At Everett rally, cops arrest teen with doughnut, not gunman
EVERETT — A teenager who was arrested for taunting police with a doughnut last week will likely not face criminal charges, the Snohomish County prosecutor said Thursday.
Prosecutor Adam Cornell said the decision came after he reviewed video taken of the July 17 encounter at the end of a pro-police rally. The prosecutor also reviewed a court marshal’s arrest report.
“I don’t think there’s any jury in the county that’s going to convict that young man of (fourth-degree assault) based on the evidence I know so far,” Cornell said. “… I have an ethical obligation to only bring charges where I think the facts meet the law. In this case, the facts and the law do not establish at all the commission of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
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Pence wrote that while sheriff’s deputies were quick to arrest the teen over taunting with a doughnut, they “looked the other way” when earlier in the night a pro-police demonstrator pulled out a gun and pointed it at counter-protesters.
Video was captured of that incident, too. Counter-protesters who witnessed the event said a few of them had crossed the street when they were confronted by pro-police demonstrators, who were apparently guarding the county campus from counter-protesters, a public property typically open to anyone. Some were armed with guns.
“There was the typical yelling back and forth, I suppose,” said Ami McCuaig, 44. “We are just holding out signs and banners and flags.”
No one on the counter-protesters’ side had weapons, she said.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/at-everett-rally-cops-arrest-teen-with-doughnut-not-gunman/
Video of the other incident at link.
