Regan Benson posted to her YouTube page that her charges of ripping a police tape were dismissed last week, after the court granted her motion to dismiss the trial based on the City’s failure to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.
The 2023 incident led to a warrant sought by Sergeant Bryan O’Neill which was later used to arrest Benson when she attempted to film a public meeting in Denver last summer.
That arrest was the second time O’Neill arrested Benson in 2023 and reportedly led to an internal affairs investigation of Benson’s allegations that O’Neill attempted to plant contraband on Benson, which O’Neill was ultimately cleared of.
Since the arrests, Benson has publicly staged protests targeting O’Neill, often joined by fellow activist Aurora Transparency, and recently removed a livestream in which she filmed O’Neill while on duty at a Denver area homeless sweep while hurling disparaging remarks and insults towards the officer.
Benson is still on trial in Denver for charges related to her original arrest by O’Neill last year for filming within a police precinct. Given her track record in Denver of either having charges dismissed or outright winning those cases, Benson appeared positive in her chances of avoiding a guilty verdict in that case.
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