Occupy NS charges dropped
Posted May 9, 2012 01:55:52 PM.
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Charges laid against Occupy Nova Scotia protestors when police took down their camp on Remembrance Day have suddenly been dropped.
Fourteen activists are off the hook after six months of legal worries.
The Crown Attorney made the announcement in court that charges of obstructing justice and breaching conditions would not be pursued. Prosecutors decided there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.
“It’s very possible that that is the likely situation, but I have not heard them say it, nor did they say it directly to me,” said John Thibeau, one of the accused, who was in court for the announcement. “So that, to me, is as much speculation as me saying that they realize they were wrong.”
Thibeau says it’s possible the occupy group could consider its own legal action against HRM, which it has always maintained directed the dismantling of the encampment, although he doesn’t suggest it’s likely to play out that way.
“I did the right thing according to my own moral code,” said formerly-accused Occupier Sarah Ovens in a news release. “Unfortunately, too many families and individuals continue to suffer at the hands of this racist and illegitimate ‘justice’ system, so my relief is limited. We haven’t forgotten that none are free until all are free!”
