Occupy St. Louis Says They Will Move Squatters Camp to Arch Grounds
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, November 7, 2011, 10:12 PM
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay announced this weekend that he was finally going to uphold the law and remove the Occupy St. Louis protesters from Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. The far left protesters have been squatting at the popular city park for a month and seven days.
The Occupy St. Louis protesters told KSDK tonight that they are looking into moving the camp to the St. Louis Arch grounds.
“When they tell us to leave the park, in fact they’re telling us not to use our right to free speech and our right to peacefully assemble,” said William Smith, another Occupier
“We’ll be removed I’m sure, but we’ll be back. We won’t fight the police, but we’ll be back,” said McFarland.
“We’re never going to leave this space. This space is the icon of St. Louis,” said Brett Alexander, also a part of the Occupy St. Louis movement.
Protesters say they will not use violence if confronted by police. Occupiers say they’re also looking into occupying space under the Arch.
Tuesday’s meeting between Occupiers and the mayor’s office starts at 3 p.m. at America’s Center
Mayor Slay admitted to reporters this weekend that he did not charge these radicals for use of the plaza — even though the tea party must pay a fee to hold a rally there.
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gus commented:
LIBTARD City Governments are fvcked. They’ve asked for this.
American Woman commented:
Hmmmm. The mayors who allowed the OW protesters to take over their cities, because they agree with the Progressive ideology and/or didn’t want to take on the unions, have unintentionally done American patriots a great favor.
Despite the MSM’s attempts to portray the OW savages as upright citizens, the truth is slowly leaking out.
The video of the elderly woman being pushed down the stairs in WA has really got people talking about the ideology and intent of the protesters. The people who have mentioned the protests to me are appalled by what is happening. This will end badly for Obama. (He overplayed his hand.)
gus commented:
American Woman???? The only people who even KNOW about the INCIDENT you are referring to are US.
The MEDIA is actively working for the LEFT.
The truth hurts commented:
This is a perfect opportunity! Have an emergency Tea Party gathering at the arch and prevent these detestable scumbags from de-flowering the arch! This will be perfect!! A clear statement to the media who the good guys are.
Tea Party: Clean, take showers, don’t litter, etc..
Occupy scumbags: Filthy, lice infested, haven’t showered in 3 months, urinate and defecate where they eat, etc..
Let the media cover it. Hold your ground. We win
TeachX3 commented:
#4 … I second that!
gus commented:
Tell me a sizable American City that isn’t infested and run by LIBTARDS. One city. Name me a MAJOR AMERICAN CITY, with a Major League professional sports team, that isn’t CRIME INFESTED, and run into the ground by LIBTARDS, RACE POLITICS and DYSFUNCTION.
That is where the FREAK SHOWS are.
Buffalobob commented:
The only thing left for the prog mayors to do to exercise their control over the OWS lice will be to put them in time out.
Highlander commented:
You got that right Gus. My wife and I made our exodus three years ago …and haven’t looked back, except to try to sell our house … which just got broken in to and had all the copper plumbing stolen. We have no use for that lib infested scum hole. When the people hit the streets looting and rioting, we’ll be watching it on the news and thanking God we got out of there.
redc1c4 commented:
i think the OWS should be relocated to a barge in the middle of the river there…
bonus points if it sinks with them on board.
A_Nonny_Mouse commented:
” Mayor Slay admitted to reporters this weekend that he did not charge these radicals for use of the plaza — even though the tea party must pay a fee to hold a rally there. ”
= = = = =
So, DID the Tea Party in St. Louis actually hold a rally and pay the required fees?
If so, ask them if they’re willing to do what the Richmond, VA Tea Party is doing: sue for a refund of all their fees (for Richmond, it’s a significant amount, $10,000).
The Establishment’s Progressives and Liberals just looove this “Occupy” thing (and of course they want to do all in their power to put the Tea Party at a disadvantage), but when it comes to cold, hard cash and the possibility that a judge might agree that “rule of law is rule of law” (we can still hope so, right?), we might discover an effective way to get the laws and regulations applied equally to all parties. (Again– one can hope.)
jorgen commented:
Move them to a labor-camp instead.
Peter commented:
Bring out the fire engines. Dump large buckets of dish soap on the ground just in front of the crowd and then cut loose with the two and a half inch lines, spray into the spilled dish soap and the suds will fly, then spray hard to rinse.
Or use flame throwers. Hell, if it was good enough for those religious whacko Branch Davidians in Waco, it’s good enough for this bunch. Democrats have never had much trouble killing American citizens, anyhow.
YourMaster commented:
should set their whole camp on fire….
and have them sleep out in the freezing rain and snowstorms
…..do that night, after night, after night….
every time they try to set up tents…
…..they should be burned down again in the middle of the night. *l*
patman commented:
Please go back to occupying your mom and dad’s basements.
obfuscatenot commented:
Isn’t there a vacant lot on the Near-North side these guys can use?
ImaginePeace commented:
Our country was founded on the right to free speech. Why is there so much hate on this blog?????? We used to be proud to live in a country where we had the freedom to speak our minds. What happened?
RWS III commented:
@#12 Regardless of the branch Davidians ideology I don’t condone our government murdering American citizens….are YOU saying YOU do?
Wytebred commented:
That Arch is a historic tourist destination.This will not end well
Chris in N.Va. commented:
“…the right to peacefully assemble…”
Ahem.
Much to these cerebral-flat-liner miscreants’ dismay, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution ASSUME a certain level of coherent mental brainwave activity for the reader to have any hope of understanding and applying their principles. Alas and alack, that is not the case here.
These morons confuse the right to “assemble” (e.g., to meet temporarily) in order to enunciate their grievances to the government, with a nowhere-enumerated “right” (inside or outside of the most nebulous emanations or penumbras) to set up a permanent squatters’ camp, to urinate/defecate wherever they damn-well please and to wantonly harass/vandalize at will.
It’s a delicious irony that in their devolution into a parody of Animal Farm these freeloaders and “gimme” whiners are themselves set upon by other freeloaders demanding THEIR “fair share” of the available and supposedly-free-for-redistribution goodies.
A satire/comedy sketch writer could not have created a more comical (and pathetically sad) situation.
mangrovemama2002 commented:
I hear that there is plenty of space available on the East side of the river.
I was actually born there many, many years ago.
The picture of the Arch reminds me of picnicking beneath it while it was being constructed.
What a bunch of slackers.
A little cold weather will clear out the park just fine.
paul52 commented:
Don’t Francis Slay and ALL mayors take an oath of office to uphold the law? Can these pinhead groups just take over any space they want? Move the camp to Fairgrounds Park on the North Side. The locals will roll out the red carpet, I’m sure.
flyoverland commented:
The Arch grounds are under the control of the Department of the Interior which is directly under the control of Obama. Let’s see if he allows them to break Federal Law.
Tom63010 commented:
When city violations aren’t good enough go to the Feds!
Stuart commented:
Not shocking, locusts migrate as well.
JD281M commented:
@#2 – Seriously American Woman? You’re worse than the MSM, the lady has been interviewed and says she could have been bumped, if the DC protesters had intentionally pushed her, then WHY did the Occupy DC Medic team run to assist her and help the paramedics http://www.mediaite.com/online/did-occupy-dc-push-this-elderly-woman-down-the-stairs/
@ All – I’m both surprised and not suprised that you guys are up in such a stir over this. Here is my chain of thought:
1- the TP is concerned that the govt has too much control, OW is concerned that big corporations have too much control. The result of both groups concerns is that large corporations have too much power in our govt and that our govt now serves corporate and private interests rather than than private citizens
2- with the TP’s concern that govt has too much control, I would think that the TP would be glad to see a group of people willing to stand up to the govt on a local and state level and say enough is enough, we have rights, they’re constitutional and they supercede ordinances and curfews that you may enact.
I personally am a moderate in general who would love to see a system in place that would do something about the corporate oligarchy we live in now. Thomas Jefferson even said that ” the end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when our government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed organizations. Isn’t that’s what happening now?
As a moderate, I see things from both sides and have attended both groups events. OW is a little messy as they work through a direct democracy process where they use consensus to decide everything. The Tea Party is a little more polished and has talking points. Both groups were friendly, both groups complain about the same issues… Its in the solutions that they differ. I will say that OW has said that there is a voice for TP members in our body, while I don’t think it exists the other way around.
Our MSM loves to keep people divided. As long as they can keep us all divided and hating each other, they can continue to control us. Don’t believe the hype you see on Fox.. Engage an OW person, ask questions, and honestly listen. I encourage the same for OW to engage a TP person, ask questions, and honestly listen. The hate the TP feels for OW is one sided in my experience. It was manufactured and created by the MSM and its distracting you from your mission, talking points, and poorly spelled signs.
And as far as the arch grounds go – there is precedence for occupying federal land. It’s going on in DC right now, its going on in Ohio, Iowa, and a few other states where the state supreme courts have ruled in favor.