Staff / TruthdigDec 29, 2014
Every week the Truthdig editorial staff selects a Truthdigger of the Week, a group or person worthy of recognition for speaking truth to power, breaking the story or blowing the whistle. Here are 10 Truthdiggers from 2014 we think are worth reflecting upon at the end of the year. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigMay 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. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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Occupy Wall Street organizer Cecily McMillan is paying with her time and body for our leaders' sins of unbridled power and extreme wealth. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMay 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigApr 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. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 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. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 21, 2012
Occupiers are accusing New York police officers of beating and neglecting a woman who had a seizure after being handcuffed during the breakup of the movement’s six-month anniversary party in Zuccotti Park on Saturday night. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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