A popular spoken-word poet and community activist who once appeared at a TED Talk was charged with allegedly punching a Chicago Police officer in the face during protests tied to the deadly shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. But those charges were dropped Wednesday by Judge Peggy Chiampas “You are free to go,” Chiampas said, as spectators cheered. “Pipe down,” a sheriff’s deputy screamed at the protesters who had packed into the courtroom — and who had been warned earlier to maintain the proper decorum. A California man also had been booked on felony charges and three others...
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