Charges dropped for most Turkish bodyguards who beat up people in DC

Charges have been dropped against 11 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security detail that were accused of beating protesters in Washington, D.C.

Federal prosecutors made the decision to drop the charges against 11 of out the 15 security members in connection with the incident.

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The scuffle took place last May after roughly two dozen protesters gathered outside of the Turkish Embassy to protest Erdogan's policies during his visit to Washington.

Nine people were taken to local hospitals following the incident. The Turkish Embassy said that Erdogan's bodyguards were acting in "self-defense” during the incident and accused the protesters of being affiliated with the terrorist group PKK.

  The Hill

A nice joke since the bodyguards left Erdoğan to go into the street to attack protesters.

Prosecutors in November requested a judge to drop the charges against four members of Erdogan's security team, and the charges against seven others were dropped in February before now-outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson flew to Turkey to meet with Erdogan.

U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal that the prosecutors were not pressured to drop the charges saying that investigators had misidentified some suspects and did not have enough evidence against others.

Possibly true.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.