Cecily McMillan, the Occupy Wall Street activist, was sentenced to three months in prison and five years probation on Monday morning after being found guilty of deliberately elbowing an officer in the face in March 2012.AlterNet
McMillan, 25, and her attorneys had argued that the elbowing occurred after Officer Grantley Bovell grabbed McMillan's breast from behind and she was simply reacting. After her arrest, McMillan appeared on Democracy Now, looking both shaken and bruised, including a bruise shaped like a handprint abover her breast.
However, the prosecution accused McMillan of attacking Bovell, 35, as he walked her out of Zuccotti Park in March, 2012, and showed the jury grainy footage of the elbowing incident. The Manhattan jury apparently believed the prosecution's account and and found McMillan guilty of second degree assault.
Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan Sentenced to Three Months in Prison
Janet Allon
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Meanwhile, criminal banksters are roaming free after unleashing financial weapons of mass destruction on the public and getting bailed out to boot.
that'll teach women not to physically obstruct justice with their breasts (& not to elbow cops when they're fondling women?)
pretty mixed up message here
http://justiceforcecily.com/
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