| After
Protest at
Senegal
Consulate Went
Bad Diop Gets
6 Months
Probation May
End Early
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 30 – Saliou Diop was
arrested on September 19, 2023
for having destroyed property
in Senegal's consulate and UN
Mission during a
protest.
Diop was
presented before U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrate Judge Jennifer E.
Willis on September 20. Inner
City Press was there, the only
media in the SDNY Mag Court.
[Earlier in the day, it did
its best to cover the UN
General Assembly week in which
Senegal's Macky Sall
is.]
Judge
Willis asked the AUSA if
consular notification was
required, ironic in this case.
The AUSA said it is not
mandatory, and that Diop had
waived it.
She added that
the US agreed to release on
$10,000 bond - and stay away
from the Senegal consulate and
mission. The Federal
Defender added if Diop needs
to go there, permission will
be sought.
Jump cut to
October 25, 2024, when Diop's
Federal Defender wrote in
asking for no jail time, and
the AUSA asked for two years
probation, on October 30.
On October 30
Judge Willis sentenced him to
six months probation but "may
seek early termination once
$750 is paid toward
restitution."
The case is
now US v. Diop,
24-cr-468 (Willis)
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