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YouTube ‘First Amendment auditor’ gets probation in Mountain View pepper spray case
A YouTuber who pepper-sprayed a man outside a Mountain View Costco pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge last week in exchange for being sentenced to one year of court probation, with credit for time served.
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A YouTuber who pepper-sprayed a man outside a Mountain View Costco pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge last week in exchange for being sentenced to one year of court probation, with credit for time served.
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According to The Almanac’s source item, YouTube ‘First Amendment auditor’ gets probation in Mountain View pepper spray case, A YouTuber who pepper-sprayed a man outside a Mountain View Costco pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor battery charge last week in exchange for being sentenced to one year of court probation, with credit for time served.
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