Please- while the spin is that these folks were vindicated in their right to protest, the law they were tried under is the issue.  The primary charge was of conspiring to impede federal employees in performing their duties. Trying to prove conspiracy is tough and  though 26 other occupiers did plead guilty to the same charge I think the endless repetition of gee-golly-shucks- I'm just a protester by these 6 defendants likely convinced a jury they couldn't intentionally form a coherent conspiracy.
 I may be wrong- we have not heard from the jury- but please remember the actual law they were tried under and don't extend the verdict into freedom to do whatever .