Fri
Oct 28 2011
03:51 am
After declaring a curfew at Legislative Plaza last night, Gov. Haslam has sent THP state troopers with a SWAT team to clear the area. An Occupy Nashville livestream report from the scene says approx. 100 officers began arresting a small group of peaceful demonstrators at around 4AM (3AM Nashville time). The detainees were taken away on two Dept. of Corrections buses (separate buses for men and women?). There are no reports of violence or injuries, but there was an unconfirmed report of a woman possibly having a seizure.
UPDATE: News report says about two dozen arrests...
UPDATE: Judge Orders Release Of Occupy Nashville Protestors
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – A judge has ruled that there was no probable cause to arrest the Occupy Nashville protestors, and has ordered their release. The judge made the ruling just hours after two dozen protestors were taken into custody by Tennessee State Troopers on Legislative Plaza.
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The Tennessean has a poll,
The Tennessean has a poll, Should the Occupy Nashville protesters be removed?
84.76% (2,815 votes) say NO. Go add you support for Occupy Nashville.
From Occupy Nashville live
From Occupy Nashville live feed. Government contacts to request freedom for Occupy Nashville protesters to be heard at Legislative Plaza.
Occupy Nashville live feed.
Occupy Nashville live feed.
...and Bill Haslam continues
...and Bill Haslam continues to predictably disappoint.
predictable, yes ... but
predictable, yes ... but what's 'disappointing' about the ruling class trying to protect their own interests?
I'm disappointed that I
I'm disappointed that I wasn't wrong and that others weren't right. I did not support or vote for Bill H because of that "R" behind his name. Several folks pointed to his mayoral stint and proclaimed that he was "not that kind of republican" or that he was just a republican so he could be elected and then he would govern as a hardcore moderate. I was unconvinced and voted accordingly. However, I willingly admit that I really wanted to be wrong. I wanted to have to state here and other places online, as well as physical spots where politics is discussed, about just how wrong I was. That disappoints me but as it is what I expected, I'm hardly surprised.
San Diego
Police in riot gear cleared Occupy San Diego protestors out of Civic Center Plaza early Friday, making some arrests in the process, a police officer said.
OccupySD says their media team was also arrested while their video camera was streaming and the cops were trying to figure out how to turn it off.
And people thought I was being hyperbolic...
...when I started referring to the governor as "Il Duce". Fascist creep.
BTW...
I intend to mail the governor a copy of Section 23 of the Tennessee Constitution, because he apparently hasn't read it.
§ 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.
I encourage you to do the same.
Ilissa Gold: "Sign that the
Ilissa Gold:
"Sign that the world is coming to an end--I just retweeted Bill Hobbs."
Fox 17 just thanked occupy
"Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria!"
"We don't have the resources
Even if you're generous about the whole time and place argument for keeping a lid on public demonstrations, it would seem that Gibbons is treading on thin ice with inconsistent application of the law.
First, to justify clearing the protesters out, he suggests a lack of resources to maintain security with the protesters in place, but then produces the resources to clear them out, and to maintain the presence necessary to keep the protesters from coming back.
Second, he suggests that people who are just passing through, and who might be unaware of the curfew restrictions would be allowed to pass unhindered, but those who are there to protest would be treated differently. Revisiting item #1, it seems obvious that it would take a significant ongoing presence on the plaza to sort these differing circumstances out.
I don't think this will pass muster if it gets in front of a judge.
I would also point out...
...that the anti-income tax folks circled the Capitol in their cars, honking their horns, throwing rocks, and completely disrupting the traffic in that area, and no one hauled them off to jail.
Between football stories and
Between football stories and making sure everybody is aware of the need to wear black and orange this weekend, WBIR ran a snippet with Il Duce saying they called out the brownshirts because "We had received complaints from legislators and citizens and from Metro Nashville as well".
Yeah, I bet we had a lot of complaints from legislators.
I wonder if it's still okay for Campfield to park his Honda on the sidewalk.
Speaking of Campfield...
He's come out and expressed support for Occupy Nashville's right to assemble. Naturally, he did it in his usual, ass-backward way, but still.
I guess even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while.
dress rehearsal
when KPD dispatched its 'platoons' during the local nazi rally, i think i posted that this was a 'dress rehearsal' for things to come ...
That was a shameful abuse of
That was a shameful abuse of executive state power. I'm heartened by the impartial magistrate's refusal to sign warrants.
The Tennesseean: Night Court
The Tennesseean:
Way to do your job,
Way to do your job, Judge.
Yup. I hope he's not elected
Yup. I hope he's not elected tho; the right wingers will be calling for his head. "Activist judge! Activist judge!"
Round II A fellow reporter
Round II
No authoritiy to authorize a curfew.
In the second round of arrests at Legislative Plaza in Nashville, the judge once again dismisses the charges against the protesters and sets them free.
Also, two arrested protesters were injuried.