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No Plea Deal for the Comcast 9

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Occupy Philly Protesters Go to Court and Decide to Take Cases to Trial

Philadelphia -- All nine protesters arrested for their participation in a sit-in at the Comcast building last week were in court today to give their responses to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s invitation to take part in the Accelerated Misdemeanor Program (AMP). Seven of the nine protesters opted instead to take the case to trial in an effort to prove their innocence and to have the opportunity to tell jurors why they felt compelled to engage in non-violent civil disobedience.

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Occupy Comcast! Video from Outside, and Accounts of Brutal Sidewalk Arrest

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Nine Occupy Philly protesters occupied the lobby of Comcast world headquarters for more than 2 hours today before being arrested at about 3:30 pm. Outside, we cheered, sang, and rejoiced. In case anyone isn’t familiar with why all of Philly hates Comcast, check out these stats from Occupy Philadelphia’s facebook:

For locating its headquarters in Center City, Comcast was given $42.75 million from the state, and pays no taxes for the first 10 years. The construction firm that built the headquarters, Liberty Property Trust, received $30 million from the state. These subsidies and tax cuts could save the AdultBasic program that Governor Corbett has gutted, which provided over 45,000 low-income Pennsylvanians with health insurance. Occupy Philly activist Melanie Bartlett notes that the CEO of Comcast’s salary – $31.1 million – works out to more than $4 per second.

This action, which pleased countless Philadelphians, was taken in solidarity with Occupy Oakland’s call for a general strike there today.

A Brutal Arrest on the Sidewalk

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