FERGUSON, Mo. - The case was based on last year’s protests in Ferguson–-during the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death.

A well-known activist was charged with damaging a fence outside the police department. The attorney for the man accused said the original prosecutors used video that proved his client’s innocence.

The video was from August 2024, showing protestors shaking a fence–-including the man now cleared of a felony property damage charge-–Keith Rose.

Rose’s attorney Javad Khazaeli said back then that the video should have convinced prosecutors not to charge Rose.

"At the time the fence was broken the video shows clearly he had nothing to do with it," Khazaeli told FOX 2 in 2024.

The fence shaking video he says was from the day before the damage. Khazaeli called it a "dis

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