Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has doubled down on not prosecuting a woman accused of violently assaulting a pro-life activist in April, attorneys for Thomas More Society said on Friday.
The alleged assailant, Brianna Rivers, was seen on camera punching activist Savannah Craven Antao in the face, leaving her bloodied and in need of stitches. Antao had been conducting street interviews in Harlem about Planned Parenthood for the pro-life organization Live Action at the time.
Rivers was arrested days after the incident and faced one count of second-degree assault, a felony. The district attorney’s office ended up downgrading the charge to a misdemeanor before dropping the case entirely after missing a key filing deadline, Craven Antao’s attorneys said.
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