Brooklyn District Attorney Charles J. Hynes is offering a break to those arrested last month in Brooklyn for blocking traffic in protest of the Sean Bell verdict, his office announced in a press release.

Hynes said the 28 protesters arrested May 7th by the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge will be offered a deal that will lead to the dismissal of charges – something that Hynes said he had always intended to do.

“Everybody arrested in connection with the demonstrations surrounding the Sean Bell trial will be offered ACDs (Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal), which will result, after six months, in the full dismissal of the charges and sealing of the files,” Hynes said.

His announcement followed criticism by City Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn) who held a press conference in front of Hynes’ office Tuesday demanding dismissal of civil disobedience charges against a 78-year-old grandmother who had protested the acquittal of three NYPD detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed 23-year-old Bell on what would have been his wedding day.

“How low can DA Hynes go, when the police officers who were at the protests didn’t even want to arrest the 78 year old grandmother, Ms. Amy Olatunji, yet Hynes wants to prosecute her?” Barron said in statement.

Police citywide had arrested 216 verdict protesters who in carefully planned “pray-ins” had blocked the entrances to bridges and tunnels throughout the Manhattan and Brooklyn during the afternoon rush hour May 7th (reported HERE on YWN).

(Source: WNBC)