They were handcuffed, hauled out of
Grant Park and stuck in jail for up to 24 hours — even though the
maximum penalty for a curfew violation includes no jail time.
But now, a judge said the city infringed
on the First Amendment rights of hundreds of Occupy Chicago protesters
who were arrested last October when they refused to leave Grant Park at
its 11 p.m. closing time.
Cook County Associate Judge Thomas More Donnelly threw out the charges against 92 of the
demonstrators, saying the curfew law used against them was unconstitutional and violated their right of free assembly.
In his 38-page ruling, Donnelly said
the city treated the Occupy Chicago rally differently than the Obama
2008 presidential election victory celebration in Grant Park. The judge
noted that the Obama rally also violated the curfew, but no one was
arrested at that event.
Donnelly also alleged that police
subjected Occupy Chicago demonstrators to “constantly changing rules and
regulations” as the protests shuttled last year between downtown
locations.
Officials with Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration immediately said they planned to appeal.
“We are disappointed with the decision,” city Law Department spokesman Roderick Drew said.
He later sent a written statement saying the ruling would not change closing times in the city’s 580 parks. http://www.suntimes.com/15414194-761/judge-throws-out-charges-against-occupy-chicago-protesters.html
It's a very simple thing: the protesters chose to break the law and now they go crying to a liberal activist judge who says curfew laws are just for those who make out in cars or just want to hike int he woods.
but it also shows that the the Occupy thugs really are not thugs but in reality, are a just a bunch of cowards. It seems like they cannot do the time for committing a crime. Just pathetic.
Liberal activist judges in Obama's Chicago and they are coming to a town near you.
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