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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Mon Oct-17-11 07:31 PMOriginal message Occupy Wall Street To NYC: Drop Charges Against 800 Or We Will March To Court For Every Trial Edited on Mon Oct-17-11 07:33 PM by PeaceNikkiThere's been around 800 Occupy Wall Street protestors arrested since the movement began, and all of them are ready to head to court.The New York Daily News reported that the protestors' defense lawyers from the National Lawyer's Guild have asked New York City to drop the charges against the occupiers or they will refuse to settle and bring all 800 cases to court. Protestors are also planning on marching to every trial if the district attorney continues to prosecute cases - starting with the November 15 court date already set for 60 occupiers.The National Lawyer's Guild and Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance Jr. will meet today.Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/occupy-the-courts-800-pr... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2136188
AngkorWot (417 posts) Mon Oct-17-11 07:34 PMResponse to Original message 3. So they want to place a huge burden on an already strained system? Because that's a rather different target than what they're protesting against.
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AngkorWot 9. Does the Supreme Court handle municipal trespassing and resisting arrest cases? Part of the point of civil disobedience is dealing with the consequences and the punishment.
AngkorWotThe protestors were arrested for a variety of reasons ranging trespassing to blocking traffic to resisting arrest. And the whole point of civil disobedience is to make a show of doing it. Claiming innocence after the fact is rather... counterproductive, to put it mildly.
formercia (1000+ posts) Mon Oct-17-11 07:52 PMResponse to Reply #3 23. The Police should have thought of that first They thought it would be an easy wad of cash if the protesters that were arrested just paid their fine and went home.Be careful what you wish for.Perhaps they will be more selective from now-on.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top AngkorWot (422 posts) Mon Oct-17-11 07:53 PMResponse to Reply #23 24. I don't think the police get paid that way.