A protester shoved to the ground with a police baton during the Democratic National Convention in August won’t face criminal charges and hasn’t yet decided whether to retaliate with a lawsuit against Denver police, her attorney said Wednesday.
“We’re encouraging her to file a civil lawsuit,” said Dan Recht, the defense attorney for Code Pink war protester Alicia Forrest, 24, of Los Angeles.
Forrest was not at the news conference and did not return a telephone call seeking comment.
The Denver city attorney’s office dismissed a charge of interfering with a police officer against Forrest on Wednesday morning.
“The decision came down to whether there was a reasonable likelihood of conviction at trial,” Vince DiCroce, director of prosecution for the city attorney’s office, said of the choice not to prosecute.
