After police testimony and arguments from the district attorney, a judge found that a 24-year-old was not guilty of assaulting a police officer during a Charlotte “No Kings” protest in June.
Court documents show that a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer arrested Shannon Riley, who now goes by Arthur, on June 14 — the day of the protest. Officers accused Riley of hitting an officer’s foot with a “red aluminum broom stick” that had a sign attached to it, according to court documents.
At a hearing last month, Mecklenburg District Court Judge Keith Smith found Riley not guilty…