We are hoping that Manhattan court will not convict Cecily McMillan to prison term. Anyway,it's time to start your own, american Pussy Riot.
— Pussy Riot (@pussyrrriot) May 7, 2014
From the Guardian:
A majority of the jurors who this week convicted an Occupy Wall Street activist of assaulting a New York police officer have asked the judge in her case to not send her to prison.
Cecily McMillan was on Monday found guilty of deliberately elbowing officer Grantley Bovell in the face, as he led her out of a protest in March 2012. She was convicted of second-degree assault, a felony, and faces up to seven years in prison. She was denied bail and is being detained at Riker’s Island jail.
However, nine of the 12 jurors who unanimously reached the verdict have since taken the unusual step of writing to Judge Ronald Zweibel to request that he not give her a prison sentence on 19 May…
The Guardian reported on Tuesday that several jurors, who were barred from researching the trial while it was happening, were shocked to discover that McMillan could receive a substantial prison term when they searched for details online, minutes after being dismissed…
For the record, I grew up in a physically violent family, and it took me years to break the habit of taking a swing at anyone who approached me from behind. And that was just for tapping me on the shoulder.
The Occupy movement: Over 7,700 arrests in 122 U.S. cities: http://t.co/tvpwhqwDBS h/t @DaLeftHook
— billmon (@billmon1) May 8, 2014
Hmmm. how many were arrested at Bundy Ranch, or when teabaggers tore down barriers at DC monuments & dumped in front of the White House?
— billmon (@billmon1) May 8, 2014