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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBrooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Lawsuit Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/21/brooklyn-bridge-mass-arrest_n_5698297.html
NEW YORK -- Hundreds of people arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge in the early days of the Occupy Wall Street protests can proceed with their lawsuit against the police, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
The ruling from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit means that the plaintiffs can proceed to force New York City to turn over documents about how and why the mass arrest occurred, the next step toward a potential trial. Many of the marchers allege the police tricked them into walking onto the main roadway of the span in the Oct. 1, 2011, incident.
"This is a major victory for free speech rights and the democratic right to assemble without being mass-arrested," said Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a lawyer for the plaintiffs with the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund.
"This is a ruling that denies the city's attempt to dismiss the lawsuit, so now we, on behalf of the 700 people who were subject to mass false arrest can proceed to seek justice from the NYPD, which over and over again violated the rights of people throughout the Occupy movement."
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Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Lawsuit Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Aug 2014
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7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)1. Excellent news
Uncle Joe
(58,111 posts)2. This thread needs a theme song.
sunnystarr
(2,638 posts)3. I still love this one
Uncle Joe
(58,111 posts)4. That's a great song, sunnystarr.
johnnyreb
(915 posts)5. There are few things I love with all my heart.
Occupy is one.
Uncle Joe
(58,111 posts)6. I feel the same way, johnnyreb, Occupy; reminds me
of the idealistic 60s, when people believed in things bigger than themselves.