During last year's Republican National Convention, the city of New York
witnessed some of the largest mass arrests in the city's history. 1800
people were arrested.
But now the cases against the vast majority of the arrested have fallen
apart. Of the nearly 1700 cases that have run their full course, 91
percent ended with charges dismissed or with a verdict of not guilty.
The New York Times reported earlier this week that in some 400 cases
charges were dropped because video recordings emerged showing that the
arrested had not committed a crime or that the charges against them
could not be proved.
In at least one case video evidence was doctored. During court
proceedings, the police presented a video of the arrest of a man named
Alexander Dunlop. It turned out that the video presented by the police
was edited in two spots - images that showed Dunlop acting peacefully
were removed.
See interview with Alexandre at:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/04/14/1349256
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