Brooklyn DA Says His Office Won’t Prosecute Some Low-Level Offenses Amid COVID-19 Crunch

Brooklyn DA Says His Office Won’t Prosecute Some Low-Level Offenses Amid COVID-19 Crunch
Security guards stand in front of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Calif., on June 12, 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Courts in Brooklyn have been asked to decline to prosecute low-level offenses that don’t jeopardize public safety amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez announced Tuesday.

The move is part of a thrust by his office to deploy social distancing strategies, aiming to protect employees and visitors from coming into contact with the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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