Justice For Cecily McMillan
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Cecily McMillan was sexually assaulted by a New York City Police Officer. She was than beaten, knocked unconscious, falsely arrested, and than convicted of assaulting a police officer. Her...
Cecily McMillan’s guilty verdict reveals our mass acceptance of police violence
The hyper-selective retelling of events mirrors the popular narrative of Occupy Wall Street – and how one woman may serve seven years while the NYPD goes free
“In the trial, physical evidence was considered suspect but the testimony of the police was cast as infallible. Despite photographs of her bruised body, including her right breast, the prosecution cast doubt upon McMillan’s allegations of being injured by the police – all while Officer Bovell repeatedly identified the wrong eye when testifying as to how McMillan injured him. And not only was Officer Bovell’s documented history of violent behavior deemed irrelevant by the judge, but so were the allegations of his violent behavior that very same night.”
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Occupy Wall Street activist found guilty of assaulting police office
An Occupy Wall Street activist is facing up to seven years in prison after being convicted by a jury in Manhattan of assaulting a New York police officer as he led her out of a protest.
Cecily McMillan was on Monday afternoon found guilty of deliberately elbowing Officer Grantley Bovell in the face in March 2012. After a trial lasting more than four weeks, the jury of eight women and four men reached their verdict in about three hours.
Judge Ronald Zweibel ordered that McMillan, 25, a graduate student at the New School, be detained. He rejected a request from her lawyers for bail.
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The Trial of Cecily McMillan by Maria Svart
An Occupy Wall Street activist was assaulted by a police officer. She faces seven years in prison for it.
On 17 March 2012, McMillan was at Zuccotti Park during a protest marking the six-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. When the police began a mass arrest of the peaceful protestors, she was violently grabbed on her breast from behind — an action that, as any woman will tell you, will cause an instinctive response. McMillan’s response is what the NYPD calls an assault on their officer; the physical evidence of what prompted her action is downplayed.
But the bruising on her breast wasn’t all. After her arrest, McMillan was beaten severely by the police on her ribs and arms until she went into a seizure. She was subsequently denied medical treatment by the police, in full view of other protestors who pleaded with police to attend to her. The NYPD claim she initiated the altercation and charged her with a felony — an unfortunately common reversal on the part of the police after abusing arrestees.
Cecily McMillan, Final Occupy Wall Street Defendant, Takes The Stand - Metropolis - WSJ
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An Occupy Wall Street member accused of assaulting a New York Police Department officer testified in her own defense Tuesday, saying she is nonviolent and advocated against using physical force inside the movement.
Cecily McMillan, a 25-year-old graduate student, is the final criminal defendant stemming from the arrests made during the months when Occupy Wall Street was camped at Zuccotti Park or tried to reclaim the lower Manhattan space after being evicted, prosecutors said.
Ms. McMillan previously declined an offer from prosecutors to plead guilty to second-degree assault on a police officer in exchange for a recommendation that she not serve prison time.
THE TRIAL COMES TO A CLOSE
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The cross-examination ended at 5pm. Closing arguments will begin Friday, May 2nd, at 9:30am, followed by jury deliberation and verdict. A press conference with Cecily’s lawyers and a prepared statement from Cecily herself will follow the verdict in front of 100 Centre St.
This verdict marks the end of a long and difficult two-year limbo for Cecily and the last big criminal case stemming from OWS. The verdict of this trial will set an important precedent for future social movements in NYC.
Cecily McMillan: I was labeled ’Paris Hilton of Occupy Wall Street’
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/29/cecily-mcmillan-assault-trial-paris-hilton-occupy-wall-street
Activist, on trial for deliberately assaulting a police officer as he removed protesters from Zuccotti Park in 2012, told court she was dismissed as mainstream by more radical protesters.