Charge Dismissed Against BLM Activist Who Leaked Document To Reporter

(Des Moines, IA)  —  A Polk County judge has dismissed charges against a Black Lives Matter activist accused of leaking a police document to a news reporter.  The judge determined protester Viet Tran didn’t break the law.  Tran had been charged with unauthorized dissemination of intelligence data – a felony that could have meant five years in prison.  The law was originally passed to keep law enforcement officials from releasing sensitive information.  It has only been used a few times and never against civilians.