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In reply to the discussion: Occupy Wall Street Activist Found Guilty of Assaulting Police Officer [View all]Earth_First
(14,910 posts)28. So were the "more than 30 police officers lining the room..." present throughout the trial...?
In order to provide a situation of intimidation to the jury while they heard the testimony...
Were they uniformed?
Were they there voluntarily?
Or coerced by their precincts to provide their support...
The judge should have disallowed this from the onset of the trial.
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Occupy Wall Street Activist Found Guilty of Assaulting Police Officer [View all]
Hissyspit
May 2014
OP
More justice! Corruption from sea to shining sea. Ever since they awarded Dubya the presidency.
Enthusiast
May 2014
#11
In reading the comments at the link there were several that said things to the effect that, "The
Dustlawyer
May 2014
#14
So were the "more than 30 police officers lining the room..." present throughout the trial...?
Earth_First
May 2014
#28
I wonder if there are high powered invisible hands behind this. Occupy made the Wall Street
GoneFishin
May 2014
#35