NY Occupy activist acquitted of obstructing police [View all]
Source: Associated Press
NY Occupy activist acquitted of obstructing police
Oct 10, 9:49 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) -- After a police-assault conviction made her a rallying point for activists, an Occupy Wall Street protester was cleared Friday of charges stemming from another confrontation with police.
Cecily McMillan was acquitted Friday of obstructing government administration, after her second trial this year.
It came three months after her release from jail in her earlier case, which stemmed from an encounter with police at an Occupy gathering and made the 26-year-old graduate student a celebrated figure among protesters and sympathizers.
In the latest case, prosecutors said McMillan interfered with officers who'd stopped two accused fare-beaters in a Manhattan subway station in December 2013.
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