City of Sacramento finds Occupy defendants guilty without trial
There is no doubt that Mayor Kevin Johnson, the Sacramento City Council, the City Manager and the Sacramento Police Department only represent Wall Street and the 1 percent, not the 99 percent. Their illegal campaign of repression against Occupy Sacramento demonstrates that they regard the First Amendment, Bill of Rights and U.S. Constitution with complete and utter contempt.
Photo: Arms linked in solidarity, peacefully assembling. Photo by Occupy Sacramento.
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City of Sacramento finds Occupy defendants guilty without trial
by Dan Bacher
In the latest episode in the wave of police repression by the City of Sacramento against the Occupy Movement, Occupy Sacramento lawyers say that the City is using a "grudge vendetta" to find defendants guilty without trial, violating due process rights that are guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.
Lawyers for Occupy defendants – who had criminal charges dismissed in December – on January 5 made public a new, unconstitutional scheme by the City of Sacramento to penalize
by Dan Bacher
In the latest episode in the wave of police repression by the City of Sacramento against the Occupy Movement, Occupy Sacramento lawyers say that the City is using a "grudge vendetta" to find defendants guilty without trial, violating due process rights that are guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.
Lawyers for Occupy defendants – who had criminal charges dismissed in December – on January 5 made public a new, unconstitutional scheme by the City of Sacramento to penalize