Published on May 20, 2014

PROVIDED BY cnnnext.com



"Cecily McMillan's guilty verdict in Manhattan district court on Monday delivered a gut punch to the last vestiges of Occupy Wall Street.

Above all, the decision highlights the workings of a criminal justice system bent on chilling dissent and defending the status quo.

According to the jury, McMillan, a 25-year-old New School student known in Occupy circles for her moderate views, is guilty of second-degree felony assault on a police officer during an Occupy Wall Street protest on March 17, 2012.

Denied bail and taken away in handcuffs, she will await her sentencing in a cell.

She faces up to seven years in prison.



The "felony assault" in question occurred when the officer, Grantley Bovell grabbed McMillan's breast from behind, leaving visible bruises; she spun around instinctively, hitting the officer with her elbow."* The Young Turks hosts Ben Mankiewicz and Ana