Our Neighbors Acquitted and Casinos Remain on Trial!

Fourteen Philadelphia residents were acquitted today of charges against them for protesting the construction of the sugar house casino on Delaware River.

Our neighbors were charged with disorderly conduct, refusal to disburse, and conspiracy. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania claimed the protests from September 29th, 2009 attempted to disrupt construction at Sugar House and by doing so put the public in harms way.

The defense however proved otherwise, and that the intent of the protests were a matter of free speech, and meant to dramatize the community opposition against locating casinos in Philadelphia.

Expect more updates soon with first hand reflections from the residents involved in the protest.

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