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   Cohoes, NY — Dontie Mitchell, an anti-violence advocate, pardoned by   
   Governor Andrew Cuomo, has been cleared of a second-degree murder   
   charge, stemming from a Cohoes shooting in August.   
      
   Mitchell has been working with teens since his release from prison   
   in 2021.   
      
   In August, he was accused of and charged with murder in the second   
   degree, criminal possession of a weapon and two counts of reckless   
   endangerment. Mitchell was accused in the shooting death of Shieer   
   Leggett back on August 11, in the city of Cohoes.   
      
   "As of now, only the gun charge remains which is the way the case   
   should be moving. We've been maintaining since day one that Dontie   
   absolutely did not intend to kill anyone, he did not kill anyone,"   
   said Michell's Public Defender, Rebekah Sokol. "It was this other   
   gentleman who should not be considered a co-defendant in my   
   opinion."   
   In September 2021, he was released from Fishkill Correctional   
   Facility after being behind bars since the age of 17, the last 24   
   years, for an attempted robbery and criminal possession of a weapon.   
      
   Court documents dated Dec. 13 state, "...surveillance video of the   
   incident shows an initial verbal altercation arising between the   
   defendant and his codefendant outside a store front."   
      
   Seven of the codefendant's acquaintances (including the victim)   
   surrounded the defendant, with the codefendant aggressively yelling   
   in close range to the defendant's face - with his hand in his   
   pocket. The codefendant can be heard yelling about his gang   
   affiliations - as well as those on the block. As the verbal   
   disagreement escalated, both the defendant and his codefendant   
   pulled out firearms.   
   According to the paperwork, the video "does not depict which   
   defendant went for their firearm first." The statement goes on to   
   explain that a grand jury witness testified to Mitchell pulling out   
   a gun first, but the video surveillance does not confirm this.   
      
   Almost immediately after guns were drawn, the codefendant, gun in   
   hand, and his acquaintances turned and ran down the street.   
      
   The evidence tends to indicate that the defendant was the first   
   person to begin shooting, however, the video surveillance does not   
   actually depict the defendant shooting. The codefendant and an   
   acquaintance, within several seconds. returned fire. The victim, an   
   acquaintance of the codefendant, was shot and killed with the   
   bullets from the codefendant's firearm.   
   The grand jury testimony included statements from a female witness   
   that alleged to have a conversation with Mitchell following the   
   shooting in which he stated, "he was defending himself."   
      
   Sokol believe's Mitchell's prior history played a role in the   
   charges brought against him.   
      
   "It's unfortunate people are so willing to throw that in his face   
   like look you've been charged with murder now; when clearly that's   
   out of the picture now," said Sokol. "The District Attorney's Office   
   and this indictment and charging him in the way that they did I   
   think they were trying to use him as a escape goat to try to explain   
   a situation that developed outside of Dontie's control."   
      
   https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/first-on-6-pardoned-crime-   
   activist-has-murder-charges-dropped#   
      
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