Upstream | October 17, 2011 | 4 comments

Protesters from Lexington are now banned from Mitch McConnell's building.

source: http://www.examiner.com/courts-in-lexington/protesters-from-lexington-are-now-banned-from-mi...

Monkey_Films
I have been attending and filming the MoveOn.Org protests at Mitch McConnell's office because the police tend to get called.

As a court reporter my interests in the protests range from:

Will anyone get arrested?
What are the rights of the protesters?
What are the rights of the landlords?
What are the rights of the tenants?
Has the prison system and our failed court system added to the problems causing the protests?
Will the protests here lead to violence?
Will Lexington, like other cities, dust off archaic laws to repress the protesters?


I went down and filmed the Occupy Lexington movement by Chase Bank downtown on the 13th day. I was able to do an interview with a young man who had been there for several days. Restaurants and businesses downtown have helped out a lot. The police kept a presence at all times in a driveway to the bank. I also witnessed several unmarked cars drive by slowly while I was there.

Only two issues were mentioned to have been dealt with. A complaint was made that the protesters had too much stuff blocking the sidewalk. A business stepped up and offered a storage facility quickly. The only other complaint was that signs were leaning on the flower planters of Chase Bank. The protesters obliged by placing them elsewhere.

MoveOn.Org planned to visit Mitch McConnell's office as they have done several times in the last couple of months. I decided to attend that protest before putting together an article addressing how well Lexington Police have handled the protests.

In the past McConnell's office has banned cameras, closed early and has had the police remove the protesters each time.

This time the police where there to ensure that the protesters left the property immediately. According to the police, recent protests at the building had caused concern for McConnell's office. Anyone appearing to be a protester would now not be allowed in the building at all or face trespassing charges.

Read the rest of the article at the link below:
http://www.examiner.com/courts-in-lexington/protesters-from-lexington-are-now-ba...
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4 comments // Protesters from Lexington are now banned from Mitch McConnell's building. // Video

  • wynnmeg61
    • 0
      wynnmeg61  

    • Isn't it interesting that the police didn't get involved in the TeaParty protests so much --- and there were so many instances of openly carrying of loaded firearms. The teaparties looked a whole lot more frightening and liable to erupt into violence but there was never any concern there, interesting.

    • 8 months ago
  • MotherForTruth
  • Cruzankenny
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      Cruzankenny  

    • How do they know, who's a protestor and who is not. This smacks of lack of representation.
      If you have no representation, to whom do you pay taxes?

    • 8 months ago
  • Progresshiv
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