NEW YORK — Dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters are packed into a Manhattan courtroom for a hearing on their September arrests.
Thursday marks the first court date for 78 demonstrators arrested while marching from their lower Manhattan base to Union Square on Sept. 24. Police said the protesters were blocking traffic. Most were arrested on disorderly conduct charges, and a few on resisting-arrest charges.
Prosecutors are offering the protesters a deal to put the cases on track to be dismissed if they stay out of trouble for 6 months.
Several of the protesters have refused the deal, while a few have taken it.
Attorney Martin Stolar represents some of the protesters. He says some of the demonstrators say they did nothing wrong and want to go to trial.
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Gee, do we live in Iran or Red China?
We would expect to be arrested and fired upon with tear gas and projectiles by the officials there . . .
We would expect to be thrown into jail there . .
But here -- in More..