Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest

[White Eagle]

Man! I hope the protesters win this lawsuit. As much as I like the NYPD for their work in 9/11 what is happening at Wall Street and elsewhere in NY is just denying the protesters their Constitutional right.
justapixel and Jack Springer, if you don't like this link, go to it anyway, there are several links, ie Huffington Post and NY Times. If you are going to say the demonstrators started the violence, don't bother. The NYPD have started more violence than any demonstrator did.
We have a Constitutional right to demonstrate and we are being denied that right!!

http://www.justiceonline.org/commentary/class-action-lawsuit-brooklyn-bridge-arrests-2011.html

Partnership for Civil Justice Fund

Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest
PCJF Files Federal Constitutional Rights Class Action

October 5, 2011

Issue: Police Misconduct

Dear supporter,

Attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) on Oct. 4 filed a class action lawsuit against Mayor Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Kelly and the

City of New York, charging mass violations of constitutional rights in the trap and detain mass arrest of 700 demonstrators on the Brooklyn Bridge this past

Saturday, October 1, 2011.

The lawsuit charges that "the NYPD engaged in a premeditated, planned, scripted, and calculated effort to sweep the streets of protestors and disrupt a growing protest movement in New York." The class action lawsuit, Garcia v. Bloomberg, was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Case No: 11 CIV 6957. For more information on the lawsuit and the PCJF's work in defense of free speech rights, go to www.JusticeOnline.org.

There is a 20 page PDF of the complaint here:
http://www2.justiceonline.org/site/...rests_-_Class_Action_Complaint.pdf?docID=1742

 

[evanrick]

i feel bad for the cops, again we ask them to do their jobs and then we stab them in the back with lawsuits.

but a greater argument could be made that the cops symbolize what is wrong with America, the wealthy are protected by taxpayer subsidized security forces who are willing to pepper spray other citizens.

you have the masses fighting amongst themselves, the rich are laughing as it unfolds.

 

[Jack Springer]

One question: How is it a peaceful demonstration if they are blocking all traffic on a major, essential bridge in a huge city?

WhiteEagle, if you want to drink from the fountain of political kool-aid all your life, I guess that's your choice. At least it is for the present time -- we're not sure what these peaceful people want ...... yet.

 

[White Eagle]

Why am I not surprised you would disagree with the law suit? If you want to be ignorant of what is going on in this Country, then that is your choice. These peaceful people want to express their feelings with a Constitutional right of free demonstrations.

 

[Kulindahr]

One question: How is it a peaceful demonstration if they are blocking all traffic on a major, essential bridge in a huge city?

WhiteEagle, if you want to drink from the fountain of political kool-aid all your life, I guess that's your choice. At least it is for the present time -- we're not sure what these peaceful people want ...... yet.

If you're going to claim they're not peaceful, please provide a link showing the violence. Are you asserting that they turned cars over? beat on people's hoods? broke windows?

The right to peaceably assemble should be treated in the same heavy-duty way as the right of free speech: kicking all obstacles out of the way. It doesn't say "the right to peaceably assemble so long as they don't block store doorways", or "... so long as they don't impede traffic", or, "... so long as they don't litter".

You authoritarians are all too willing to turn people into sheep or cattle. Liberal or neocon, you just want the world to conform tidily to your expectations. You have more in common with the liberals who use environmental regulations to tell rural people what they can (more often, can't) do with their land than you do with the folks who penned the Bill of Rights. You're like Hamilton, preferring a Constitution with no Bill of Rights, so the government can impose "order" without restraint.

 

[Kulindahr]

BTW, I also hope the protesters win. We need some victory for liberty, against the tide of authoritarianism.

 

[justapixel]

BTW, I also hope the protesters win. We need some victory for liberty, against the tide of authoritarianism.

Can myself and a group of my friends block roads in your neighborhood to protest Obama's policies?

I am sure that you would be fine with that?

 

[palemale]

So far, it seems that the police brutality is being committed by the "white shirts," the higher level commanders who wear white shirts, not the rank and file police officers, who wear blue uniforms. The "pepper spray" incident was an upper level commander, as was the latest case, where another "white shirt" was swinging his baton like a baseball bat, with two hands, and beating protesters. The police hate Bloomberg, so they may not mind the demonstrations.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...eet-nypd-police-brutality-video_n_997414.html

 

[nfgrls]

I am all for everyones rights but that doesn't mean you have the right to get in other peoples way and stop them from what they are doing. You don't accomplish anything by being asses.

 

[White Eagle]

So far, it seems that the police brutality is being committed by the "white shirts," the higher level commanders who wear white shirts, not the rank and file police officers, who wear blue uniforms. The "pepper spray" incident was an upper level commander, as was the latest case, where another "white shirt" was swinging his baton like a baseball bat, with two hands, and beating protesters. The police hate Bloomberg, so they may not mind the demonstrations.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...eet-nypd-police-brutality-video_n_997414.html

Thanks for that video. It shows clearly that cop in the white shirt beating with both hands on his club. I have read articles of the 700 arrested saying the cops were on their side. the blue shirts.

 

[White Eagle]

If you're going to claim they're not peaceful, please provide a link showing the violence. Are you asserting that they turned cars over? beat on people's hoods? broke windows?

The right to peaceably assemble should be treated in the same heavy-duty way as the right of free speech: kicking all obstacles out of the way. It doesn't say "the right to peaceably assemble so long as they don't block store doorways", or "... so long as they don't impede traffic", or, "... so long as they don't litter".

You authoritarians are all too willing to turn people into sheep or cattle. Liberal or neocon, you just want the world to conform tidily to your expectations. You have more in common with the liberals who use environmental regulations to tell rural people what they can (more often, can't) do with their land than you do with the folks who penned the Bill of Rights. You're like Hamilton, preferring a Constitution with no Bill of Rights, so the government can impose "order" without restraint.

These days remind me of the sixties with the sitins.

 

[Kulindahr]

Can myself and a group of my friends block roads in your neighborhood to protest Obama's policies?

I am sure that you would be fine with that?

Lying about the situation -- figures.

They didn't "block roads" -- they spilled over into the street.


If you have ten thousand friends and you think my neighborhood would be a sensible place to mount a march, and your protest spilled into the streets -- great! But I'd be sitting on the porch drinking a beer and laughing at you, because this would be a really stupid location for a protest of any kind.

Well, except maybe a protest against the lying corporation that owns Safeway, that uses deceit to get land, deceit to get permits, and then breaks the promises made to town and residents -- that would be worth a protest here.

 

[Kulindahr]

You don't accomplish anything by being asses.

This is true. While the right to peaceably assemble allows for spilling into the street when you don't have room on the sidewalk, spilling into the street can be a strategically bad move. The answer is what MLK had: training and discipline.

 

[White Eagle]

Can myself and a group of my friends block roads in your neighborhood to protest Obama's policies?

I am sure that you would be fine with that?

Lying about the situation -- figures.

They didn't "block roads" -- they spilled over into the street.


If you have ten thousand friends and you think my neighborhood would be a sensible place to mount a march, and your protest spilled into the streets -- great! But I'd be sitting on the porch drinking a beer and laughing at you, because this would be a really stupid location for a protest of any kind.

Well, except maybe a protest against the lying corporation that owns Safeway, that uses deceit to get land, deceit to get permits, and then breaks the promises made to town and residents -- that would be worth a protest here.

You needed to add that it was the police that blocked the bridge!!!!

 

[White Eagle]

After seeing Kulindahr's thread on "McCain: fan of a military state" people are wondering why there is an "Occupy Wall Street" protests. Although the protests are about Wall street millionaires and other CEOs taking the money, this is another reason for protests.

 

[White Eagle]

Jack and justapixel
this is for y'all. Watch the cop in the white shirt and tell me he isn't violent.
If you can't see it go to youtube and search for:
cops beating people up at occupy wall street

 

[Jack Springer]

What is strange about this is that evidently these people are protesting against the people they are supporting.

Obama, his people in Wall Street, people from Obama's administration, and the unions are running the show now -- they are in charge -- not Bush or the Republicans.

Obama gets more cash from Wall Street than any other politician. The protesters appear to receive monetary support form unions, liberal web sites and action groups, former Obama czars like Van Jones (someone remind Biden who he is).

Who exactly are these people protesting against?

I've been to there web site. They say they have no leader (sounds like the Tea Party). Lots of nudity (not like the Tea Party).

It's almost like they are promoting anarchy but don't really want to say it. I'm sure it gives people like Van Jones a woody when he thinks about the possibility of a USSA.

PS: If you block the right of way of a police vehicle or emergency vehicle the protest is no longer peaceful.

Why am I not surprised you would disagree with the law suit? If you want to be ignorant of what is going on in this Country, then that is your choice. These peaceful people want to express their feelings with a Constitutional right of free demonstrations.

 

[CFoTsD]

I'm not sure what anyone expects from the NYC police other than enforcing the law.

 

[White Eagle]

Jack you really need to learn how to read. Look at my post #14 and see where it was the police that blocked the bridge.
The cops in blue are part of the 99%, the ones in white are the assholes.

You're spinnin' again!

 

[CFoTsD]

You needed to add that it was the police that blocked the bridge!!!!

Post 14 ^

Jack you really need to learn how to read. Look at my post #14 and see where it was the police that blocked the bridge. The cops in blue are part of the 99%, the ones in white are the assholes.

Just because you say it doesnt make it true. A NYT reporter was an eyewitness, were you White Eagle, and an arrestee. She has a different story.

Covering the March, on Foot and in Handcuffs

I'm not sure what anyone expects from the NYC police other than enforcing the law.