Forum Post: *URGENT* Sacramento To Outlaw Protesting At City Hall 9-11-2012
Posted 11 years ago on Sept. 9, 2012, 1:51 a.m. EST by dojii
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Video Message here; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV0bm6_12XA
WE NEED YOU!! Help us save Free Speech in Sacramento. City Council plans to adopt and ordinance on 9-11-2012 that ABRIDGES the First Amendment, and Freedom to Assemble, requiring a permit and fee to assemble on City Hall.
We URGE you to show up to the WEST STEPS of the Capitol Building in Sacramento, for a speech and teach-in by Brother Carter. This Even Begins at 11:30AM on the WEST STEPS of the Capitol building. From there we will mass together, and discuss whatever capabilities we have for a Rally, march and protest against the Sacramento City Council; this day that they presume to adopt Ordinance chapter 12.47. The City Council meeting will be held, same day 9-11, between 3PM-6PM PST
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CANNOT BE IN SACRAMENTO we urge you to join this online Facebook event; https://www.facebook.com/events/268495736603658/ From there you will get access to many phone numbers, e-mail addresses and different activities, that you might make yourself HEARD even though you are not able to join us in person.
Ordinance Link Below
http://occupysac.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Occupy-unfree-speech-ordinance-II-8-9-12.pdf
Sacramento needs you. Please support us. Thank You!!!
We in Charlotte have already lost our Free Speech rights as shown during the DNC. Nobody cared then either. Free Speech was relegated to a small area in a back parking lot, with a time limit on what you can say. My guess is that this will continue happening in every city that has some consequence.
Could you write an open letter of protest about this? Send it off to government post it here and tweet it? Or just write and post the letter of protest and I will send it off and tweet it.
I sent this off today:
Open Letter to the Charlotte City Officials:
The efforts by the city of Charlotte to shut down demonstrations with its “no free speech zones", is just the beginning of a series of attacks against our rights to peaceful assembly and free speech. A new city ordinance lists a series of items that are grounds for arrest at an extraordinary event, some of which are absurd, such as permanent markers. In addition, the extraordinary event designation gives police broad powers to search backpacks, coolers, and briefcases of people going about their business on the street.
To illustrate the absurd nature of the new rules, handguns and rifles, of course, are perfectly legal to carry openly under North Carolina state law, although carrying a concealed weapon requires a permit. But people could face arrest for carrying water bottles, hair spray, socks, or magic markers. If one has a backpack on he is now open to questioning.
The rules explicitly ban “handbags, backpacks, soda cans, drink coolers, scarves, bike helmets, baby strollers, and non-service animals” within the hundred-square-block event zone. A “container or object of sufficient weight to be used as a projectile”, is also prohibitted. The vague wording suggests that this could include almost anything from an apple to an iPhone. We can easily see who these new restrictions are targeting.
“Invoking this draconian law is another example of our democracy being sold to the highest bidder. The City of Charlotte is protecting Bank of America’s bottom line. The Constitution and everyday people be damned,” said Julie Morgan, a local leader with Action NC.
Picketing and protesting are rigorously protected First Amendment rights, and courts examine any restrictions on them with the most stringent level of scrutiny. Any restrictions are only valid provided “they are justified without reference to the content of the regulated speech, that they are narrowly tailored to serve a significant governmental interest, and that they leave open ample alternative channels for communication of the information.” Courts are suspicious of overbroad or vague laws, created under the guise of public safety concerns, which actually target a group of political dissidents.
Sincerely,
Geo Charlotte, NC
Contact Charlotte City Officials
Mayor
Anthony Foxx (D)
mayor@charlottenc.gov
704-336-2241
@anthonyfoxx
Mayor Pro Tem
Patrick D. Cannon (D)
MayorProTemCannon@gmail.com
704-336-7400
Council Member At-Large
Claire Green Fallon (D)
cfallon@charlottenc.gov
704-336-6105
Council Member At-Large
David L. Howard (D)
info@davidhowardclt.com
704-336-4099
@DavidHowardCLT
Council Member At-Large
Beth Pickering (D)
bpickering@charlottenc.gov
704-336-5285
District 1 Representative
Patsy Kinsey (D)
pkinsey@charlottenc.gov
704-336-3432 or 704-376-5367
District 2 Representative
James Mitchell Jr. (D)
JamesDistrict2@aol.com
704-336-3424
District 3 Representative
LaWana Mayfield (D)
lmayfield@charlottenc.gov
704-336-3435 (office) or 704-352-7305 (cell)
@lawanamayfield
District 4 Representative
Michael D. Barnes (D)
barnesdistrict4@aol.com
704-509-6141
District 5 Representative
John Autry (D)
jautry@charlottenc.gov
704-336-2777
District 6 Representative
Andy Dulin (R)
adulin1@carolina.rr.com
704-968-8776
@adulin
District 7 Representative
Warren Cooksey (R)
warren@warrencooksey.com
704-347-0420
@WCooksey
City Manager
Curt Walton
cwalton@ci.charlotte.nc.us
704-336-2241 (Phone)
704-336-6644 (Fax)
City Attorney
Robert E. Hagemann
rhagemann@charlottenc.gov
It's against the forum rules to provide personal information on the forum.
Thanks I forgot
This would be public information on public officials - not private information of private individuals.
Can you make this a new post as I still have time to wait before I can post it fresh. Then I want to send it out again.
a·bridge/əˈbrij/ Verb:
these to definitions seem to be conflicted
one doesn't lose sense while the other does
public building should be centers for free assembly
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