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Tia Pugh

Released
Gender:Female
Race:Black
Era:2020s
State:Alabama
Time Imprisoned:
21 Days
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Police Accountability Black Lives Matter Movement
Tia Pugh

Biography

Black Mobile, Alabama woman who became one of the first federal prosecutions of the 2020 George Floyd uprising — charged in federal court under the federal civil disorder statute (18 U.S.C. §231) for breaking police-cruiser windows with a baseball bat during a May 31, 2020 protest. Convicted by jury in 2021; sentenced to a financial penalty and supervised release (no prison time). Her trial became a key federal-court test of the Reconstruction-era civil disorder statute's constitutionality.

Cases

Charges: Civil disorder (18 U.S.C. § 231(a)(3))
Arrested: Jun 1, 2020
Sentenced: Aug 19, 2021
Sentence: Time served; $572.63 restitution
Judge: Terry F. Moorer
Convicted: Yes
Charges: Municipal protest-related charges after a demonstration against police violence in Mobile
Arrested: June 2021
Released: Jul 12, 2021
Sentence: Three weeks in Mobile jail; released July 12, 2021 with credit for time served