Tip is somewhere heated right now.
Meanwhile, Shuffield was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and unlawfully carrying a weapon. He’s made bond and was released from jail. Lee, however, may catch a case of her own for breaking Shuffield’s back window with “a jump box, a charger for a car battery” after he punched her. Dallas police charged the 24-year-old woman today with felony criminal mischief because the estimated damage was $3,000. Lee admitted to police that she was responsible.
Lee Merritt, Lee’s attorney, took to Twitter to post about his frustration regarding the charges. “A black woman alone in a dark parking lot is stalked, harassed and assaulted by a white male,” Merritt said. “He brandishes a gun, knocks away her phone when she tries to call for help – then beats her mercilessly with blows to the head. DPD just found a way to charge HER with a felony.”
A black woman alone in a dark parking lot is stalked, harassed and assaulted by a white male. He brandishes a gun, knocks away her phone when she tries to call for help— then beats her mercilessly with blows to the head. DPD just found a way to charge HER with a felony. #DaiLee pic.twitter.com/hMJab8UM3i
— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) April 2, 2019
Deputy Chief Thomas Castro held a press conference regarding the new charges and said, “We understand that some people are upset. It’s not the intention of the Dallas Police Department to pick one side or the other. We simply had information that was provided to us on a criminal offense. We thoroughly investigated that offense. We took the action that was taken today.”
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