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Charges Against BLM Leader Who Halted Saratoga Springs City Meeting Spark ‘Disbelief, Outrage' Charges Against BLM Leader Who Halted Saratoga Springs City Meeting Spark ‘Disbelief, Outrage'
Charges Against BLM Leader Who Halted Saratoga Springs City Meeting Spark ‘Disbelief, Outrage' City leaders in the region expressed “disbelief and outrage” over the decision to file a criminal complaint against a prominent Black Lives Matter (BLM) leader for interrupting a city council meeting. Saratoga Springs Public Safety Commissioner James Montagnino filed the complaint with the city’s police department asking for a summons to be issued to Chandler Hickenbottom, a leader of Saratoga Black Lives Matter. The complaint accuses Hickenbottom of disorderly conduct for disrupting a council meeting that was held on Tuesday, Feb. 7, according to a city statement. Saratoga Springs Mayor…