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Christmas Parade Protester Sentenced

delaware state courts website

22-year old Brandon Moore was arrested during the Christmas parade in Salisbury while protesting the treatment of African American men by law enforcement.

He will now have to serve fives day in jail along with 45 day in the warden’s work program.

In addition, he will have to pay $700 in fines.

He will also be on two years of supervised probation.

The counts included second-degree assault, disorderly conduct and failure to obey a reasonable lawful order.

Moore is the first of three who were arrested that day as they disrupted the parade.

37 year-old James Fleming and 41 year-old Jermaine Walker – both from Baltimore -- will face trials in May and June.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.