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Constitutional Rights Lawyer Michael Ratner: Occupy Wall Street Evacuation Order is Illegal

Constitutional Rights Lawyer Michael Ratner: Occupy Wall Street Evacuation Order is Illegal

www.DemocracyNow.org – Speaking from Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, attorney Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights tells Democracy Now! that New York City’s efforts to displace Occupy Wall Street protesters in order to clean the park violates their First Amendment rights and would have led to a major confrontation. “Apart from the illegality [...]

October 23, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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