Class action lawsuit launched over Brooklyn Bridge Arrests
Submitted on October 9, 2011
Legal action seeks compensation and banning of 'kettling' tactics in New York
On October 1st, 700 people were detained and arrested by New York City Police when a march from Occupy Wall Street attempted to cross rooklyn bridge. Protesters allege that police allowed them to take the bridge, before cutting them off at either end and not allowing them to leave.
