470 to be released....

From IndyMedia

04:25 PM The judge has just ruled that 470 people are to be released from Central Booking immediately. The crowd outside 100 Center St. is chanting: "470, let them go!"

04:07 PM Update from Central Booking: According to Rick Best with the NLG and imcistas, the number of people still in jail are actually going UP as they "discover" new people. There are more than 1200 people still in jail as of 4:10, as of the hearing a few hours ago there were 510-- 768 new detainees have been "found."

On Anoise Radio they are talking about Norm Siegel of the NYCLU issuing a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of all known (470) and unknown detainees.

Siegel said that he believes it was the intent of the city of New York to lose these people in the system until after President Bush finishes speaking tonight. Reports are that the judge is exacerbated by the slowness of the city in dealing with the detainees. Reports are that some people were detained for up to 60 hours unprocessed.

See also, Freeing Protesters for more details...

Posted by Aldon Hynes at September 2, 2004 3:44 PM | TrackBack