Warrants Against Occupy Nashville Protesters Dismissed After Second Night of Arrests

[Hissyspit]

Source: The Tennessean

Warrants against Occupy Nashville protesters dismissed after second night of arrests

3:16 AM, Oct. 29, 2011 |
Written by
Ivan Aronin
The Tennessean

Updated 2:22 a.m.

Two of the 26 Occupy Nashville protesters arrested early this morning were injured, says Karl Bolton of Franklin, who says he is part of the movement's legal team. One man, a veteran, was taken to the hospital. His condition is unknown. A woman also received minor injuries, and her camera was broken.

After the Night Court magistrate dismissed their warrants, the protesters were planning to march back to Legislative Plaza.

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Updated at 2:12 a.m.

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Night Court Magistrate Tom Nelson said, "I have reviewed the regulations of the state of Tennessee, and I can find no authority anywhere for anyone to authorize a curfew anywhere on Legislative Plaza."

After Nelson dismissed the arrest warrant against one of the protesters, a state trooper asked if the move applied to all those who had been arrested. Nelson responded yes.


Read more: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111029/NEWS01/111029004/Occupy-Nashville-protesters-released-after-second-night-arrests?odyssey=nav|head

[fasttense]

1. Wow, they found a judge who has not been bought off.

Occupy Nashville stand strong.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

22. He's local.

The reach of corporate tentacles is not infinite (and it is top-heavy).

[wobblie]

2. he may actually recognize who votes

[PoliticAverse]

3. So are these false arrests for which the city bears civil liability ? n/t

[DeSwiss]

21. It's the state that has broken the law because the governor....

...used state highway patrol officers in this illegal attempt to suppress Constitutional rights.

- But he's a Repuke so that should be expected......

K&R








"Rise like Lions after slumber
In unvanquishable number,
Shake your chains to earth like dew
Which in sleep had fallen on you-
Ye are many — they are few"

~Percy Bysshe Shelley

[Admiral Loinpresser]

23. I'm guessing their sovereign immunity defense is solid.

The most promising line of attack is federal civil rights. Perhaps such a suit would set off a nostalgia craze for the Bill of Rights.

[Tsiyu]

4. Halleluiah

Haslam must be PISSED!

To think, he can't infringe on people's First Amendemnt rights, because the Constitution doesn't say we have the right to peaceably assemble only when Bill Haslam thinks it's appropriate, or when it's convenient for little Bill, or when Bill's cronies think well, "That's enough free speech for now."


Way to go, Nelson. A judge for the People, not for the Politicians and the Corporations. :applause:

[cvoogt]

5. quite a victory

even if it is something that should be a given. I know Tennessee and the fact this happened there makes it an even bigger victory. These protestors are really putting themselves out there.

[dotymed]

11. Wow, I agree. I recently (1.5 years ago) moved "home" to TN.

I just finished looking for homes(on the computer), back up North.

Even the socially liberal in this area have no clue, except what they hear on MSM, about the plight of America. Most could care less. When I mention "Union" to my old friends and family, their eyes glaze over. If not, then they spew R.W. talking points even though they earn $8-$10 dollars an hour as construction workers, have no benefits and are considered "independent contractors" for tax purposes.

They think because I joined the Union and traveled, built bridges and now receive a pension, I was "babied." If they had any idea of how much more competition you face and how much harder you have to work to stay employed....

I love them, but I cannot connect with any of them. They all think that extreme capitalism is the only system and if you don't agree, then you are strange,ie..unAmericun...yep, they are mainly poor. I have friends that are wealthy here too. They are the ones employing the "independent contractors."

"It's just good business sense." I can help set you up with your own business...."

[cvoogt]

13. what's funny ..

is that apparently that new law outlaws occupying state property overnight. It depends on the precise wording of the law (which I have not seen).
Umm, aren't the TN state prisons state property? So they should let inmates go overnight? How about the governor's mansion?

[indepat]

15. Rockets fired up the asses of Haslam and Gibbons?

:applause:

[UnrepentantLiberal]

6. This country has turned into a campy movie about the South

where the mayor and sheriff do as they please.

[unionworks]

7. poor Officer Opey

Anther typical case of American Blind Justice! (Ala Alices Resturaunt):)

[socialist_n_TN]

8. This isn't unusual for Nashville

There were some activists arrested earlier this year during the TN Education Association demonstrations against the restrictions on teacher's unions and the Wisconsin solidarity protests. A local judge eventually dismissed all of the charges using similiar reasoning, i.e., First Amendment rights.

During BOTH of these incidents, it was the Tennessee State Troopers and the Republican governor, Bill Haslem, who did the actual deeds leading to the arrests, NOT local Nashville cops and administration. IOW, they had to bring in outside enforcers.

[bertman]

9. REC and kick. nt

[riverbendviewgal]

10. Will this winter be the WINTER OF DISCONTENT?

The thought just struck me and I looked up the words in Wikipedia.

First one I found was about John Steinbeck's Last book.

Increasing awareness of the Faustian bargain underlying the American Dream, famously articulated as "Greed is good" by Gordon Gecko in Wall Street (1987 film), has turned the consensus round to the extent that at a conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of Steinbeck's birth, Stephen K. George was confident enough to state: "With these authors I would contend that, given its multi-layered complexity, intriguing artistry, and clear moral purpose, The Winter of Our Discontent ranks in the upper echelon of Steinbeck’s fiction, alongside Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, East of Eden, and, of course, The Grapes of Wrath." <5>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent


The second Wiki link is about the strikes in UK in 1978.

he "Winter of Discontent" is an expression, popularised by the British media, referring to the winter of 1978–79 in the United Kingdom, during which there were widespread strikes by local authority trade unions demanding larger pay rises for their members, because the Labour government of James Callaghan sought to hold a pay freeze to control inflation. The weather turned very cold in the early months of 1979 with blizzards and deep snow, and it became the coldest since 1962–63, which added to people's misery.<1>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_of_Discontent


and now most recent this month.

"LONDON (Reuters)- With the "Occupy Wall Street" movement going global and Middle East unrest stirring again, an autumn and winter of discontent looks increasingly likely.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/16/us-protests-global-idUSTRE79F1CH20111016

[WillyT]

12. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!

:bounce:

:hi:

:kick:

[TomCADem]

14. This Just Goes To Show That Even In "Red States" People Are Crying Out

...to have Wall Street and corporations held accountable even though their elected Republican leaders insist on efforts to roll back existing regulations.

[Marazinia]

16. 2012

Not all judges are hopelessly corrupted by our system. Most, maybe, but not all.

Now it's the job of all Americans who support this movement to calm the fears of their more superstitious family and friends who are going to fixate on 2012 as a date of doom. The last thing we need is a mass panic of apocalyptic proportions. I know this sounds a bit off topic, but I was thinking of ways everyone, even those not in positions of power or possessing resources, can help, and this is one way we should contribute. You can bet the media will play this angle up as things heat up. Be ready for it.

[Uncle Joe]

17. This curfew violates the state of Tennessee's Constitution and the First Amendment.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=5040845&mesg_id=5041275

The keywords in the Tennessee Constitution is that the people have the power at "all times" you can't put time limitations on that.

This policy is also discriminatory as patrons leaving the theaters after the curfew and crossing the plaza, weren't arrested.

Kudos to the Magistrate Tom Nelson for actually respecting the state of Tennessee's Constitution and the First Amendment.

Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.

[Lunabelle]

18. Call the Governor, I did.

I left him a message that he should be arrested for violating their Constitutional rights!!! Bill's office number:[phone]

[Tsiyu]

19. Like that OWS guy's sign said:

Screw us
And We Multiply!!!!


Thanks for calling on behalf of TN citizens

:yourock:

[DeSwiss]

20. K&R n/t

[DirkGently]

24. Well done, Night Court Magistrate Tom Nelson.