County Sheriff’s Office Prosecutors have a message for AZ Patriots leader Jennifer Harrison: You’re not getting off so easy this time. Harrison, an alt-right firebrand, didn’t face charges after she sprayed a young girl with bear mace at a Black Lives Matter protest in Phoenix in June 2020. Tempe police say she pulled the stunt again on July 3. Harrison, 45, was arrested on suspicion of dousing pro-choice protesters in bear mace near a Fourth of July celebration at Tempe Beach Park and initially faced a pair of misdemeanor charges. But on Monday, Tempe city prosecutors dropped those charges to make way for possible felony charges. After a two-week investigation, it was determined that “Harrison’s actions in spraying protestors with bear spray merit the consideration of felony charges,” according to a joint statement from the Tempe Prosecutors Office and the Tempe Police Department. City attorneys dropped the misdemeanor charges and referred upgraded felony charges to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for consideration on Thursday. “The submittal is currently under review by our office,” county attorney spokesperson Jennifer Liewer told Phoenix New Times on Tuesday. Liewer could not share which specific charges the office is considering. According to police, people were demonstrating at Mill Avenue and University Drive on July 3 “when a subject deployed what appeared to be pepper spray from a vehicle toward members in the crowd.” Several passersby caught the incident on video.
via phoenixnewtimes: Felony Charges On the Table For AZ Patriots Leader Jennifer Harrison