Federal judge orders TN to stop arresting Occupy Nashville protesters

[TacticalPeek]

Source: The Tennessean


A federal judge granted a temporary restraining order today requiring the state to stop arresting Occupy Nashville protesters at Legislative Plaza.

Local attorneys and the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee filed a lawsuit this morning against Gov. Bill Haslam and other state officials and requested a temporary restraining order to prevent any further arrests. U.S. District Judge Aleta A. Trauger granted the request. The state did not object to the restraining order and agreed to work out its differences with protesters.

After tolerating the protest for three weeks, Haslam approved a crackdown on demonstrators last week, citing safety and sanitation concerns at the plaza. The state instituted a new use policy for Legislative Plaza that included a curfew and permit requirements.

Some of the protesters have refused to leave overnight, and state troopers made a total of 50 arrests early Friday and Saturday mornings. Both nights, Davidson County Night Court Magistrate Tom Nelson refused to approve troopers’ warrants and ordered the protesters released.



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Dog bless the ACLU and the Nashville OWS!

Outasight.

[Hosnon]

1. So are attorneys off the collective shit-list (at least temporarily)? nt.

[wandago]

11. Even Caligula did a few good things.

For example, he made his horse, Incitatus, a Senator.

[FiveGoodMen]

12. It's similar today...

Think of how many horse's asses we've made into Senators.

[Diclotican]

24. wandago

wandago

Wel, that history is maybe not correct - but the history goes something like this.. He was in trouble with the Senate - over some money I belive (one of the few times the roman senate under Caligulia desided to stand their ground) and he wanted to clear the senate floor, by force.. He could not do that and is known to have told, that he wanted to make his horse, a nobel horse a senate, as the senate he was ruling over, for the most part was of noble decent - and therefore why should not a Horse of nobel decent be an senate... The same emperor have also, when he cudled one of his mistresses (and he had a few of them), that with an order she could loose her neck - and that he sometimes wanted the same could do the same with the whole senate.. cutting their troats in one easy cut...

In the end Caligula was the one who got his troat cut, as the revolt against his rule started by officers of the pretorian guard - and the roman senate he wanted to rule. The two forces was to powerfull, even for a all-powerfull roman emperor, and by 41 he was dead, killed by his own guard, and the whole familiy, was also killed, either by the revolt, or more to the point, by the emperor himself..

Diclotican

[No Elephants]

39. The ACLU is Caligula? Here I thought that the lawyers Amnesty International.uses were Caligula.

Maybe those who sue on behalf of victims of fraud or bad meds or pedophile priest and may not get paid for five years, if ever?

Oh, frig it. The RW is spot on. Clearly, all lawyers are Satan personfied.

[No Elephants]

38. They're always on the RW shit list. Sadly, Democrats follow suit (no pun intended).

[Marazinia]

44. You know that %99 and %1 thing?

Well, %1 of lawyers DON'T belong on the shit list. The rest unfortunately do.

[me b zola]

2. What those cops did was nothing short of kidnapping

When a judge tells a cop they have no probable cause to arrest someone and that cop goes out and arrests that person anyway, that is kidnapping. Those cops belong in jail.

[dotymed]

36. After the night magistrate ordered the protestors "set free"

the cops kept them for 4 more hours...I guess that is not too bad for Tennessee...

[UnrepentantLiberal]

3. Good deal.

The local authorities must be fuming.

[ooglymoogly]

4. Now how bout massive lawsuits against the police and state for false arrests. kr nt

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended for justice and respecting the Constitution, both state and federal.

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.

(snip)

§ 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.

Thanks for the thread, TacticalPeek.:thumbsup:

[DeSwiss]

6. K&R n/t

[SoapBox]

7. K & R!!!!!

[Swede Atlanta]

8. Activist judges.......

This is when the federal judiciary is the only bulwark against highly partisan state officials and judiciary.

[Tsiyu]

9. It's pretty bad when your Governer

Doesn't 'get" or believe in the Constitution of the very state he's governing.

How do we elect people like Bill Haslam to this highest state office, when they turn around and basically spit on and disregard the rights of the People of their states?

This tells me that Gov. Bill Haslam never had any intention of helping or listening to voters. His goal is to make as much money as he can before his time is up.

The State troopers should be ashamed of themselves. There's a saying; "everything hidden will be revealed." I would say we've arrived at that time (in another manner -via social media rather than divine intervention, but we'll take what we can get!) so why do some cops keep forgetting they are being watched at all times? "Why can't they act with integrity without being scrutinized?" is the real question.

Props to Judge Aleta A. Trauger, another judge for the People and the Constitution of our state. :thumbsup:

[harun]

22. Adventures in a Red State

[Tsiyu]

48. Fun stuff

I am trying to listen to AM radio here, for research purposes, and I just about choke and have to run turn off the radio.

Some goons on a station (won't give any call letters - why promote idiots?) were going on today about how "The Tea(baggers) Party did it right! They did Civil OBEDIENCE."

I was thinking, "When? The times they disrupted town hall meetings, or when they smashed a woman into the pavement at a Rand Paul event, or when they called the president a liar? How about all the people Teabaggers have killed, like recently at a salon in California? Jayzuss, how soon you Repukes forget your own sins!"

But they blather on and on and on......it's amazing the level of stupidity and dishonesty in these people....

[harun]

49. Red states are some of the poorest in the union yet they worship the super rich like

god's. The day they re-align with supporting their own interests is the day this country moves back in the right direction.

[Tsiyu]

50. It's not that they worship the rich

In Tennessee, it seems more that they think their Gawd wants them to elect Republicans. Like Jesus will DIE if they don't, or Gawd will personally strike them dead.

The Rightwing has them convinced that liberals are Gawdless commies who want to take their guns, force their sons to be gay and their daughters to marry Mexicans, and then force abortions and birth control on everybody because they hate babies. If we'd only put Gawd back in the schools all would be well.

They never connect that their social security disability checks and their Tenncare and their EBT cards are the work of "liberals."

Those social safety nets that keep them in food and gas just magically appeared from the sky and will never go away, even if they keep voting for Republicans who SAY CLEARLY they want to get rid of SSI, Food Stamps and Tenncare. They choose not to hear...


at least not over the shaming of the frothing-at-the-mouth preachers who tell them they're all going to hell if they vote in their own best interest.

I guess it's just too easy to let someone else do your thinking.......until you lose it all....and then you go back to blaming liberals, immigrants and black people for the mess you're in....lather, rinse, repeat.........

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. K&R!

[pasto76]

13. This is how the fight will be won, ultimately in the courts.

[Vincardog]

43. Would that be the same courts that gave us Citizens united? And gWbush?

[pscot]

14. K&R for the Bill of Rights

[smiley]

15. this should happen in every state.

period.

[sabrina 1]

16. Excellent. He is right, maybe it's not too late to restore

constitutional rights, most of which have been under attack for so long.

[James48]

17. State Concedes defeat- read this story.

Great story with more details:

http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2011/10/31/state-concedes-defeat-in-occupy-nashville-battle-judge-bans-more-arrests

[2banon]

19. interesting story, thanks for posting this link.

:hi:

[justabob]

27. one to watch for sure

It will be interesting to see what happens. That judge seems awfully confident on his points. I hope the state has to stand down. If that happens, I wonder what will happen in other places around the country.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

18. Yeah! About time. nt

[2banon]

20. excellent news, thanks for posting!

:thumbsup:

[lovuian]

21. we have the right to Protest

when did American justice forget that

[Lint Head]

23. This will be in the history books as a turning point for the movement.

Occupy Nashville has been discussing doing workshops on how to handle arrests and lawsuits for other cities. They did it right.

[socialist_n_TN]

25. Y'all realize that these judges are all Nashvillians, right?

This isn't a bad town at all. But the state government is the pits.

[dotymed]

37. You speak the truth. Most places in TN are very R/W, good

ol' boy networks.

I live in Clarksville, TN. I attended APSU (a liberal arts and Teachers College back then), our University was a very Liberal institution that invited mainly Progressive speakers to it's events. We were like a city within a city. We were surrounded by intolerant, Tali ban "Christians" who loved to beat them a liberal college boy.

While APSU is still somewhat Liberal, they have succumbed to the monetized, elitist, neo-liberalism that has caused a lot of harm to this country. My daughter graduates this year (3rd generation) and when I visit campus, I am never surprised by the authoritarian "support our troops/wars" atmosphere that controls the college. Thankfully, there are some Professors who still stand up to authority and teach the students how to use their own minds. I wonder how long they will last?

I attended school there with a lady who eventually became the interim Dean. We always clashed as students because, even then, she felt obligated to judge anyone that was not a "Christian Tali ban."

[orbitalman]

26. Truly K & R

[lonestarnot]

28. K & R!

[alp227]

29. A Clinton nominated judge. Those judges produce many favorable rulings! nt

[Tx4obama]

30. Another example why it's good to have a DEMOCRAT in the WH appointing federal judges! :) n/t

[Marazinia]

31. That's a start

Good on the lawyers who actually worked on the right side. There aren't enough of you, and I know why, I've seen the corrupt mess of a court system you have to work with.

[Enthusiast]

32. "Dog bless the ACLU and the Nashville OWS!"

Right on!

[usregimechange]

33. Nominated by William J. Clinton on September 22, 1998

[dotymed]

34. Great News!! I was going there last Sunday but I could not find

someone to go with me. (about an hour away) Mainly because of the threat of violence by the police and/or arrest. I went to "Occupy Clarksville," where I live, instead. There were few people but the police and Mayor have been very receptive to OWS. This is a military community and I was pleasantly surprised (home of the 101st).

I see my cardiologist in Nashville tomorrow and afterward, I WILL BE AT OCCUPY NASHVILLE. Companion or not.

I take about 20 medications a day and have some limitations. If I were thrown in jail, the chances of my survival would be in question. I was born with congenital heart problems that have progressed over the years. I remember when I was young and wild, I was incarcerated and not allowed access to my medications. Then I could suffer through it (only 1-2 then), now-days, probably not.

I "made it " through many, beyond strenuous years as a Union carpenter. The Katrina "clean-up and rebuilding" is where my heart finally rebelled, hard. On "the clock" 60 hours a week and volunteering to help those that could not afford to pay for a carpenter every extra hour that I could, kind of caught up with me. The people of N.O. were so wonderful.

[AikidoSoul]

45. With all you've already been through, you've paid your dues as a citizen of the world

Methinks it's time to take care of yourself.


:hi:

[Remmah2]

35. Excellent! nt

nt

[No Elephants]

40. Funny, the judge is a hero, but I did not see the name of the judge in the story.

Was it there? Did I not look carefully enough?

[Moosepoop]

41. Second paragraph of the OP...

Local attorneys and the American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee filed a lawsuit this morning against Gov. Bill Haslam and other state officials and requested a temporary restraining order to prevent any further arrests. U.S. District Judge Aleta A. Trauger granted the request. The state did not object to the restraining order and agreed to work out its differences with protesters.

[SammyWinstonJack]

42. LOVE IT!

:applause:

[AikidoSoul]

46. Thank you ACLU! One of my favorite organizations in the world.

It's amazing how it is crucified by the far right that doesn't seem to give a crap about our basic freedoms.

The ACLU is heroic. :loveya:

Great news about the decision! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[goforit]

47. Fascism will never win!!!!