“I am so appalled and so angry at even the possibility,” said Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas, a Democrat who represents a neighboring district in Queens and who sponsored a package of anti-sexual harassment laws last year. “We elected so many young progressive women to fight for us. The last thing we need is to take a huge step backward.”

Protesters will call on the U.S. Attorney to investigate after the DA dropped charges against two cops accused of raping a woman in custody.

Group Issues Statement Outside Brooklyn DA’s Office in Support of Anna Chambers