Can u help me i don't get what the mayor did with how the text was worded

Accepted

Explanation:

I would kind of sat erased as well, but I didn't choose that because when you pardon someone, you are accepting/forgiving them. It doesn't erase what you are accepting them of. In the first sentence, it mentions that the mayor offered a pardon. That means even though the protesters protested without a permit, since martin was there, he acknowledged it was for a good reason, therefore pardoned them.

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