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2024-04-08 04:02:33 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 130F3DA64ACE4408518ABC123B2E99767F473C61C8575BE703030B2625648CDB
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Missing important context: Edward Jacob Lang is being held pending trial due to his lack of remorse and being caught on video kicking an officer on the ground and striking police with a metal bat. https://www.courthousenews.com/rioter-who-hit-police-with-a-baseball-bat-loses-bid-for-jail-release/#:~:text=According%20to%20video%20evidence%2C%20some%20of%20which%20the%20upstate%20New%20York%20filmed%20himself%2C%20Edward%20Jacob%20Lang%20hit%20officers%20with%20an%20aluminum%20baseball%20bat%20and%20protective%20shields%2C%20and%20kicked%20an%20officer%20that%20was%20on%20the%20ground.%C2%A0 https://www.courthousenews.com/rioter-who-hit-police-with-a-baseball-bat-loses-bid-for-jail-release/#:~:text=Nichols%20also%20said,couple%20of%20hours Trial is delayed awaiting a SCOTUS ruling on one of his 12 charges. https://www.scdemocratonline.com/stories/three-years-later,124341#:~:text=His%20trial%20date%20was%20moved%20twice%20last%20year.%20At%20first%2C%20it%20was%20switched%20to%20May%2C%20and%20then%20later%20shifted%20to%20October.%20However%2C%20his%20trial%20was%20put%20on%20hold%20once%20more%20due%20to%20a%20pending%20Supreme%20Court%20appeal%20that%20eyed%20the%20possibility%20of%20the%20elimination%20of%20one%20of%20his%2013%20Federal%20charges
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