Occupy Sacramento protesters dispute $100 penalties

[FreakinDJ]

By Ed Fletcher


The move by the Sacramento City Attorney's Office to dismiss criminal charges against Occupy Sacramento protesters has not stopped the legal arm wrestling.

Lawyers working for the demonstrators who were arrested in recent weeks for violating the city's park curfew ordinance said Thursday they will fight the city's attempt to collect an administrative penalty from their clients.

After dismissing the misdemeanor criminal charges last month, the City Attorney's Office moved to collect $100 for each arrest from each of the nine people arrested multiple times for violating the park curfew.

To date, the city has made 110 arrests within Cesar Chavez Plaza after the park's nighttime curfew.



Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/06/4166697/occupy-sacramento-protesters-dispute.html#storylink=cpy

[Joe Shlabotnik]

1. Hit hard, Hit fast, Hit often, as Patton used to say

Hit em where it hurts. Be like a swarm of bees until the repression stops.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Ah the parallels to the free speech movement

by the way this is good. I can't wait until San Diego cries uncle too.

[T S Justly]

3. K&R (nt)

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. criminal charge dismissed but attorney seeks to collect $100. Doesn't seem legal.