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Twin Cities faith leaders on Monday urged leniency for 11 protesters charged with crimes arising from a demonstration at the Mall of America, but the Bloomington city attorney said she won’t — and can’t — back down.
“Prosecutors are sworn to uphold the Constitution and the law. We have to do that even-handedly,” said Sandra Johnson, the city’s top prosecutor since 2009. “These are nice people; they’re well-intentioned. But what they’re asking is something I can’t do. It isn’t ethical. It violates my oath.”
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