PA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE OFFERED NO LEGAL OPINION REGARDING MT. PLEASANT HALLOWEEN PARADE

The State Attorney General’s Office is now saying they offered no official legal opinion concerning a controversial Halloween Parade entry in Mt. Pleasant borough.  The Trib reports that a spokesperson from the office said that there was no official referral on the matter from the office, and no legal analysis conducted and no state attorney general was ever contacted.  Borough Solicitor Les Mlakar said at Monday’s council meeting that Mt. Pleasant Police Chief George Grippo was told by an assistant attorney general that the parade entry apparently depicting Democratic Vice President and recent presidential candidate Kamala Harris handcuffed and tethered to a golf cart involved “no crime, no hate crimes.”  The rep from the State Attorney General’s office said the chief spoke to an Office of Attorney General narcotics agent regarding this matter on Monday, and that the office does not have jurisdiction over hate crimes.