Tag: Occupy Wall Street
Posted on Tue Nov 15, 2011 at 05:34:07 PM EST
Tags: Occupy Wall Street (all tags)
Here's the ruling of Judge Michael Stallman finding the Occupy Wall Street protesters have no First Amendment right to remain in Zuccotti Park and denying their request for a restraining order against law enforcement.
The case is Matter of Waller v City of New York, Index No. 11295712011. While the court said it assumes that the First Amendment applies to the owners of Zuccotti Park, the owner has the right to adopt reasonable rules to maintain a safe and clean publicly available space. It said the movant (protesters) had not demonstrated "the rules adopted by the owners of the property, concededly after the demonstrations began, are not reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions permitted under the First Amendment." [More...]
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Posted on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 02:02:22 PM EST
Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Together (all tags)
At Daily Kos, Big Tent Democrat interviews his 17 year old daughter about why she joined Occupy Wall Street. What a smart, articulate young woman.
Q: What do you think the goals of Occupy Are?A: To help wake America up to the fact that the country can't go on focused on the needs of the few over the needs of the many.
The movement has passed its one month anniversary, raised $300,000.00 and grown globally into Occupy Together. Reuters reports a new poll shows most New Yorkers support the protest. [More...]
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