdemeanor assault, which doesn't require a grand jury to sign the prosecution's permission slip."
Sydney Reid was detained on July 22 while filming the transfer of immigrants from DC police to federal custody and was roughed up by ICE and FBI agents. During the scuffle, FBI Agent Eugenia Bates bruised her knuckles and prosecutors sought to charge Reid with assaulting an officer. Multiple grand juries declined to return indictments, with three separate panels no-billing the alleged assault. With the 30-day indictment window expiring on August 25, prosecutors admitted no indictment and refiled a misdemeanor assault charge that bypasses grand jury review. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro has faced at least a dozen no-bills recently. Reid retained federal public defenders and refused to waive speedy trial rights.
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