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Comment by guest_blog on September 24, 2013 at 7:26pm

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Comment by guest_blog on September 24, 2013 at 6:25pm

NEW YORK -- As Occupy Wall Street notched its second anniversary on Tuesday, many of its supporters marked another milestone: one more day pursuing lawsuits against New York City.

From a class action lawsuit brought on behalf of 700 protesters arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge, to the cases of the women pepper-sprayed by a New York Police Department deputy inspector, to the suit launched by New York City Council members who argue their First Amendment rights were curtailed by arrests, the legal fallout from Occupy Wall Street has only just begun.

"It's going to be a process," said civil rights lawyer Yetta Kurland of the broad lawsuit she is helping to bring on behalf of journalists and progressive council members against the city for infringing on protesters' rights. "Hopefully our next mayoral administration will respect First Amendment rights."

A spokesperson for the New York City Law Department declined to comment on the lawsuits, citing their pending status.

Many observers saw Occupy's 2011 rise in New York as a product in part of the NYPD's overreaction to protest. A little more than a week after the camp in Zuccotti Park began, a high-ranking officer pepper-sprayed several women in a protest near Union Square, which led The New Yorker's John Cassidy to wonder whether NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly was actually the "protesters' best friend."

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