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Action Committee Status Update

Anonymous
(Dated: November 16, 2011) This report discusses the phenomenon of civil rights violations against occupiers by police. The law regarding the various modes of occupation can be quite murky. Occupiers are arrested under the pretext of legality and often released with no charges. This paper explains the legal justication the police cite when committing these actions. There is an interesting loophole in the law that gives us a clear path to initiate reoccupation of Troy Davis Park.

I.

INTRODUCTION

Occupy is an occupation and a protest. The 1% do not want us doing what we do. The CEOs do not like seeing us from their towers and the judges do not like seeing us from their courthouses. They remove us forcibly, presumably in accordance with murky statutes. When occupiers are ignorant of the law, they are doomed to be destroyed by it. The law regarding a certain novel form of occuptaion is surprisingly simple. A google search for Atlanta Public Right-of-Way Manual will turn up the relevant document.

II.

THE LAW

We begin this report citing the federal precedent which trumps the local ordinances listed in the Citys Right-of-Way manual. This precedent is cited as [99 F. Supp. 2d 438; June 12, 2000 U.S. Dist.] and will hereafter be referred to as Precedent A. Precedent A guarantees the right of all Americans to enjoy public sleeping as a means of symbolic expression. This is why the homeless were not forcibly evicted from Central Avenue after Occupy Atlanta stepped in to stand for their rights. Instead of sleeping there to stay warm, we sleep there in symbolic expression of our solidarity with other Americans whose right to occupy as given by this ruling are routinely violated. In Section 5 of the Citys Public Right-of-Way Manual it states: [Section 5(a)] OGCA 32 4 92 authorizes the Commissioner of Department of Public Works to impose terms and conditions regarding the conduct and permitting of certain activities in the Citys public right-of-way necessary to protect the public health and safety. The Citys Right-of-Way Manual states the authority vested in the Commissioner is restricted by federal laws and precedent. If there is conict, the Commissioners decree has the legal standing of a statement of opinion or intent. APD is compelled to enforce precedent A when there is conict with OGCA 32 4 92. The manual specically separates the idea of laws from the administrative policies outlined within it. The manual is procedure for applying the law, not the law itself. The specic passage is as follows: [Section 2(c)]Governmental Regulations: All applica-

ble federal, state or local statutes, laws, ordinances, codes, rules, regulations, standards, executive orders, consent orders, and guidance from regulatory agencies, judicial decrees, permits, licenses or other governmental requirements of any kind. Precedent A is such a regulation. Now that manner the classication of Precedent A is established, let us examine what the Citys Right-of-Way Manual has to say about them: [Section 3(b)] Applicable Governmental Requirements/Regulations. Rules regarding the normal movement of pedestrian and vehicular trac within the Citys public right-of-way are contained in various governmental requirements, including the Citys Code of Ordinances and the Georgia Uniform Trac Code. Notice the clarication that requirements and regulations are used as synonyms. Precedent A is a ruling stating neither the Citys Code of Ordinances nor the Georgia Uniform Trac Code can restrict the right of Americans to enjoy public sleeping as a means of symbolic expression when it is done on public sidewalks without blocking pedestrian trac or business entrances.

III.

THE STRATEGY

Troy Davis Park is surrounded by broad swaths of sidewalk that can be legally occupied. Some of the sidewalks surround Georgia State University buildings, surely GSU is an ally to the people. The sidewalks are open and provide an area where we can occupy Troy Davis via encirclement. The occupation of the park is what is important, not the tactics we employ. We can stage this encircling action until our numbers grow large enough to eectively wage a campaign of civil disobedience and fully reoccupy the grassy area. In the meantime, Atlanta is eectively occupied. Public sleeping and public camping are legally distinct. One gives the enemy a reason to sick their goons on us and another does not. No tents. APD will not accost protesters involved in public sleeping if it does not block pedestrian trac or business entrances. The area is well lit and has plentiful amenities. There are sucient covered areas near Troy Davis to protect large numbers of occupiers from rain. In the event of inclement weather we can easily move out of it while maintain the spirit of the occupation.

2 It is the nding of the Action Committee that all direct police confrontation at present is detrimental to the occupation. To wage an eective campaign of civil disobedience we need numbers. These numbers can most easily be achieved through connection to the West End community. During the the rst civil rights movement the economic rights of whites were very good. Today, these rights are lacking. Before we demand the restoration of white property rights, let us demand civil rights for all Americans. This is a unifying cause that can separate the 1% of evil people from the 99% of ordinary people. Occupations all over the country have been decimated but on Central Avenue in Atlanta APD chose to obey the law and not evict those homeless protesters. We have had problems when with the police. There are bad apples in every bunch. On November 5, the reoccupation was foiled when the movement took to the street but the mass beatings seen in California and New York were not seen in Atlanta. Why are things dierent here but we act like the police are the same? Those police in California and New York are not in Atlanta. Atlanta can be a warmer home to national occupiers looking for a milder winter. In the wake of the massive Atlanta Eagle civil rights scandal and subsequent settlement, APD is keenly eager to avoid further civil rights scandals and the settlements they entail. Let us be the national model of Occupy. No one has done it right yet but Were... still... here! how smart the enemy is. We both want to get rid of incumbent and corrupt power structures. Thereafter we wish to elect new leaders to impose democratic tyranny by majority on whoever there is less of. We think there are more of the 99%. Thats pretty simple math. If the Tea Party isnt racist let them come join us in the quest for new leadership. If APD is going to act in an extra-judicial manner then we invite them to do it in the most blatant way, giving us a slam dunk case in federal court under Precedent A. If they attempt to violate our right to Occupy the Sidewalk as dened by Precedent A we will shout Ignorance of the law is no excuse; [99 F. Supp. 2d 438; June 12, 2000 U.S. Dist.] trumps [OGCA 32 4 92] and proceed with litigation. Occupation eorts will continue while they have given us ammunition for a second arena: Occupy the Courts. If that fails, the courts are corrupt and we must recall what the founding fathers said about the need to overthrow the corrupt entity all governments eventually become. The Action Committee lacks data regarding overthrow. Occupy the Sidewalk is a contingency to be executed at any moment; this strategy will quickly produce large amounts of data which may shed light on the true identity of the peoples enemy. We must stop staging our occupation in the way that allows the enemy to defeat us most easily. The contents of this report were based on all information available to the Action Committee at the time of publication. The Action Committee advocates non-violent civil obedience to [99 F. Supp. 2d 438; June 12, 2000 U.S. Dist.] in preparation for further non-violent civil dis obedience.

IV.

CONCLUSION

The funny thing is we really want the same thing as the the Tea Party but we think they are against us. Thats

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