Occupy Long Beach: My contribution

I don't have the time to meet at the park. Although I'm down with the movement. I wish it would have happened before I had gotten married and had kids.

If some legal research would help, then here you go. As a criminal defense attorney, can't think of what else you might need that I could provide pro bono.

To prove the crime of "An Unlawful Assembly" the District Attorney or Long Beach City Prosecutor must prove two or more persons assembled to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act in a violent, boisterous, or tumultuous manner. California Penal Code section 407. It is best to represented by a Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney because it is a misdemeanor to take part in an unlawful assembly.

To prove the crime of "A Riot" the District Attorney or Long Beach City Prosecutor must prove two or more persons who have assembled also acted together and made attempts at, or advanced towards the commission of, an act that, if actually committed, would be a riot. California Penal Code section 406.

Being convicted of participating in a riot means you will have a misdemeanor conviction on your record. You may be sentenced by no more than six months' in any County Jail, by a fine of no more than $1,000, or both fine and County Jail.

To prove "A Riot" has occurred the District Attorney or Long Beach City Prosecutor must prove two or more persons acted together without legal authority and used or threatened to use force or violence to disturb public peace, if the act is accompanied by an immediate power of execution. California Penal Code section 404.

Inciting a riot also is a misdemeanor punishable by one year in county jail or $1,000 fine or both.