Chris Hedges: The Crime of Peaceful Protest

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Cecily McMillan, Chris Hedges, Occupy Wall Street, Truthdig

Occupy Wall Street activists Eric Linkser, center left, and Cecily McMillan, far right, take turns shouting information to fellow protesters preparing to return to Zuccotti Park on Nov. 15, 2011. AP/Bebeto Matthews

Here is Chris Hedges’ latest column for TruthDig. It is about Cecily McMillan.  It is reposted here with his permission.

 

NEW YORK—Cecily McMillan, wearing a red dress and high heels, her dark, shoulder-length hair stylishly curled, sat behind a table with her two lawyers Friday morning facing Judge Ronald

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