ragingprogressive:policymic:Cecily McMillan has been convicted, because if you’re groped by NYPD, yo
ragingprogressive:policymic:Cecily McMillan has been convicted, because if you’re groped by NYPD, you go to prisonOn Monday the last of Occupy Wall Street’s 2,500 defendants, a 25-year-old named Cecily McMillan, was convicted in court. Her crime: She elbowed a cop named Grantley Bovell in the face after he allegedly groped her during the protests. According to a Manhattan jury, that was enough to convict her of second-degree assault of an officer, which is a felony that can lead up to seven years in prison. She was denied bail and taken away to the Riker’s Island jail, where she will await her sentencing.Read more | Follow policymic Unreal… -- source link