Registering Voters Outside City Hall is No Longer a Crime in San Diego

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By Doug Porter, San Diego Free Press

Perhaps the most outrageous of the arrests made two years ago at the height of San Diego’s Occupy Movement was that of Ray Lutz, activist and former Congressional Candidate. On Nov 29, 2011, he was arrested for attempting to register voters in the Civic Center Plaza, adjacent to City Hall. (You can watch a video of the arrest here.)

Lutz sued the City of San Diego, along with the property management company (CBRE Group) and the private security contractor (ABM Security) who ordered a citizen’s arrest for trespassing. All the parties have now agreed to a mediated settlement conducted by Hon. Judge David H. Bartick, in Federal Court.

Part of the deal involves scheduling a public hearing of the grievances involved, which will occur on Tuesday, December 10th at a session of San Diego City Council. The rest of settlement has already been approved by the City in closed session.

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1. A judgement after 2 years in court won't prevent outrageous arrests

They don't care: abusing power, for control in the moment, is the point of such actions.