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News :: Prisons : Protest Activity |
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Jail Crisis for Protesters from the RNC |
Submitted by Scott
Original Publisher: NYC Indy Media |
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A State Supreme Court judge today ordered the city to release hundreds of people who had spent as many as 48 hours or more in jail and found the city in contempt of court after it failed to comply. Most of the people had been swept up in mass arrests on Tuesday, August 31, the day of nonviolent direct action to confront the Republican National Convention. Many claimed they were bystanders not connected to any protest. |
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