I know this is a short diary - screw it, it's a slow news Friday! And this is such good news!
Mychal Bell exited the courthouse, free for the first time in 10 months. He was cheered by a crowd that included the Rev. Al Sharpton.
...Bell was released on $45,000 bail Thursday after the prosecutor dropped an attempt to try the 17-year-old as an adult on charges of aggravated second-degree battery in the beating of a white classmate.
But it's not just that the prosecutor dropped the attempt, though; the Doofus DA was shot down by an appeals court who said Bell should be tried as a juvenile. Hence the reduction in his bail. And the best part? I can't find it now, but I saw a video that indicated a mystery donor posted Bell's bail to get him out of jail. And AP has a video citing "10s of thousands" of protesters from the other week. It also has some kinda funny footage of the Doofus DA.
What is also super cool is that this story is in all the international papers - amazing what some sunlight does, eh?
Happy Friday!!! Turn this into an open thread or whatever.