Occupy Nashville Raided; State Troopers Removing Protesters [View All]

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"Who Do You Protect? Who Do You Serve?"

"Well over 100 state troopers. Sweep of the plaza. Protesters removed to state Department of Correctionl buses."

Crowd read Declaration of Independence out loud on plaza.

Change in rules worries Occupy Nashville protesters

State tells Occupy Nashville it must have permit, liability insurance

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In the ensuing stalemate, new supporters have rallied to the Occupy Nashville cause, saying the issue has now become a question of whether Tennesseans have the constitutional right to peaceably assemble.

“If you don’t hear from me, call the city jail,” 71-year-old Rip Patton told his friends. A veteran of the civil rights struggle, Patton was one of the students who braved arrest and worse to desegregate Nashville’s lunch counters and to bring voting rights to blacks in the Deep South as one of the Freedom Riders.

Hundreds turned out on a cold, rainy evening for an assembly and candlelight vigil Thursday, not knowing when or if the state would send in officers to arrest anyone on the plaza. There were families with children, senior citizens, newcomers and the activists who have been occupying the plaza since Oct. 7.

In the end, the group formed a consensus: “We intend to resist this illegal action by the state in a peaceful and nonviolent manner.”

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