Civil rights groups have condemned the decision by a federal appeals court panel to dismiss a class-action lawsuit over New York City’s 2011 mass arrest of Occupy Wall Street protesters on the Brooklyn Bridge. In August, the same panel allowed the lawsuit challenging the arrest of more than 700 peaceful protesters to move forward. But this week, the panel reversed itself, dismissing the case. In a statement, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, which filed the lawsuit, said: “The Court has abruptly doubled back on itself to tell the people of New York that if they participate in a police-led and escorted march, peaceful and compliant with all directives from the police, they can be subject to a shocking corralling and mass arrest by the NYPD without any notice that such permission has been revoked or opportunity to disperse.”