A follow-up...

...to my post about the judge ordering the release of protesters after refusing to accept the city's claim it was doing the best it could to process them. From CNN for September 3:

A judge in Manhattan held the city of New York in contempt Thursday, saying police did not abide by his order to release more than 500 people arrested in protests this week.

The judge imposed a $1,000 fine for every person who was not released.

State Supreme Court Judge John Cataldo had initially ordered that 560 people, rounded up in demonstrations surrounding the Republican National Convention, be released or made ready for arraignment by 5 p.m. Thursday. ...

It was not immediately clear how many of the detainees remained in custody. Law enforcement sources said about 350 people were released Thursday.

Clare Norrins, an attorney with the National Lawyers Guild, said hundreds of people were still in custody and are not scheduled to be arraigned.

Many of the arrested had spent more than 38 hours in custody, despite a legal guideline recommending that anyone arrested for a minor violation during the convention be released or arraigned within 24 hours.

One person had been in custody for 58 hours, said Colin Starger, a volunteer attorney with the lawyers association.

Attorneys with the Legal Aid Society said most of 595 people detained at central booking in downtown Manhattan are being held for minor violations, while more serious offenders, including some arrested Wednesday for shoplifting, have already been released.

"There is no good reason they had to wait this long," said Michele Maxian, an attorney with the Legal Aid Society. "The courts were ready and able to arraign protesters, but the courtrooms are empty."

Lawyers have criticized the indiscriminate nature of the arrests.

"They would just round up groups with these orange, plastic nets and arrest many innocent people in the process, including members of the press, people going to the movies, shoppers coming out of stores and businessmen going home from work," Maxian said.

But then again, since "the police taking aggressive action to prevent disruptions" is not an "incident," what are they complaining about? I mean!