The Real News Network has the interview Guilty Verdict For Occupy Activist An “Attack On Dissent”.

Attorney Kevin Zeese discusses how the judge hearing Cecily McMillan’s case did not allow the defense to show images which would have proven that the activist was reacting to getting her breast grabbed.

Compare this story to my previous post No Evidence Justice Dept. Will Prosecute U.S. Banks Responsible for Financial Crisis.

It is worth noting that Cecily McMillan was protesting that U.S. banks responsible for the financial crisis were not being prosecuted. So as is typical with much of our government’s behavior in such cases, they responded “So you want prosecutions, do you? We’ll give you your stinkin’ prosecutions.”

I don’t know what Attorney Kevin Zeese is complaining about. It is clear that whether you are rich or poor, you don’t get to present a defense in front of certain judges. Of course the rich don’t get to present their defense because the justice system is afraid to prosecute them. The poor get prosecuted for what may not be crimes, but cannot present a defense. See, same treatment, no defense.

Warning, the above paragraph may contain some sarcasm.

The Real News Network has the interview No Evidence Justice Dept. Will Prosecute U.S. Banks Responsible for Financial Crisis. This interview is with William Black who, as a bank regulator, made thousands of criminal referrals to the Justice Department during the S & L crisis.

DESVARIEUX: Alright. And what about our viewers that might be listening to this and who are so frustrated with this current situation? What could they possibly do to maybe even push this along?

BLACK: Well, demand that they bring the criminal prosecutions. That had–what–is what produced Department of Justice action in the savings and loan debacle. Now, it was helped greatly by the fact that we had tens of thousands, ultimately, of criminal referrals piling up that were not being investigated by the Justice Department. But that became a political scandal. And so we need Elizabeth Warren to make this one of her leading things that she hammers them with basically every day and to hold hearings in the Senate about the failure to reestablish the criminal referral process and to provide the Justice Department both the expertise and kick in the butt that regulators have to provide if they want to get prosecutions.

Read my previous post Holder: No banks ‘too big to jail’ to see that Elizabeth Warren was one of the first to make sure we knew that Attorney General Holder had just endorsed prosecuting big banks.

Well, we heard the call from William Black. Demand prosecution. Tell Elizabeth Warren to push harder. She is my Senator, and I will certainly do what Bill Black said. Who’s going to join me?