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Occupy Protester Heading To Jail For Elbowing Breast-Grabbing Cop (NYC)

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    Published on May 20, 2014

    PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM



    "Cecily McMillan's guilty verdict in Manhattan district court on Monday de

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    Published on May 20, 2014

    PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM



    "Cecily McMillan's guilty verdict in Manhattan district court on Monday delivered a gut punch to the last vestiges of Occupy Wall Street.

    Above all, the decision highlights the workings of a criminal justice system bent on chilling dissent and defending the status quo.

    According to the jury, McMillan, a 25-year-old New School student known in Occupy circles for her moderate views, is guilty of second-degree felony assault on a police officer during an Occupy Wall Street protest on March 17, 2012.

    Denied bail and taken away in handcuffs, she will await her sentencing in a cell.

    She faces up to seven years in prison.



    The "felony assault" in question occurred when the officer, Grantley Bovell grabbed McMillan's breast from behind, leaving visible bruises; she spun around instinctively, hitting the officer with her elbow."* The Young Turks hosts Ben Mankiewicz and Ana

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