Protesters face life in prison over police car attacks in NY

US prosecutors on Friday filed multiple charges against three protesters accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at police cars during anti-racism demonstrations in New York -- charges that could lead to life sentences. The indictments, filed by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, accuse Samantha Shader, Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman of throwing explosive devices at police cars in two separate incidents in late May. In both cases, no one was injured. The three are facing seven charges including arson, possession and use of explosives and destructive devices, and public disorder. All three are in custody without bail, though their attorneys have appealed that decision. The protests took place on the first weekend after George Floyd, an African American man, died after a police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes in Minneapolis on May 25.

Source: AFP