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August 10, 2020

Salt Lake City Protesters Face Life in Prison over Broken Windows, Red Paint
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In Salt Lake City, Black Lives Matter protesters who broke windows and
splashed red paint outside the District Attorney's Office in July face a
maximum sentence of life in prison, after prosecutors charged them with
felony criminal mischief and a gang enhancement. The move to label
protesters as gang members has drawn renewed attention to Utah's
1990s-era street gangs law, which disproportionately targets communities
of color.

Meanwhile, a U.S. district judge in Oregon has extended a restraining
order against the U.S. Marshals Service and agents with the Department
of Homeland Security, ordering them to stop attacking journalists and
legal observers at Black Lives Matter protests in Portland. 


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