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Rick Carroll:
"...While en route to Pitkin County Jail, where Brown was to be held for an indefinite amount of time, he spit at Williams, who testified that saliva went on his neck and shoulder.
“Do you realize you just assaulted a police officer?” Williams says on the video, and then calls his work supervisor to report the crime.
Replied Brown: “I didn't touch you.”
Brown later said: “Are you kidding me? Assault, my a--hole. Third-degree assault on a police officer? You've got to be kidding me.”
Brown's public defender, Elise Myer, had argued that while he behaved inappropriately and said derogatory remarks, he “did not cross the line” to commit assault.
“He's allowed to express himself,” she said. “He's allowed to use words. He shouldn't be subject to criminal liability for that....” (Read more? Click title and link within post)
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