Nov 22,2011
Occupy Boston Gets Legal Cover, But Not All Protestors Like It
The Boston Occupy protest at Dewey Square is at the heart of a court battle over whether Occupying is protected by the First Amendment. Photo: Quinn Norton/Wired Occupy Boston finds itself in an odd position – it’s actually protected from eviction by a judge, but some participants aren’t aren’t selling out by signing on to the authority of a system they are protesting. On November 15, the same day that the NYPD raided and evicted Occupy Wall Street, the National Lawyers Guild and Massachusetts ACLU went to court to get an order preventing Boston police from evicting Occupy Boston from its space ...

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