To: Raymond W. Kelly, New York City Police Commissioner
NYPD: Stop false charges against OWS protestors
Stop the practice of police aggression and false charges against Occupy Wall Street protestors in your city! This interferes with First Amendment rights and legal expressions of dissent.
Why is this important?
NYPE has evidenced a pattern of unjustified aggression and false charges against Occupy Wall Street protestors. A coordinated effort by governors, police departments, Homeland Security, the FBI and CIA to clamp down on the protest movement and intimidate voices of dissent has been documented. In the past two weeks several cases have appeared in the news where cases against OWS protestors and journalists were dismissed in court due to false charges. This wastes time and money, ties up energy for change, and is illegal. We're calling on the NYPD to to cease and desist this practice immediately!