After a nonprofit filed a criminal complaint against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, over remarks they made about Haitian migrants eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, an Ohio judicial panel has ruled there is no cause to issue arrest warrants for either of them.
The incident occurred during a presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, where Trump referenced claims circulating in Springfield that Haitian migrants had been eating pets. These comments followed reports of around 20,000 Haitian migrants overwhelming local resources, and a local resident at a city commission meeting had alleged that migrants were eating animals such as ducks in a park.
A Springfield resident told City Council: “They’re in the parks grabbing ducks, cutting their heads off, and eating them”
Call me crazy but if I lived in a town where 20,000 migrants got dropped off and my neighbor said this, I wouldn’t let my cat outsidepic.twitter.com/fTga8veq1Q
— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) September 10, 2024
In response, the Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) filed a criminal complaint against Trump and Vance, accusing them of offenses including felony inducing panic, disrupting public services, and making false alarms. The complaint also