At Tuesday night’s Fort Wayne City Council meeting Councilwoman Sharon Tucker asked that peaceful protesters charges be dropped.
3 a fort wayne councilwoman is speaking up on behalf of peaceful protesters who are still facing charges for the protests that started in may and lasted into the early parts of june.
Fox 55's jentill neal talked to councilwoman sharon tucker about her request for charges to be dropped and a protester who says more leaders need to follow suit.
Victoria hardy says she just wanted to help protesters.
15:57:28-15:57:36"i was delivering milk to those people, and the police pulled me over and arrested me and my sister and my two minor friends."hardy says she's one of the few fortunate enough to not still be in custody, but there are many who still are but can't afford bail money.
16:06:08-16:06:24"me and my sister had to pay bonds.
I had to pay to get my car out of impound.
I had to pay for my phone calls to my mom."fort wayne councilwoman sharon tucker on tuesday spoke up for protesters with good intentions ... people like hardy who were arrested because they were there in the area.
She says she received 700 letters and emails about the protesters.and she reached out to allen county prosecutor karen richards to see if charges could be dropped.> 16:19:40-16:20:00"there were people that were fearful and were going different ways.
The officers had no idea who was peaceful and who wasn't.
People were trying to be peaceful and get out.
When tear gas got going there were many who tried to help other people.
I hoping those individuals get the opportunity to have those charges dropped."hardy says she hopes more people in leadership will speak up because people are scared now.
16:07:00-16:07:13"the fact that people are too scared to protest.
They're scared because if they're holding a sign the cops are going to come and arrest you again.
I have a four year old.
I can't risk getting arrested again."
The allen county prosecutors office says they are still reviewing the cases sent to the office.
At this time they are not able to determine when the investigation when the determine able to they are not at this time the office.
Cases sent to reviewing the they are still office says prosecutors county the allen again."arrested again."
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