The Davidson County District Attorney will be dropping all but one charge against a Nashville human rights activist involved in a protest last summer outside the Tennessee State Capitol, court records show. (Photo courtesy Metro Nashville Police Department)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — UPDATE (7-23-21)
The Davidson County District Attorney dropped all charges against a Nashville human rights activist in connection to a protest last summer outside the Tennessee State Capitol.
Last month, DA Glenn Funk said activist Justin Jones would be facing additional charges after a video was released of Jones throwing a traffic cone through a car’s open window and blocking traffic on Charlotte Avenue. From there, the Criminal Clerk’s office recommended to the DA they drop all but one misdemeanor assault charge. That assault charge was dropped Friday.
Charges of disrupting a meeting or procession, resisting stop, frisk, halt, arrest or search (two counts), assault, criminal trespass (three counts), disorderly conduct (two counts), obstructing a passageway, and aggravated littering were also dropped against Jones.
Jones tweeted about the charges Wednesday: “Because of PUBLIC PRESSURE, the Nashville DA is saying that 11 of my 14 charges will now be dropped. For over a year we’ve been saying that ALL charges from last summer’s protest are false and political. I’ll be in court Friday for one of these remaining charges. Let it shine.”
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The Davidson County District Attorney will be dropping all but one charge against a Nashville human rights activist involved in a protest last summer outside the Tennessee State Capitol, court records show.
Last month, DA Glenn Funk said activist Justin Jones would be facing additional charges after a video was released of Jones throwing a traffic cone through a car’s open window and blocking traffic on Charlotte Avenue.
The Criminal Clerk's office sent a request to the DA recommending they drop all but one misdemeanor assault charge.
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Charges that'll be dropped include disrupting a meeting or procession, resisting stop, frisk, halt, arrest or search (two counts), assault, criminal trespass (three counts), disorderly conduct (two counts), obstructing a passageway, and aggravated littering.
"Because of PUBLIC PRESSURE, the Nashville DA is saying that 11 of my 14 charges will now be dropped," Jones wrote in a tweet Wednesday. "For over a year we’ve been saying that ALL charges from last summer’s protest are false and political. I’ll be in court Friday for one of these remaining charges. Let it shine."
The charges will not be officially dropped until a judge approves the request by the DA's office on July 23.