Jury Deliberates In Cecily McMillan Trial, After Prosecution Calls Her A Liar Who Bruised Her...
Jury Deliberates In Cecily McMillan Trial, After Prosecution Calls Her A Liar Who Bruised Her Own Breast
Anna Merlan
After nearly a month, the trial of Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan is expected to end today, May 5. McMillan is accused of deliberately elbowing police officer Grantley Bovell in the eye during a six month anniversary Occupy demonstration on March 17, 2012. On Friday, the jury heard closing arguments from both sides, and this morning, they'll be instructed and sent to begin their deliberations. McMillan is charged with assault in the swecond degree, and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.
The last person the jury heard from was Assistant District Attorney Erin Choi, the lead prosecutor in the case. She called McMillan's allegations that Officer Bovell had grabbed her breast "heinous" and unbelievable, saying that if McMillan had truly been assaulted, she would have reported it right away, while in police custody.
"She might as well have said that aliens came that night and assaulted her," Choi told the jury.
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/05/cecily_mcmillan_verdict_occupy_wall_street_protester_erin_choi.php