South Carolina Woman's Anti-Police Statement at Protest Gets Her 4 Years in Prison

South Carolina Woman's Anti-Police Statement at Protest Gets Her 4 Years in Prison

• In South Carolina, What You Say During Protests Could Land You in Jail
• Brittany Martin, who is pregnant, was sentenced to four years in prison...
  

"In June 2020, Brittany Martin attended a Black Lives Matter protest in Sumter, South Carolina. There, she used strong language when speaking to police officers. 

"Some of us gon' be hurting. And some of y'all gon' be hurting," she said. "We ready to die for this. We tired of it. You better be ready to die for the blue. I'm ready to die for the black."
While Martin did not physically attack officers, she was arrested on June 4 and charged with five counts of threatening the life of a public official and one count of instigating, aiding, or participating in a riot..."