Articles Posted in Disorderly Conduct

On April 30, 2024, NYPD officers began arresting protesters at Columbia University. Many of these protesters were undergraduate students at Columbia University exercising their lawful right to protest the situation in Palestine. Officers arrested these students and took them to police precincts where they were fingerprinted and processed. Most protesters were given Desk Appearance Tickets…

Recently, in response to the horrific killing of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers, there have been protests in major cities across the United States. An upstate woman and two New York attorneys were arrested and charged in federal court with crimes relating to their alleged throwing of Molotov cocktails at police…

Recently, many protesters in New York City have been arrested and given Desk Appearance Tickets charging them with a violation of Penal Law 195.05, also called Obstructing Governmental Administration. “Obstructing Governmental Administration,” (colloquially referred to as “O.G.A.”) is a very commonly charged crime in New York. While the penal law title is self-explanatory, the application…