Occupy protests set for May 1

[cybrsage]

Twenty protestors were arrested and are not being prosecuted. Have you considered the possibility that the District Attorney determined that those protestors had not actually violated any ordinances, or that he may have decided that there was insufficient evidence to convict?

Soares says Monday he declined to prosecute the protesters because they didn't damage property or harm police officers.

Soares had refused to prosecute peaceful Occupy protesters last fall despite efforts by Gov. Andrew Cuomo to prevent them from staying overnight in the park next to the Capitol.

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP36a04b185dcb40fe95771f8296a96551.html

They broke the law, but he did not feel the law was important enough to bother to prosecute because...well, cause he thinks that unless you hurt a police officer or damage something, breaking the law does not count as actually breaking the law.

 

[werepossum]

No irony if halik was observing that he can be even more pointlessly verbose than old roadkill...

HEY! Werepossums never end up as roadkill.

I mean, except for silver cars . . .

 

[CallMeJoe]

They broke the law, but he did not feel the law was important enough to bother to prosecute because...well, cause he thinks that unless you hurt a police officer or damage something, breaking the law does not count as actually breaking the law.

The article states that Governor Cuomo attempted to prevent the protestors from staying in the park, but it does not cite what actual ordinance(s) they allegedly violated, nor does it state what evidence there is against them.
Do you have this information, or do you just assume they must have broken the law because you assume that's what liberals do?

Again, not everyone arrested is guilty and not all crimes can be successfully prosecuted.

 

[halik]

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/fl-terror-suspects-broward-20120519,0,3954190.story

Two Broward County residents, both active in local Occupy protests here, are among three men arrested in Chicago this week on terrorism-related charges ahead of the NATO-summit meeting.

White guy with dreadlocks; couldn't be any more cliche.