The Associated Press is reporting that Judge Mike Stallman has ruled that the Occupy Wall Street protesters do not have the right to occupy Zuccotti Park. More to follow.
UPDATE: Here’s the ruling.
UPDATE II: Here’s the money quote:
The Court is mindful of movants’ First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and peaceable assembly. However, “[e]ven protected speech is not equally permissible in all places and at all times.” (Snyder v Phelps, 131 S Ct 1207, 1218 [2011], quoting Cornelius v NAACP Legal Defense & Ed. Fund, Inc., 473 US 788, 799 [1985].) Here, movants have not demonstrated that the rules adopted by the owners of the property, concededly after the demonstrations began, are not reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions permitted under the First Amendment.
UPDATE III: More from New York magazine:
Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway, in the city’s filing, argued that allowing protesters back into Zuccotti Park would make for “unsafe and unsanitary conditions and the substantial threat to public safety.” The city said that protesters were gathering supplies that could be used as weapons, including a “steady accumulation of combustibles, smoking, and other hazards … such as cardboard tubes with metal pipes inside.” They also cited the Brooklyn Bridge march on October first, claiming that “knives, mace and hypodermic needles were observed discarded on the roadway.” The city cited 73 misdemeanor and felony complaints and approximately 50 arrests.
Despite the judge’s ruling, the park will be opened at some point and everyone will be allowed back in, just not with the supplies they need for an extended stay. When the barricades do part, it will be interesting to watch the interaction between police and protesters. Luckily, there’s a livestream for that.
Horrible decision.
These protests must go on for at least the next 355 days.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAt least Slide lost his star.
There is a LITTLE justice left in the world, after all.
What a bad cause for which to lose one's gold stars.
Does he not know? Gold stars are hard to come by!
Oh, to be young!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou would think someone hell bent on irritating strangers on the Internet would be young, wouldn't you?
But he is at least 50 according to one of his posts.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNah. He can type anything, can't he?
No, Giggler, Slide is probably as old as "he" seems. The likeness to a co-ed is uncanny.
His stated age is belied by his substance. It's not that he's a liberal. It's that his thought process is eerily similar to most residents in high rise dormitories everywhere.
People like Slide are the reason I was ever written up for noise pollution years ago on campus. I'd start the Quad yells after two minutes of political discussion.
Scream at the top of my lungs, then blast "Gallows Pole" out my window! It was good for 5-10 hours of community service every time.
In those days, I was too lazy, anyways, to walk to the soup kitchen, so no biggie.
Nowadays, I just laugh. And submit rejoinders as time permits.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLet's not forget he's a retired cop who doesn't think cops being killed by guns supplied by the US to drug lods isn't a big deal.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAnd, he works at a REALLY big, multi-national corporation!
Right? He said that once, I know he did.
God, this awful memory lane about Slide sure makes MikeB seem reasonable!
I think Filistro is Slide's dad. Or uncle. Or a cousin from an older generation, you know, like a "second cousin - once removed", type-thing.
Their posts just have that familial "feel" about them.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIf it's the same person, filistro is a Canadian novelist.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLOL!! Or a Greek restauranteur... a Spanish chanteuse... an International Man of Mystery...
Definitely not Slide's uncle, though. (If that were the case, I'm sure somebody would have told me :-)
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI guess they don't realize you're female. Well we do know the analytical talents of right wingers ain't exactly their strong suit. :-)
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI'm kind of reluctant about admitting to being female in any Republican venue. If I do, Herman Cain is surely going to hit on me...
Regarding your lost star, I assume it's automatically triggered when one of us exceeds a certain number of posts in a given time period.
Still, I think we should Occupy the Corner until you get your star back. We have all the essentials here for a great Occupy Effort.
K-Lo and Maggie Gallagher can provide family counseling... free granola at the Crunchy Cons tent... red meat all the time from McCarthy and Walsh... Derb doing card tricks for entertainment...
Bring your tents and pets! We can change the world! :-)
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseComing from the boy who thinks that the President is named 'Carey' that's rich.
Logical thinking, like dead border agents don't matter to Slide.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHe's also a cowboy-astronaut and the world's tallest millionaire.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhile I generally didn't think his comments were all that interesting or insightful, I don't think I saw anything that would require Moderation.
Other than volume this is. Some people have way too much time on their hands.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNope... still there. Sorry :-)
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI don't have a star (pout, pout) and I post all the time...
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abusepeaceful assembly <> camping out for weeks
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIs that Visual Basic?!?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseT-SQL?
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