Los Angeles Caves To Black Lives Matter Leader, City Attorney Agrees To Potentially Drop All Charges

The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office has agreed to drop all criminal charges against a prominent Black Lives Matter leader in six months if certain conditions are met.

The deal was announced on Thursday as part of a "negotiated disposition" between prosecutors and Dr. Melina Abdullah, a tenured professor at California State University who also leads the L.A. chapter of Black Lives Matter.

"This is indeed a victory," said Carl E. Douglas, Abdullah's lead counsel, after the compromise was finalized. "We have been fighting the city attorney for months. We have continued to maintain our innocence, and today they surrendered."

Douglas, who represented Abdullah pro bono, referred to his client as a "brave soldier of justice." She faced more than a year in jail if she had been convicted of eight misdemeanor counts related to her unruly behavior at ...