Pedestrians walk along Atlantic Avenue in front of the Occupy Boston encampment in Boston this afternoon.
Posted on 11/16/2011 12:22:39 PM PST by massmike
A judge handed Occupy Boston a major win today, granting a court order that forbids police to carry out a New York-style clearing of the Dewey Square encampment except in cases that pose a major threat to public safety.
Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre issued a temporary restraining order this afternoon, saying Occupiers will allowed to stay camped peacefully opposite South Station until a court hearing for a preliminary injunction Dec. 1. Police are still allowed to clear the park if there is an “outbreak of violence” or a catastrophe such as a fire, she said.
“It’s a big victory,” said Occupy Boston member Kristopher Eric Martin. “Not only in Boston, across the country, this is a big victory in the sense our First Amendment rights are going to be heard.”
Lawyers for the Occupy Boston requested the restraining order as a pre-emptive move, after police in New York removed protesters and seized tents from Zuccotti Park, the site of the original and figurehead Occupy Wall Street demonstration.
Attorneys for the city argued that Occupy Boston’s lawyers jumped the gun; there has been no wholesale clearing of demonstrators to date, and they say the city has no plans to carry out such an operation.
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Pedestrians walk along Atlantic Avenue in front of the Occupy Boston encampment in Boston this afternoon.
—except in cases that pose a major threat to public safety.—
Which means he didn’t block it.
“Major” is a very subjective word.
Honorable Frances McIntyre
Year of Appointment- 5/13/2004
http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/judgesandjudicialofficers/mcintyref.html
In New York, unlike Massachusetts, judges are elected.
Judge didn’t get the memo. Axelrod’s on the line.
MA anoints them, don’t it?
Mutt Romney appointed this one.
“Mutt Romney appointed this one.”
Ack.
Would that be a Romney appointment?
It’s a supersecret formula, but apparently being an unsuccessful lawyer, failing the bar exam several times and making large and repeated donations to Democratic politicians seems to be the key.
Unfortunately, it’s been a very mild late fall so far.
I’ve got a friend who works in the downtown area who had to walk by there the other day and said it’s worse than a stockyard. The stench is overwhelming.
Goodie Goodie! ;-)D
Still places left to record the true gface of the DemoLefties and their useless, worthless Children of the Demmed Spawn...The Future Democrat Party...The Denizens of the Apes....More animal than Human.
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