A group of black teenage activists who were racially abused by a Florida man wielding a gun met Miami prosecutors on Thursday to push for stronger charges against the aggressor. On Monday a widely shared video showed Mark Bartlett confronting the teens, who were taking part in a “Bikes Up Guns Down” demonstration in Miami. Bartlett has been charged with carrying a concealed firearm, but the teenagers met with prosecutors on Thursday to argue that the charges should be enhanced. Sign up for the US morning briefing“The proper charge is felony assault,” Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney who is representing four of the teens, told the Guardian. Bartlett told ABC Local 10 News he was protecting his girlfriend.

Source: The Guardian January 24, 2019 18:33 UTC