Four New York City Council members sued the city over the
handling of Occupy Wall Street protestors, claiming the police used excessive
force and should be subject to an outside monitor Bloomberg reports.
The Police Department made false arrests and violated free-
speech rights of protestors and journalists last year, according to a complaint
filed today in Manhattan federal by the council members and 11 others. JPMorgan
Chase & Co., Brookfield Office Properties and Mayor Michael Bloomberg
are among the defendants.
...“Through unlawful exercises of public power and
misapplication of law, the NYPD has sought to prevent and has prevented
plaintiffs and other citizens from exercising certain constitutional rights,
including the right to public assembly and expressive speech,” according to the
complaint…..
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