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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWoman charged in attack on California singer who dedicated song to Trayvon Martin
Source: Reuters
Woman charged in attack on California singer who dedicated song to Trayvon Martin
By Ronnie Cohen
SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:43pm EDT
(Reuters) - Prosecutors in suburban San Francisco charged a white woman on Wednesday with assaulting a black musician after he dedicated a song to slain teenager Trayvon Martin on the same day a jury reached a verdict in the racially charged case, court documents showed.
Lester Chambers, 73, the former lead singer for the Chambers Brothers, had urged the district attorney for Alameda County to charge Dinalynn Andrews-Potter, 43, with a hate crime for shoving him down while he was performing a peace-seeking spiritual at a blues festival on July 13.
The disturbance, captured on video, happened the same day a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager in a verdict that spurred nationwide protests.
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The Alameda County district attorney found no evidence of racial animus and charged Andrews-Potter, who retired from the U.S. Navy and says she suffers post-traumatic stress, with felony assault and elder abuse in connection with the incident in the San Francisco suburb of Hayward, court documents showed.
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By Ronnie Cohen
SAN FRANCISCO | Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:43pm EDT
(Reuters) - Prosecutors in suburban San Francisco charged a white woman on Wednesday with assaulting a black musician after he dedicated a song to slain teenager Trayvon Martin on the same day a jury reached a verdict in the racially charged case, court documents showed.
Lester Chambers, 73, the former lead singer for the Chambers Brothers, had urged the district attorney for Alameda County to charge Dinalynn Andrews-Potter, 43, with a hate crime for shoving him down while he was performing a peace-seeking spiritual at a blues festival on July 13.
The disturbance, captured on video, happened the same day a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the shooting death of the unarmed black teenager in a verdict that spurred nationwide protests.
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The Alameda County district attorney found no evidence of racial animus and charged Andrews-Potter, who retired from the U.S. Navy and says she suffers post-traumatic stress, with felony assault and elder abuse in connection with the incident in the San Francisco suburb of Hayward, court documents showed.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/14/us-usa-california-performer-idUSBRE97D1F320130814
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Woman charged in attack on California singer who dedicated song to Trayvon Martin (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2013
OP
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. She needs her ass whipped
liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)3. She also needs to be required to
pay all of his medical bills since he's uninsured and they're quite substantial; garnish it from her pay and/or benefits checks if they have to.
And how the fuck could that DA NOT have found any evidence of racial animus???????????????????????????????????????
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)2. Video:
GP6971
(31,165 posts)4. Would like to see her
service record before I comment on her PTSD
theHandpuppet
(19,964 posts)5. Same here
But I've never heard of someone becoming a racist due to PTSD!