State Troopers Evict Occupy Nashville Residents from Legislative Plaza

[Hissyspit]

Source: CBS TV-5 (Nashville)

State Troopers Evict Occupy Nashville Residents From Legislative Plaza

Posted: Oct 28, 2011 4:17 AM EDT
Updated: Oct 28, 2011 4:17 AM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- State Troopers have arrived at Legislative Plaza to force the Occupy Nashville protestors to leave. So far things seem to be peaceful. NewsChannel 5 has a crew on the scene and will begin having live reports at 4am.

Read more: http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15897226/state-troopers-evict-occupy-nashville-residents-from-legislative-plaza

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http://www.livestream.com/occupynashville2011

"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.







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1:52 AM, Oct. 28, 2011 | Comments

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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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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. The more they pull shit

The more pushback.

I don't think they get it.

[Hissyspit]

3. State arbitrarily changed the rules. This will look stupid & oppressive to the public.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Yup

And goes against a certain grain.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. I notice the pattern of middle of the night arrests.

Wonder when they will start using black bags over the people's heads as they drag them away?

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Oh that should not confuse you

ityou it is standard tactics.

[hack89]

6. I suspect the crowds thin out significantly at night. nt

[Hissyspit]

7. NY Times: Arrests Made At Wall Street Protest In Nashville

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/10/28/us/AP-US-Occupy-Nashville.html

Arrests Made at Wall St. Protest in Nashville
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 28, 2011 at 6:26 AM ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee made about 30 arrests early Friday at the site where a few dozen Wall Street protesters have been encamped for about three weeks in Nashville, protesters said.

Authorities began moving in a little after 3 a.m. using a newly enacted state policy that set a curfew for the grounds near the state Capitol, including Legislative Plaza where the protesters had been staying in tents.

The state's new rules specifically ban "overnight occupancy" at the public space and require permits and use fees for rallies.

Katy Savage, one of the protesters, said she peeked out of her tent around 3 a.m. saw that the camp was surrounded by state troopers.

[valerief]

8. More Freedom Busters. The Constitution is a joke. nt

[fascisthunter]

9. they really think changing rules to Oppress people right's is going to work?

good lord the folks directly responsible for these decisions is an arrogant idiot!

[dipsydoodle]

10. Occupy Wall Street: Nashville protesters arrested

Source: BBC News

Twenty-nine anti-Wall Street protesters have been arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, where protesters have been encamped for the past three weeks.

The arrests were made after a new law was enacted preventing camping overnight near the state Capitol.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15498098

[Arctic Dave]

11. It is not a campsite, it is a 1st Amendment display. nt

[dipsydoodle]

12. Occupy Wall Street: Nashville protesters arrested

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[Uncle Joe]

13. This violates the First Amendment and the Tennessee Constitution.

http://www.tncrimlaw.com/law/constit/I.html#1

§ 1. Powers of people

That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and happiness; for the advancement of those ends they have at all times, an unalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform, or abolish the government in such manner as they may think proper.

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§ 23. Right of assembly; redress of grievances

That the citizens have a right, in a peaceable manner, to assemble together for their common good, to instruct their representatives, and to apply to those invested with the powers of government for redress of grievances, or other proper purposes, by address or remonstrance.

The people with their "inherent power" were using their "unalienable and indefeasible right" to peacefully protest at "all times" but the state government of Tennessee didn't uphold its' duty,

http://www.parispi.net/articles/2011/10/27/opinion/editorials/doc4ea97b8e25b98781210780.txt

The U.S. Constitution protects “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”

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But peaceable? Determinedly so, in Nashville anyway. Similar protests in some other cities have turned violent. “Our resistance will be dignified and nonviolent,” one Nashville participant said.

Petitioning government? Yes, that’s precisely what they’re there for, though their protest is aimed as much at the financial industry as it is at government.

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A major part of the problem, protesters say, has been a lack of police presence at the demonstration. The Legislative Plaza is a state park, and policing it is the task of Tennessee Highway Patrol, but protesters say the absence of police presence has been “blatant.”

I wonder if Governor Haslam ordered the State Troopers not to show up and provide security at a state park?

Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.

[Hissyspit]

14. kick nt