February 1, 2012
Occupiers place large blue tarp over General James McPherson statue in protest.
By remaining in McPherson Square in downtown Washington, DC, Occupy DC protesters continue to violate laws against camping on federal land. Yet the National Park Service declined to enforce its own deadline of noon Monday for the protesters to leave.
As The Heritage Foundation’s Lachlan Markay noted last week, the Supreme Court has ruled that camping is not a protected activity under the First Amendment.
Instead of leaving, protesters dragged a large blue tarp over the statue of General James McPherson in protest.
Markay reports from the scene:
Authorities at McPherson Square told protesters and the many members of the media in attendance that occupiers were “definitely not in compliance,” in the words of one NPS officer.
Park Service spokesman Sgt. James Schlosser said that NPS would be enforcing the camping ban, but declined to say when.
Occupy DC is one of the last major Occupy encampments. The original Occupy Wall Street encampment was cleared by New York City authorities in November.
What is your take on the Occupy movement?
Yvonne Guenther - February 2, 2012
The truth about Obama should prevent his being elected
for another term. It is pathetic how he has managed to
ruin our country, and it is sickening to know that the mainstream media will not cover ANYTHING negative
about the man. It truly saddens me to see the profound
hatred the media enjoys in lying about and demeaning
Conservatives. I can only pray for Divine Intervention
in healing our broken country.