"I set bail at ONE MILLION DOLLARS."
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It probably won't hold up, but giggle snort anyway...
A Lancaster County judge set bail at $1 million for some of the protesters arrested for arson and riot-related charges early Monday morning following the police shooting of 27-year-old Ricardo Munoz.
The protesters are each charged with felony arson, riot and vandalism charges, among other protest-related charges. At least six of the eight people arrested Monday morning had bail set at $1 million by Magisterial District Judge Bruce Roth on Monday night, according to court documents. One of the protesters was not eligible for bail, and another person’s docket had not yet been updated.
An additional five people - four adults and one juvenile - were arrested on Monday after further investigation, police announced Tuesday. They are still waiting for a judge to set their bail.
The $1 million bail quickly came under fire from Lt. Gov. John Fetterman and a local advocacy group, with Fetterman calling it “blatantly unconstitutional” and an infringement on the protesters’ Eighth Amendment right against excessive bail. -
Wait a minute, I hadn’t heard about what set this off. Family calls the police because their son suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and is having an episode and they need help. Police officer shows up and man runs out the door to attack him brandishing a huge frigging knife. Cop shoots...
This is unjustified? The officer is supposed to let the guy kill him? Also, why the riots? This guy’s Hispanic, doesn’t that defeat the whole thing about this being racism against blacks?
