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A year after mass demonstrations sparked by George Floyd murder, protesters see double standard in prosecutions

Do police and courts treat Black Lives Matter protesters differently than counterprotesters?

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Landon Daniel Buttars, 21, of South Weber, was charged in 3rd District Court with assault, a class A misdemeanor, for allegedly pepper-spraying a citizen reporter in the face at a Black Lives Matter protest in Cottonwood Heights in August 2020.