Thomas Veil
Sep 3, 2004, 01:02 PM
A New York judge not only has ordered the release of nearly 500 protesters, but has fined the city $1000 per protester for holding them past their ordered release time. :D
New York- The city said it set free nearly 500 protesters late Thursday after being fined by a judge for failing to immediately release the demonstrators, who had spent the previous days venting their rage at the Bush administration.
...There were accusations that the city was deliberately holding the protesters longer so they would not be in the streets during Bush's speech.
"The evidence shows that the city told defendants that they would not be released until George Bush went home," said Dan Alterman of the National Lawyers Guild.
The New York Police Department denied the charge.
...State Supreme Court Justice John Cataldo fined the city $1,000 for every protester held past a 5 p.m. deadline that he had set for their release. It was unclear how many detainees were still in custody, but Cataldo had ordered the release of 470 people.
...At the courthouse, about 40 to 50 protesters in a park across the street cheered and applauded as detainees walked out.
El linko (http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/109421109818920.xml)
New York- The city said it set free nearly 500 protesters late Thursday after being fined by a judge for failing to immediately release the demonstrators, who had spent the previous days venting their rage at the Bush administration.
...There were accusations that the city was deliberately holding the protesters longer so they would not be in the streets during Bush's speech.
"The evidence shows that the city told defendants that they would not be released until George Bush went home," said Dan Alterman of the National Lawyers Guild.
The New York Police Department denied the charge.
...State Supreme Court Justice John Cataldo fined the city $1,000 for every protester held past a 5 p.m. deadline that he had set for their release. It was unclear how many detainees were still in custody, but Cataldo had ordered the release of 470 people.
...At the courthouse, about 40 to 50 protesters in a park across the street cheered and applauded as detainees walked out.
El linko (http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/109421109818920.xml)
