Biography
Cecily McMillan was an Occupy Wall Street protestor who fought back against a police officer who sexually assaulted her during a mass arrest of protestors at the Zuccotti Park Occupy Encampment. During her violent arrest McMillan suffered a seizure resulting in her hospitalization. Despite being visibly injured by police she was charged with felony assault and sentenced to three months in jail.
The July 8, 2014 NYC Anarchist Black Cross bulletin reproduces reporting identifying McMillan's underlying protest incident as occurring in 2012, correcting the case's erroneous 2014 arrest year. This source does not establish the exact arrest day, so the corrected field has year precision. It also reproduces her June 7, 2014 complaint alleging a guard shoved her, and her account of organizing collective grievances concerning outdoor recreation, meals and medical access at Rikers. These conditions and misconduct claims are attributed to McMillan. The bulletin's June 30 release heading conflicts with a reproduced article's prospective July 2 release; it does not justify changing the independently recorded July 2 endpoint.
