Student protesters claim they didn't recognize the police chief who joined their demonstration
The 15-year-old girl was choked by the police chief, according to her attorney
Students were protesting immigration enforcement policies when the scuffle occurred
The students were taunted by counterprotesters yelling racial epithets
The defense lawyers plan to fight the charges including aggravated assault
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Lawyers for student protesters detained in Pennsylvania for four days after a scuffle with police say their clients had no idea the stocky older man in street clothes who joined the fray and put his arm around a 15-year-old girl's neck was the local police chief. The attorneys said the students from Quakertown Community High School who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement policies acted in self-defense and will fight the charges, including a simple assault charge elevated to aggravated assault, a felony, because the alleged victim is Police Chief Scott McElree. According to defense attorney Donald Souders, 'He charged from his vehicle into the middle of this group of kids. Many of the kids jumped in, in an attempt to defend her. They assumed that this was a counterprotester.' The 72-year-old McElree, who also serves as the Philadelphia suburb's borough manager, arrived in an unmarked car, had no badge or hat or uniform on, and never identified himself. Videos posted to social media captured the tussle between students and officers. McElree did not return messages left at his home and office. Lawyer Timothy Prendergast, who represents the 15-year-old girl, stated, 'My client was directly choked by the chief. It was alleged that she had struck him, which she did not. They are innocent. They were exercising their First Amendment rights. The chief did not like that and acted outside of his authority.'
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