[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Group of demonstrators damaged the District Attorney's office in Salt Lake City during a protest on July 9
- Prosecutors have now filed first degree felony charges against the perpetrators, meaning they face life in prison
- Attorneys and civil rights activists have blasted the charges, saying they set a dangerous precedent for people who wish to freely protest
- 'This is not about protest, this is about people who are engaging in criminal conduct,' Salt Lake City DA Sim Gill has stated
- Prosecutors said the felony criminal mischief charges are more serious because they carry a 'gang enhancement'
- Activist Madalena McNeil was asked resign from her nonprofit job and all the defendants have to post $50,000 bail
- More than 30 people have been charged with various crimes in Salt Lake County since protests over George Floyd´s death began in late May
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