Pussy
Riot Visits NYC
Jail to
Support Occupy Wall Street Hero
RIKERS ISLAND, New York — Two members of the Russian punk group
Pussy Riot are currently at Rikers Island, New York City's main
Jail complex, to meet with an inmate who is a
Hero of
Occupy Wall Street.
The
Occupy protestor, 25-year-old Cecily McMillan, was arrested in March 2012 after she elbowed a police ******r in the eye. She faces seven years behind bars after a jury found her guilty on May 5, but McMillan and her supporters say she should never have been convicted in the first place.
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Riot entered Rikers around 11 a.m. ET and left around 3 p.m., though it's still unclear if they met with McMillan.
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