Friday, September 11, 2015
A small victory for sanity.
The Florida mom who ditched her family to join the raggedy Occupy Wall Street crowd turned out to be an even bigger loser on Thursday when a jury rejected her claims that cops violently arrested her during a 2011 protest, after deliberating for just 40 minutes.
Stacey Hessler, 42, sued the city in 2013, claiming the NYPD cops dragged her around by her dreadlocks.
But city attorneys said Hessler blocked pedestrian traffic and refused to move when cops politely asked her to make way, then tried to escape when they finally moved to arrest her.
The Manhattan federal- court jury quickly returned a verdict siding with the city.
Hessler gained infamy over ditching her husband and four kids in Florida to camp out in Zuccotti Park under a tarp with a younger Brooklyn waiter.
“Officers were faced with balancing the rights of protesters with the rights of people who live and work in the neighborhood,” city attorney Andrew Lucas said in a statement.
“The jury’s quick deliberation showed that they understood and agreed with what the officers did that day.”
Labels:
Loony Left,
OWS
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