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Hissyspit

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Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #44)

Fri May 9, 2014, 01:17 PM

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O SHIT: Cecily McMillan jurors tell judge Occupy activist should not go to jail [View all] WilliamPitt May 2014 OP

Hey Will... Did You Catch This: WillyT May 2014 #1

Leads to this pic, of Ms. McMillan, showing the bruises from where the cop grabbed her ... Scuba May 2014 #8

according to one poster in another thread, the bruise is on her chest, not her breast, niyad May 2014 #53

Thanks for keeping up on this, Will.. KoKo May 2014 #2

If she didn't know he was a cop the whole charge should have been thrown out. Dustlawyer May 2014 #32

While I am interested in this case nadinbrzezinski May 2014 #38

Here's My Link to Post I did about her and "Willy T" just posted his Post... KoKo May 2014 #3

New DU. WilliamPitt May 2014 #5

Well sometimes it does seem to be a foreign land...to those of us who've been here a long time. KoKo May 2014 #6

François Villon WilliamPitt May 2014 #7

Nice... KoKo May 2014 #12

Some of those responses are unreal. City Lights May 2014 #14

the responses in this thread are depressing, to say the least: niyad May 2014 #54

Are policemen being taught to grab women from behind catrose May 2014 #4

from the video I saw passiveporcupine May 2014 #9

I kind of lean that way aswell Niceguy1 May 2014 #28

I will never understand the verdict, and I hope the judge considers the jurors request. n/t Jefferson23 May 2014 #10

An outrageous miscarriage of justice. mountain grammy May 2014 #11

The spirit of Occupy activism has spread to the jury! I love it. morningfog May 2014 #13

...and the Jury still thinks she's guilty... brooklynite May 2014 #20

They're trying to keep her out of jail. Hissyspit May 2014 #23

Not disputing that, but it doesn't sound like "OCCUPY Activism" to me,,, brooklynite May 2014 #45

Sure, the next step is jury nullification, but they are recognizing and morningfog May 2014 #27

I wouldn't have voted to convcict in the first place. ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 #15

They probably browbeat the jury into conviction Demeter May 2014 #16

It's disappointing that so many people (jurors) give in so easily. ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 #18

The evidence, at least as presented, was pretty strong against her Nevernose May 2014 #21

She turned down a deal that would have resulted only in probation: struggle4progress May 2014 #44

So? Hissyspit May 2014 #46

So the prosecution's unlikely to pound the table and demand the stiffest possible penalty, struggle4progress May 2014 #48

So maybe she thinks she's innocent? Hissyspit May 2014 #50

As presented... backscatter712 May 2014 #47

Probably. JoeyT May 2014 #22

Thanks for the article. ohnoyoudidnt May 2014 #26

She should file charges accusing him of attempting to rape her as he was behind her grabbing her DhhD May 2014 #17

She wouldn't win that: struggle4progress May 2014 #49

Read Between the Lines: Hissyspit May 2014 #19

I believe that the jury has the right to ask the judge about prior excessive force and to see the DhhD May 2014 #24

It's pretty fucking pathetic when you have to resort to a petition ... MrMickeysMom May 2014 #25

The same jury said she was guilty. That's quite a bit of 'due process'. randome May 2014 #30

The same jury seems to have some buyer's remorse about their part in that 'due process.' Hissyspit May 2014 #31

They don't want her to receive an extended sentence. randome May 2014 #33

And you can't assume from that letter that some or all don't now think that she Hissyspit May 2014 #35

people here have been using the video evidence as proof TorchTheWitch May 2014 #36

Actually you can't tell much of shit from the video. Hissyspit May 2014 #37

what on earth are you talking about? TorchTheWitch May 2014 #39

Why cops who assaulted Occupy got away with it, Hissyspit May 2014 #40

point out where I ever said that TorchTheWitch May 2014 #58

Interesting… what a trade off... MrMickeysMom May 2014 #34

Uniform worship The Wizard May 2014 #29

+1 nomorenomore08 May 2014 #42

It didn't help her that she never got her story straight struggle4progress May 2014 #41

I Love How You... Struggle For "Progress"... WillyT May 2014 #57

The difference between us is (I think) that I should prefer not to decide what the facts struggle4progress May 2014 #63

I Hear Ya... And I May Post About This Someday... But A Hint... WillyT May 2014 #64

Officer Testifies About Encounter With Occupy Wall Street Protester (NYT) struggle4progress May 2014 #43

Did his side of the story get preferential treatment? Hissyspit May 2014 #51

I wasn't on the jury. So I don't know the demeanor of the witnesses or other such details. struggle4progress May 2014 #62

How come this post doesn't have 200+ recs? MannyGoldstein May 2014 #52

read some of the responses here, and in the other threads, and you will understand. niyad May 2014 #56

you got a problem with the Authoritarian Underground, Manny? frylock May 2014 #59

Well... I guess not MannyGoldstein May 2014 #61

HUGE K & R !!! WillyT May 2014 #55

K&R /nt myrna minx May 2014 #60