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Jumaane Williams Joins Lawsuit Against NYPD Handling of OWS Protestors

The suit claims that the NYPD has violated free speech rights and used excessive force; wants to see a independent police monitor.

Councilman Jumaane Williams, D-Brooklyn, has filed a lawsuit against the NYPD for their handling of Occupy Wall Street protestors, says the Associated Press (re-printed on the Huffington Post).

The suit alleges that the city and police violated demonstrators' free speech rights, used excessive force, arrested protesters on false charges and interfered with the work of journalists and council members at the protest, according to the article.

The suit, which Williams filed with Council Members Melissa Mark-Viverito, D-Manhattan, Ydanis Rodriguez, D-Manhattan, and Letitia James, D-Brooklyn, was filed on April 30, the day before a planned “May Day” protest, says the AP.

According to the article, the elected officials want a court-appointed monitor to oversee the police handling of further Occupy protests, as well as a review of the more than 2,000 protest-related arrests and the closures of Zuccotti Park and other public spaces.

Brandt Hardin April 30, 2012 at 10:48 pm
When will we start holding officers accountable for their brutality and excessive use of force? The handling of protesters is Unconstitutional and endangers the basic rights of EVERY last American. Is this the country we were raised in, were men and women are beaten, gassed, pepper-sprayed and arrested for their disapproval of the government? We have to be careful to protect our Constitutional Rights! Raise awareness and do your part with these free posters I designed for the movement on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/11/propaganda-for-occupy-movement.html
Dios Thunders May 2, 2012 at 02:36 pm
I saw onthe news cops really going wacko over one guy just so un justified..naturally beingbeaten and attacked by 5 people makes one want to get away natural instinct..so they beat him harder layed on top of him it was a horror... Cops are sopposed to 'SERVE HONOR PROTECT" is there credo HAHAHAHAH Kelly better get on there as*es and making it unlawful to do so, what cops are doing..its entertainment for these corupt cops, they have no control of them selves and dont know how to deal with people..they should all have to take courses in psycholigy and tested for any prone to being violent on a regular basis..now I know for what Ive seen overthe past few years why they call police PIGS . Iveseen stuff in the neighborhood that was extreamly OVER the hook,attacking the concil man at the parade last year on his way to a lunchone with all his iD tags out But he was black n they beat him andc uffed him, then the idiot clopwn cops inthe parade dancing and behaving in an obsene way with the women in the parade, its a family day thing, EVEN if it wasnt thats NOT HOW A POLICE OFFICER should behave AT ALL they all should of been fired & banned from ANY cival servant job or for the city includding bus driver sanitation all of it..let them stock shelves at TARGET or wash dishes SHAMEFUL disgusting and WRONG..whats the constatution? what does it mean anymore?

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