MIAMI, Fla. –– Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump has released a statement in response to Donald Armstrong’s charges being reduced. Armstrong was tased twice and shot six times by Miami Police on March 7, leaving him paralyzed. Charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest without violence were reduced to a single count of misdemeanor resisting arrest.
Attorney Crump released the following statement:
“Any charge against Donald Armstrong is an attempt to cover up the excessive police force that left him paralyzed. Donald needed mental health assistance but instead was met with tasers, bullets, and now a criminal charge. Why do we continue to criminalize the mental health of minorities?
“While some of the charges against Donald being dropped is a step in the right direction, it falls short of full justice. Donald is still being charged with resisting arrest – a charge that in this situation, ignores the definition of resisting arrest and neglects the state of his mental health.”
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