Cecily McMillan Sentenced to Three Months in Jail
May 19, 2014 The Occupy Wall Street activist who two weeks ago was found guilty of assaulting a police officer as he led her out of a protest in Zuccotti Park was sentenced Monday.
They Can’t Outlaw the Revolution
May 19, 2014 Cecily McMillan could get up to seven years on her conviction of hitting a plainclothes policeman who grabbed her in Zuccotti Park. The persecution of the Occupy activist has become emblematic of the state's use of the courts to criminalize nonviolent dissent and try to crush new mass movements.The persecution of Occupy activist Cecily McMillan—facing up to seven years in prison—has become emblematic of the state's use of the courts to criminalize nonviolent dissent and try to crush new mass movements.
Truthdigger of the Week: Cecily McMillan
May 12, 2014 Occupy Wall Street organizer Cecily McMillan is paying with her time and body for our leaders' sins of unbridled power and extreme wealth.
Activist Cecily McMillan Found Guilty of Assaulting Police Officer
May 5, 2014 The Occupy Wall Street organizer, whom Truthdig columnist Chris Hedges profiled last month, was convicted Monday on charges of "assaulting" an NYPD officer who grabbed her breast as he removed her from a protest. She faces up to seven years in prison.
The Crime of Peaceful Protest
Apr 28, 2014 Cecily McMillan—facing the possibility of seven years in prison for elbowing a plainclothes policeman in Zuccotti Park—is the latest victim of a cloaked offensive to destroy activist leaders.
Will Civil Liberties Survive OWS Trial?
Feb 16, 2014 As an Occupy Wall Street activist goes to trial on charges of assaulting a police officer, author and lawyer Chase Madar asks what the rights to freedom of assembly, freedom of the press and freedom from warrantless search are worth in the United States today.
