The trial began Tuesday for a former Philadelphia SWAT officer accused of pepper spraying kneeling protesters during mass racial justice demonstrations on I-676 nearly three years ago. ABaskerville10 has the details and gets reactions from a legal expert:
a former Philadelphia SWAT officer accused of pepper spraying kneeling protesters during mass racial justice demonstrations on I-676 nearly three years ago.
Richard Paul Nicoletti left the courtroom quickly after pleading not guilty to three counts each of simple assault, recklessly endangering another person and official oppression as well as one count of possession of an instrument of crime. Three witnesses also testified for the prosecution. The judge has placed a gag order on the case. The trial will resume Wednesday morning.
Nicoletti is accused of spraying multiple protesters on June 1, 2020, after they walked onto Interstate 676 in Center City during widespread demonstrations following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died handcuffed after white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes on May 25, 2020.Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
The officer sprayed two kneeling protesters – pulling one's goggles down before spraying her again – before “violently” throwing a sitting protester onto his back and spraying him as well, Krasner said.
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