Now more than 24 hours past their eviction deadline - Occupy L.A. is still camped outside of City Hall - and patriots are turning to the courts to keep it that way. According to the Los Angeles Times, Occupy L.A. filed a court complaint yesterday arguing that the city's looming crackdown represents an "unconstitutional deprivation of access to [the] traditional public forum...for first amendment activity." Occupy L.A. is also attacking "anti-camping" laws - claiming that police are selectively enforcing the law - arresting people with the Occupy movement for camping - but letting more than 500 people camp out without a permit just weeks ago while they waited for the new "Twilight" movie to open.
After the NYPD raided Zuccotti Park two weeks ago - a judge ruled that camping gear is not an expression of free speech - thus allowing the city to ban people from bringing sleeping bags and tarps into public parks - effectively killing any chance of rebuilding the Occupy Wall Street community.
Apparently we live in a nation where the courts have ruled that little green pieces of fabric - money - is a form of free speech, but big green pieces of fabric - tents - are not.
-Thom
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