The Pennsylvania Superior Court sided with a former sergeant with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) police force, finding prosecutors failed to present sufficient evidence to warrant the refiling of criminal charges in regard to his assault of two protestors.

In an April 5 precedential opinion, the Superior Court affirmed a trial court ruling, denying the state’s motions to refile criminal charges against a SEPTA officer under each criminal docket, after determining prosecutors had failed to present prima facie evidence that the officer had attempted to cause or caused serious bodily injury to victims with a deadly weapon.

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