STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.— A Staten Island judge has dismissed criminal charges filed against local artist and activist Scott LoBaido, related to an Aug. 13 protest inside a local restaurant.

The protest, organized by LoBaido, was held in opposition to mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani’s “Five Borough’s Against Trump” tour. Video at the scene showed residents shouting “go home” and “go back to where you came from.”

Mamdani, a Democrat who immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of seven, was visiting the borough as part of a “Five Boroughs Against Trump” tour.

Police called to the location arrested LoBaido and issued him three summonses, for charges of disorderly conduct, amplified sound and foul language.

During a scheduled appearance on Friday in Criminal Court, Judge Raja

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