A protester is cuffed during the 'Flood Wall Street' protests. A judge recently exonerated ten Flood Wall Street protestors, commending the climate activists’ protest as “honorable.” NEW YORK --- It was an unwinnable case. The motley pack of defendants making up the “Flood Wall Street Ten” didn’t even deny the charges against them. Hoping
How The Flood Wall Street Trial Changed The Game Of Policing
“By ordering protesters to leave the entire Wall Street area, police violated protesters’ First Amendment right to carry their message directly to its intended recipients: the Wall Street bankers who bankroll climate change,” Judge Mandelbaum said in his decision.
By Shawn Carrie
