12 days. That's a joke.
It appears the assailant now works for...wait for it...RT America, which is the American-focused version of Russia Today, the Russian propaganda outfit. He hosts his own program called
Boom Bust, which as far as I could let myself look into, appears to focus on western/US economics with a socialist eye.
Although employed by RT America, he convinced the judge that he was indigent and got a court-appointed lawyer because he said he could not continue paying his private lawyer. As well, he did not show up for initial court hearings because he lived in Maryland and was allowed to go home. Apparently that was OK with the court. His public defender was the head of the Public defender's office and also chair of the local Dem party, and a local political big wheel.
Brito was initially charged with robbery and aggravated assault, but in a plea deal pled guilty to 5th degree felony assault on an incapacitated person, which will be reduced to a misdemeanor if he completes his probation. There seem to be witnesses that state Brito attacked the victim twice, once while he was down on the ground, it does not appear to be that he accidently injured the victim while grabbing the hat. But no trial, just the plea deal.
The only actual news source that seems to be writing about this is the Arizona Daily Independent, which has an obvious political slant of its own, but then they seem to be the only news source reporting on it.
https://keywiki.org/Daniel_Z._Brito
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/201 ... inal-case/
https://kvoa.com/news/local-news/2018/1 ... wn-tucson/
https://arizonadailyindependent.com/201 ... ty-courts/
