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Cro-Mag thrashes the rap

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Harley Flanagan outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Sept. 27 of this year.   Photo by Jefferson Siegel
Harley Flanagan outside Manhattan Criminal Court on Sept. 27 of this year. Photo by Jefferson Siegel

Harley Flanagan, the bassist and co-founder of the New York hardcore band the Cro-Mags, had assault charges against him dropped last Friday. Flanagan had been arrested at a hardcore concert in Webster Hall last July and was accused of stabbing and biting two members of the band, with whom he has had a running feud.

After the charges were dropped during a hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court last Friday, Flanagan’s lawyer, Sean Parmenter, said that prosecutors didn’t have enough evidence to prove the accusations beyond a reasonable doubt.

In the photo, Flanagan is showing a gash and swelling on his leg from a stab wound that required 30 stitches — one of the injuries he suffered during the fight.