Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Attorney, Partnership for Civil Justice discusses the legal work that has been undertaken to protect Occupy encampments across the nation.

Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, Attorney, Partnership for Civil Justice discusses the legal work that has been undertaken to protect Occupy encampments across the nation.

Organizations and individuals in New York City and around the country are calling on the Manhattan District Attorney to drop the charges for the 700+ people who were illegally arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1. Please add your voice to this effort.

Attorneys from the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) have released a letter sent to New York City District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., requesting that all charges against the 700+ demonstrators who were subject to mass false arrest on the Brooklyn Bridge on October 1, 2011 be dismissed.

A civil rights group sent a letter to Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance asking him to drop charges against 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters who were arrested during a march over the Brooklyn Bridge on Oct. 1.

FAQ Sheet #1 for Brooklyn Bridge Arrestees

This week hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protestors around the country have been arrested, sometimes clashing with police dressed in riot gear. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard joins us to discuss the laws that govern police actions and protester rights in Washington.

A union representing 5,000 New York City Police Department sergeants blasted Occupy Wall Street protesters on Thursday and threatened to sue them should they injure police.

Political activist, Marcel Cartier, discusses the Occupy Wall Street protests and their suppression by the NYPD.