While everyone was focused on the police brutality directed to the Occupy Movement protesters in Oakland, California the same stuff was happening right in our back yard in Nashville, Tennessee. Here is a run down thanks to the Tennessee Progressive Blogging Community.
From the Civil Rights Museum to arresting Occupy Nashville Folks in One Week.
Last night, a working member of the press was arrested covering the mass arrests at Occupy Nashville. I like to call this a "PR nightmare" which should be Gov. Bill Haslam and Bill Gibbons safe word right now.
Yet that's what happened in the early morning hours, as Metro Night Court Judge Tom Nelson told the troopers who arrested 25 peaceful Occupy Nashville protesters at midnight on Legislative Plaza — along with Scene reporter Jonathan Meador, who was attempting to get off the plaza when he was cuffed and hauled off — that the curfew being enforced at the Capitol had no constitutional grounds whatsoever.
I find it to be amusing in a not so funny way our governor was in Memphis this week visiting the Civil Rights Museum.
A few things I've noticed is that political persuasion doesn't mean beans right now when it come to the public outcry from Tennesseans. One thing that cannot be controlled is passion. I say it entirely too much but to quote Maya Angelou, it's not what you say or what you do, it's how you make people feel.
Breaking: Night Court Judge researches and rules that he can find no authority to charge Occupy Nashville with curfew violations.
Occupy Nashville Vet Injured during 2nd round of arrest.
wo 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.
Occupy Nashville: Cops Arrest Nashville Scene Reporter Along With 26 Protesters
For the second night in a row, eager beaver cops swarmed down on the peaceful Occupy Nashville protesters at the People's Plaza, this time 26 arrests were made. In case anyone was wondering what the hell there is to protest about, the not so great state of Tennessee is busily making the protesters case by perpetrating serious constitutional violations against its citizens.
According to the repressive state of Tennessee, not only do we not have the right to peaceful assembly, we don't even have the First Amendment right to a free press at that peaceful assembly. The first arrests were carefully staged at 3am to avoid press coverage and now in what appears to be an effort to intimidate the press, a reporter has been arrested for the crime of covering the police state tactics of bully Governor Bill Haslam
Paging Keith Olberman!
Occupy Nashville Protesters released jail, Protesters reclaim People's Plaza
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