Judge Slams Occupy Chicago Arrests as ‘Unconstitutional,’ Throws Out Case
RT: Judge slams Occupy Chicago arrests as ‘unconstitutional,’ throws out case
Police hold back demonstrators from Occupy Chicago and Stand Up Chicago as they protest outside the Chicago Board of Trade Building November 17, 2011 in Chicago, Illinois (Scott Olson / Getty Images / AFP)
A Cook County judge dismissed charges against 92 Occupy protesters arrested in a Chicago park last October, ruling that the city’s overnight park curfew violated the First Amendment and was being enforced selectively.
Associate Judge Thomas M. Donnelly noted that police had arrested hundreds in a crackdown on the protesters’ encampment when the park closed at 11:00pm local time, but had not moved against the 500,000 people who came to see Barack Obama after he won the presidency in 2008.