A us-regions supporter of Black Lives Matter had her personal-freedoms” target=”_blank”>constitutional rights< in September 2020, a judge ruled Friday, according to a report.
During the hearing, Tatiana Turner’s defense attorney was not given a chance to present witnesses or arguments on Turner’s behalf, Orange County Superior Judge Michael Leversen ruled, according to the Orange County Register.
“The court finds the defendant was denied a substantial constitutional right,” Leversen said, according to the newspaper.
Leversen said his decision should not be interpreted as a judgment on the evidence presented by prosecutors against Turner, the report added.
PORTLAND RITTENHOUSE PROTEST DECLARED RIOT; WINDOWS SMASHED, OBJECTED THROWN AT POLICE
After the judge’s decision, prosecutors quickly refiled criminal charges against Turner, including crime” target=”_blank”>attempted murder<
As two groups of protesters clashed, Turner allegedly got into a Nissan Sentra, and tried to leave the area as a crowd surrounded her vehicle. She allegedly accelerated, stopped, then accelerated again, running over a woman’s head and a man’s leg, the Register reported.
Turner later told a 911 dispatcher that some people pulled guns on her, but Orange County sheriff’s deputies later testified that no guns were visible during the incident.
