The leader of a non-profit organization that represents the community Haitian of Springfield, Ohio, filed a petition Tuesday accusation Penalty against the former president Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vanceby the chaos and the threats occurred in the city since Trump first spread false claims about unauthorized immigrants from that town during the presidential debate.
The organization Haitian Bridge Alliance invoked its right as an individual to file charges following the inaction of the prosecution local, said his attorney, Subodh Chandra of the Cleveland-based Chandra Law Firm.
Trump y Vancea senator from Ohio, were charged with disruption of public services, issuing false alarms, harassment by telecommunications, threats aggravated assault and complicity. The suit asks the Clark County Municipal Court to find probable cause and either subject the case to further investigation or issue arrest warrants for Trump y Vance.
“They are yours persistence and his obstinacy, even when the governor and the mayor said it was false, which shows his intention“Chandra said. “It is a conscious and willful disregard for criminal law.”
As of Tuesday, a spokesman for the equipment campaign of Trump y Vance had not responded to a request for comments.
More than 30 were received threats bomb attacks on state and local government buildings and schools, leading to locksthe allocation of additional protection from law enforcement agencies and the installation of security cameras. Some of the residents Haitians from the city also say they feared for their safety as the outbreak grew antipathy public, and Mayor Rob Rue received threats of death.
“And Trump y Vance They would not have been the ones who did what they did – unleashing the chaos in Springfield, which resulted threats bomb, evacuations of government buildings and schools, threats the mayor and his family—those people would already be arrested by now,” Chandra said. “So, really, the only question is whether the court and the prosecution They will treat Trump already Vance the way any person would be treated. They are not above the law.”
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