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Conley
10-05-2011, 11:33 AM
Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Wall Street protesters arrested in a march across the Brooklyn Bridge sued New York City, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly for allegedly violating their constitutional rights.

Five of the protesters, seeking to represent about 700 people arrested in the Oct. 1 march, filed a civil rights complaint yesterday in Manhattan federal court. They claimed officers from the New York City Police Department lured them onto the bridge’s roadway to trap and arrest them.

“After escorting and leading a group of demonstrators and others well out onto the Brooklyn Bridge roadway, the NYPD suddenly and without warning curtailed further forward movement, blocked the ability of persons to leave the bridge from the rear, and arrested hundreds of protesters in the absence of probable cause,” they said in the complaint.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-05/wall-street-protesters-sue-city-as-demonstration-continues.html

Crap, I just realized I was using Bloomberg's article to cover Bloomberg being sued. :D I doubt this is going to be the most impartial article. Anyhow, the protestors are also seeking unspecified damages. I wonder if any of those involved in the suit are actually legally competent or if this is just another stunt that will get thrown out of court quickly.

Elibe
10-05-2011, 11:42 AM
good for them

i have seen video that supports their side of things, that the police allowed them onto the bridge and then arrested them on the sidewalk even though they were not stopping traffic