Fill the Courtroom for the Brooklyn Bridge Mass Arrest Lawsuit

Court of Appeals Hearing

Monday, April 22 at 10 am
Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse
40 Foley Square
17th Floor, Room 1705
New York, NY, 10007
Map to the courthouse

We are urging those who were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge, and their supporters, to attend the oral arguments of the case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit hearing on Monday April 22.

U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff's ruled on June 12 in favor of the protestors in this case. Judge Rakoff found that NYPD officers are subject to civil liability for causing the mass arrest of over 700 protestors on the Brooklyn Bridge. The NYPD is seeking to overturn Judge Rakoff’s ruling.

In its brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals, the PCJF argued that Judge Rakoff’s ruling was proper. Given the video evidence, it is clear that police led and escorted the marchers across the roadway of the bridge and, having done so, could not lawfully conduct the arrest without giving notice or warning to the protestors, and then could only have arrested persons who were willfully defiant of lawful police orders (if there were any).

Please note that those who are planning to attend should arrive early so as not to enter during proceedings. You also need to leave time to first pass through security when you enter the building.

The PCJF filed a major brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in response to the NYPD’s effort to overturn Judge Rakoff’s ruling. The brief can be read by clicking here.

The initial Class Action Complaint, Garcia v. Bloomberg can be read by clicking here.

More: http://www.justiceonline.org/commentary/fill-the-courtroom-brooklyn-bridge-arrest.html