Daily News | Philly protester identified through Etsy purchase sentenced to 2 1/2 years for torching police cars
and additional cases involving other defendants have emerged since then, Blumenthal’s friends, family, and fellow activists have been particularly vocal in accusing the government of using her case to try to criminalize what they described as her act of protest against police brutality.
Still, prosecutors argued that Blumenthal shouldn’t be allowed to blame her actions on the turbulent outside forces that marked that year. Blumenthal’s attorney, Paul Hetznecker, urged Surrick not to judge his client solely on her actions that day. “She’s a community-builder,” he said. “She’s not one to destroy or torch or tear things down. … I don’t ever want her to stop advocating for others, but I want her to do it in the right way — a way that doesn’t put her on the front pages of newspapers.”
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