it took 15-20 minutes before an ambulance took mcmillen away.deo that night, you can hear the concern from bystanders. >> where are the medics? >> we had to call an ambulance. >> these are friends' pictures taken while mcmillen was in nypd custody much the dark print on her eye, are evidence that the police assaulted her. >> right over here. i ran to get one of the medics. >> but the nypd did not charge any officers are assault in her case. instead, cecilee mcmillen faces charges of second-degree assault, with a possible seven year prison term. and now, two years later, her trial is about to begin. of the almost 8,000 occupy wall street arrests around the career, one quarter happened in new york city. aggressive overpolicing was widespread in the miss response to occupy wall street. from the pepper spray to the denial of medical care. most of the charges have been dropped. >> we have peaceful protection. >> mcmillen's lawyers said the policeman she elbowed left the mark on her right breast. and her arrest was an example of overly aggressive poli

though tunstall would someday qualify for parole, mcmillen had life without. >> i know i'm going backorld one day. so you know, the only thing i can do is make the best out of my situation. so i kick it around individuals with minds on the street. that way i won't fall victim to whatever is going on inside these walls. >> you have a lot of people that don't understand time because they don't have any. so if i got life without parole, my mind, then i'm going to be here forever if i don't do something about it. >> once i get out by him having life without i want to help him get out. but as long as i'm here i want to make sure he's all right. so it's a bond that nobody can come between, unless one of us die. >> coming up -- >> when did you cut yourself? yesterday? two days ago? >> not bad, though. >> let's see. well, it's bad enough. >> one of the most complicated jobs in a complicated world. >> i didn't do it. i'm innocent. let me out. [poof!] [beep] [clicks mouse] nice office. how you doing? good. automatic discounts the moment you sign up. which will cause me to miss the end of the ga

we hear from historian neil mcmillen, author rick bowers, and mississippi commerce and bennie thompson begins with our guest in jackson, jerry mitchell. >> i will never forget finding clyde kennard. his great crime against the state of mississippi was to apply to go to college. he was an upstanding citizen who had studied in the northern universities and was very ambitious and profoundly decent and good guy. the 1950's, he tried to go to the university of southern mississippi. >> in the 1950's, the few african-americans in the south who were able to enroll in college could only attend black schools. his application to attend mississippi southern was seen as an attack on segregation and set into motion the swift response from the state. his application was given to the mississippi state sovereignty commission, an organization few mississippians even knew existed. they did a report that track his background growing up in mississippi, his time spent with his family in chicago, his time in the military, his time at the university of chicago and his time back in mississippi helping his aili

a then 23-year-old as he ili mcmillen was in the park that night. she says in the chaos, she felt a hand grip her right breast from behind and she instinctively put up her elbow bow. she said she was detained and beaten by police, suffering a seizure. officers stood around her convulsing body, eventually giving her an oxygen mask. it took 15-20 minutes before an ambulance took her away. in the videos uploaded late that night, you can hear the confusion and concern from by standers. >> where are the medics? >> she is still on the ground. >> these are photos her friends shared taken while she was in nypd custody, further helped to piece together the altercation. the dark mark above her eye and the print on her chest she claims are black and blue evidence that a police officer assaulted her. >> being drug over there, they were over here, i ran to get one of the medics. >> the nypd did not charge any officers with assault in her case. instead, she faces charges of second degree assault with a possible seven year prison term. now, two years later, her tr