Rep. Nadler Concerned About Evictions, Citing NYC’s ‘Long Tradition Of Respecting Public Protest’

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Rep. Nadler Concerned About Evictions, Citing NYC’s ‘Long Tradition Of Respecting Public Protest’
http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/10/13/343726/nadler-ows-protest-clean/

Earlier today, notices started to show up at the 99 Percent Movement protests in Zucotti Park, Lower Manhattan, following on a message from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg that the park would be cleared out for a cleaning. Protesters had already started cleaning the park themselves, but were alarmed at the notices’ bans on sleeping bags and other items necessary for the 24-hour occupation. Now, they’re getting support from Representative Jerry Nadler (D-NY), who represents New York’s eight district where Zucotti Park is located. In a press release, Nadler, who cited protesters working together to clean, said:

The City has an obligation to maintain public order, but it also has an obligation to respect the right to speak, to protest, and to petition the government for redress of grievances. Apart from the requirements of the Constitution, New York City has long been home to political protests of all kinds. The City should respect that tradition, and our core constitutional values, by working with Occupy Wall Street to ensure that they may continue their important work.


Nadler on Bloomberg and Occupy Wall Street
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/99187457/Nadler-on-Bloomberg-and-Occupy-Wall-Street

Rep. Nadler: "There should be no need for the police to execute a mass eviction if the parties can work together to clean...the park."
https://twitter.com/#!/joshnathankazis/status/124606850783133696

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BREAKING: Petitions against eviction of #OWS were marched up to City Hall and THEN to fancy resto Cipriani's where @MikeBloomberg was.
http://twitter.com/#!/danielmintz

[Frank Coffin]

1. There should be a massive number of people following Bloomie

throwing rotten tomatoes CONSTANTLY at him - in the guise of freedom of speech.

The cops should be held at bay with the human chains.