Journalist Savannah Craven Antao was expressing her First Amendment rights, articulating her Christian viewpoint on abortion, when she was punched in the face by an angry interviewee. The assailant fled; Antao went to the emergency room, where she received stitches for her injuries. Unfortunately, the incident occurred in New York, where the corrupt court system sides with violent criminals. The entire incident was caught on film, but Soros-appointed DA Judge Alvin Bragg found no instance of criminal wrongdoing.
The video of the attack went viral on social media. Similar to Charlie Kirk, Savannah is merely a citizen interested in engaging in thought-provoking discussions with people who may not share her viewpoint. The New York court system reaffirmed that conservative voices may be met with violent rage. Brianna Rivers, the assailant, did not even receive a slap on the wrist. Bragg’s office first downgraded her felony charge to a misdemeanor. The office then failed to meet a critical discovery deadline, which resulted in the case being completely dismissed.
Rivers maintains innocence and claims Savannah antagonized her into a violent rage. It is a common excuse by the left– “I disagree with your viewpoint, but I cannot articulate my own, so I must resort to violence.”
Thomas More Society attorneys are now imploring to repackaging the case as a felony hate crime. “District Attorney Alvin Bragg has an opportunity to show his office is truly sorry for putting Savannah, and every woman witnessing her faith in New York, at risk,” said Christopher Ferrara, Senior Counsel at Thomas More Society. “Or is Bragg just sorry because his bungled case is now making national headlines?”
“This is Bragg’s moment of truth,” Ferrara continued. “Actions speak louder than words. Reviving the felony charge and pursuing a hate crime charge would show real accountability and send a message that political violence has no home here. We believe there is a reasonable legal basis for doing so.”
Alvin Bragg was installed to perpetuate the message that the government is protecting chaos carried out by the left. Bragg campaigned solely on a promise to take down Trump, but failed over 100 times, and has made a mockery of the US legal system. His office turned a blind eye when migrants violently attacked police officers. Five young men were arrested and immediately released without bond, back into the public, where they could re-offend without consequence. He turned a blind eye to the pro-Hamas protests at NY universities, even when actual members of terrorist organizations were found to be among attendees. “Soft-on-crime” is code for controlled anarchy. The courts have been compromised as tools of the political elite.