Riot charges against seven pro-Palestine protesters who were arrested at an Oct. 7 rally that turned violent have been dropped, court records show.

The seven defendants were initially charged with disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and disturbing the peace, according to court records. They include Atalanta Carrig-Braun, 20, of Boston; Osama El Khatib, 26, of Watertown; Styx Hatch, 19, of Boston; Haley MacIntyre, 24, of Dorchester; Jacob Pettigrew, 22, of Malden; Gabrielle Smith, 28, of Cambridge; and Madeline Weikel, 27, of Watertown.

Later that week, all seven protesters were additionally charged with inciting a riot, but on Friday, those further charges were dropped, court records show. The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office cited a lack of probable cause as the reason for

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