The Crackdown on Occupy Protests and the Criminalization of Dissent
Submitted on November 15, 2011
By Andre Damon - WSWS
Throughout the United States, city administrations are moving to break up encampments of the Occupy protests, trampling underfoot the constitutionally protected right of assembly...According to one tally, there have been over 3,600 arrests at Occupy protests...including 943 in New York City, 370 in Tucson, 352 in Chicago, 206 in Oakland and 153 in Boston...Those arrested have been subjected to arbitrary and punitive measures, including high bail and trumped-up charges.
