No Sleep Til Liberty

Meanwhile, back at the big apple...

At 6AM this morning, NYPD -- including high ranking officials (white shirts) -- surrounded and raided the corner accross from the New York Stock Exchange where Occupiers have been sleeping on Wall Street. This police action appears to be in direct defiance of the 2000 decision Metropolitan Council Inc. v. Safir, which held "public sleeping as a means of symbolic expression" to be constitutionally-protected speech. Occupiers read text from the case to police as they were being removed.

NYPD arrest sleep protesters

Where Is My Country

Tonight there is a compelling cinematic event, an opportunity to learn more about Gene Sharp.

Transitioning

Reclaiming property ate the day. At the moment I am skimming The Armies Of The Night and considering next steps...

Allocution

Amos 5:7

Sleep is not a crime. Sleep deprivation, a known torture technique, disrupts memory, cognition, the ability to make decisions, etc.

Two Years Suspended

Yes, I protested. Yes, I was incarcerated. Yes, I was put on trial. Yes, I was convicted. Yes, I am currently not incarcerated. Yes, I will continue to protest.

No, I am not sure about the details, yet. More to follow, but first...

Mmmm, warm.

Recovered some protest property (slightly damaged, as usual, so much for respect) yesterday, returned to the protest site last night and, just as I was dozing off, was injected into a local radio show/interview/debate/mudfight.

Still Sleepin'

I didn't expect to be posting again so soon! Was it the lack of a blanket or sleeping bag keeping arrest at bay? Was it the trouble with 602 v. Constitutional protections? A change of heart? A pause to reflect?

Prisoner Of Consciousness

I was arrested yet again, last night, while protesting the sleeping ban at the Santa Cruz County Courthouse. After warning law enforcement that they could be violating core Constitutional protections, referenced in 602(o), the powers that fee decided to switch to 647(e) and 602(l)(1) charges (unless I am mistaken, I couldn't find an (L)). But...