Charges against some NY Occupy protesters dropped
Feb 18, 2012, 7:56 PM
NEW YORK (AP) – New York City prosecutors have been dropping criminal charges against many of the Occupy Wall Street protesters who were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge last October in a demonstration that helped bring national attention to the movement.
Police hit 686 people with criminal charges after halting the march on the landmark span.
The New York Times reports (
http://nyti.ms/wYUnSX) that so far, 174 of those cases have been dismissed outright. Another 250 people have agreed to conditional dismissals.
A Manhattan judge dismissed 14 cases Friday at the request of prosecutors. Most of the prosecutions were abandoned due to a lack of evidence.
The huge number of arrests brought attention to the marchers, two weeks into their occupation of a New York City park.
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