PORTLAND (AP) — Black Lives Matter protesters in Maine who police had said obstructed a public way are no longer facing criminal charges.
WGME-TV reported (http://bit.ly/2h3G8hm) that the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office has six months to refile the charges but let the deadline pass.
The group organized a protest last summer after black men were killed by police in Louisiana and Minnesota. Seventeen protesters were charged with obstructing a public way.
The protesters had been required to donate $140 to a victim’s compensation fund and pay $60 for a restorative justice program.
A judge in January had agreed to an agreement saying that the misdemeanor charges will disappear if the protesters stay out of trouble for the next six months.
Activists protesting in support of Black Lives Matter block the intersection of Pearl and Commercial streets in Portland’s Old Port on Friday evening, July 15. Eighteen protesters were eventually arrested.
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