National Lawyers Guild calls for immediate release of Occupy LA demonstrators

New York City successfully sued in 2004 when police tried the same tactic.

Occupy LA protestors were arrested this week.

(LOS ANGELES) - The National Lawyers Guild calls for the immediate release of all those arrested this week the police raid on Occupy LA last night. The police are holding everyone on $5,000 bail for misdemeanor charges of failure to disperse.

California law is clear. Penal Code §853.6 is mandatory in requiring that anyone charged with a misdemeanor shall be released with a written notice to appear.

National Lawyers Guild board member, Carol Sobel, condemned the action of the LAPD. “The Los Angeles Police Department is deliberately refusing to release anyone arrested in the Occupy raids with a notice to appear. The City is holding them in jail on $5,000 bail until they can be arraigned by a judge, which can take up to 48 hours. This punishes people for exercising their First Amendment rights.”

New York City was successfully sued in 2004 when they tried the same tactic against individuals involved in protesting at the Republican National Convention.

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