By Alvin Bragg will do anything to prosecute conservatives, but when violence against activists is caught on tape, he’ll lift nary a finger. The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has decided not to prosecute a woman accused of punching pro-life activist Savannah Craven Antao during a street encounter earlier this year, a move now prompting civil action.
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On April 3, 2025, pro-life journalist Savannah Craven Antao was brutally assaulted in Harlem, NYC, while conducting street interviews for Live Action. A pro-abortion advocate, unable to handle Savannah’s views, attacked her… pic.twitter.com/28Fd5qyCzj
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Brianna J. Rivers, 30, was arrested in April on second-degree assault charges after video captured her striking Craven Antao during an interview with the group Live Action. Prosecutors downgraded the charge to a misdemeanor before ultimately dropping the case. Attorneys with the Thomas More Society say they will pursue damages on behalf of the activist.
“District Attorney Bragg’s shocking refusal to uphold justice only works to undermine confidence in the system, especially when our political climate has become as fraught as it is now,” Thomas More Society senior counsel Christopher Ferrera said in a statement. “Failing to prosecute these clear-cut charges sets a dangerous standard for how our society responds to violence against those engaging in democratic dialogue.”
“This blatant example of selective prosecution shows a troubling disregard for equal protection, leaving peaceful pro-life advocacy exposed to intimidation and violence. Savannah’s assailant may have been spared criminal consequences by the Manhattan DA’s failure, but we will see to it that she faces accountability. We will seek justice for Savannah, including punitive damages, as a lesson to those who think they can respond to pro-life speech with violence,” Ferrara added.
NY D.A. WON'T PROSECUTE WOMAN WHO PUNCHED "LIVE ACTION" REPORTER SAVANNAH CRAVEN ANTAO@SavannahCraven5: "I have a question for Alvin Bragg. If I was your daughter, if I was you wife, would you have done the same thing? I think not." pic.twitter.com/S1Q85LBKwq
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The incident, caught on camera, shows Rivers dismissing Craven Antao’s pro-life stance before striking her twice in the face. The activist was treated at a nearby hospital for lacerations that required stitches. Her husband, Henry Antao, said the assailant “became aggressive and violent” when confronted with Savannah’s views.
The pattern is hard to ignore. In Manhattan, Alvin Bragg drops a case where video evidence shows a pro-life activist bloodied in the street. In the same courthouse, his office tried and failed to convict Daniel Penny—a Marine who intervened on a subway to protect passengers from a violent outburst—only to be met with threats of vigilante justice from BLM leaders in the aftermath of Penny’s acquittal.
And it isn’t confined to New York. In Minneapolis, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty declined to prosecute a state employee accused of vandalizing six Teslas, causing more than $20,000 in damage, despite police presenting what they called “felonious” evidence. The decision to let him enter a diversion program—so he could keep his job—left law enforcement stunned and victims without criminal recourse.
The backdrop to these decisions is a disturbing cultural shift. A recent study from the Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers University found that nearly half of self-identified liberals now justify political violence against figures like Elon Musk and President Trump. Researchers described this as an “assassination culture”—a meme-fueled aesthetic that makes violence thinkable, even fashionable, across leftwing digital spaces.
Taken together, these episodes paint a national trend: prosecutors in deep-blue cities downplaying or excusing leftwing violence while amplifying charges against conservatives. The result is a dangerous double standard where political allegiance determines whether you face prison—or a pass.
