By Ed Fletcher
With court dates looming, Sacramento officials on Monday dropped charges against the nine Occupy Sacramento demonstrators accused of repeatedly defying the city's curfew ordinance.
The city had earlier dropped the cases against the 30-plus Occupy protesters who had only one arrest.
The nine people with either two or three arrests where scheduled to have their trials begin tomorrow.
The city attorney made the call after being unable to provide the discovery materials being requested by lawyers working for the Occupy movement, said attorney Mark Merin, one of the lawyers working for the movement.
"After evaluating the facts of each case and criminal history of each defendant, the City Attorney's Office has determined that the combined sanctions of arrest, jail time, and monetary fines imposed against each defendant achieved the People of the State of California's demand for substantial justice," the city attorney's office wrote in a statement furnished to the media.
The statement went on to say that the city attorney's office will continue to prosecute violations of the park curfew -- a statement not in line with previous actions.
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