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| Occupy 2.0: Nashville Trying to Set Up the Next Radical Autonomous Zone, Portland’s Fails | |
| 2020-06-13 | |
[RedState]
But Republican Gov. Bill Lee is not Washington Governor Jay Inslee, he was having none of that. He issued a warning today that Tennessee would not tolerate such a “zone.” From Tennessean: “We encourage Tennesseans to exercise their First Amendment rights and have seen many examples of peaceful protests across our state in recent weeks,” Lee said in a statement midday Friday. “As demonstrations continue, we will continue to protect Tennesseans’ right to peaceful assembly, while also reassuring citizens that lawlessness, autonomous zones, and violence will not be tolerated. “Further, Tennessee law expressly prohibits camping on state property not expressly designated as a campground area, and that law will be enforced.” The General Assembly in February 2012 passed the law after Occupy Nashville protesters set up a campsite at Legislative Plaza, making it a misdemeanor to do so. It’s unclear who’s involved, but police said they were prepared. Kris Mumford, a spokeswoman for the Metro Nashville Police Department, said police were aware of the plans, have reached out to THP and Central Precinct officers will be monitoring the situation “should it enter into the streets or require our involvement.” The graphic told people to bring food, tents and other camping gear, as well as art and musical instruments. It also said they demanded defunding of the police and removing of all “racist statues.” They already have a couple of tents up.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #22 welcome back dron, Ialways appreciate your insights. |
| Posted by: Chris 2020-06-13 22:39 |
| #21 Thanks for the tip, but earlier I was on a mobile device, and now I'm on my desktop, and I still can't read it as the site wants me to provide a e-mail address (which I do not want to do). I'll look for this "reader view" just to be sure. Thanks again. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-13 22:04 |
| #20 @8 - can't read the article...I trust it is a good one. If your browser supports “reader view”, select it and you will be able to read the article. |
| Posted by: Phineter Turkeyneck6202 2020-06-13 21:48 |
| #19 I was all for letting them rot in a pit of their own filth for our amusement, but the contagion is spreading. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2020-06-13 19:35 |
| #18 I think it was the Russians who first realized there's no such thing as a peaceful protest. Except all the ones in the US that don't result in rioting. The back-to-work rallies, TEA party, 2nd Amendment supporters, and so on. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2020-06-13 16:44 |
| #17 Burn down that tent. Say it’s very liberating. |
| Posted by: Klem Kadiddlehopper 2020-06-13 15:52 |
| #16 Encourage them to move to Chaz. Get all lefties to move to Chaz. Then declare their citizenships voided. |
| Posted by: Rjschwarz 2020-06-13 15:25 |
| #15 |
| Posted by: 3dc 2020-06-13 15:22 |
| #14 @8 - can't read the article...I trust it is a good one. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-06-13 15:07 |
| #13 So these folks are using art and musical instruments as a stalking horse? |
| Posted by: gorb 2020-06-13 14:28 |
| #12 We should copy the Russians and have laws against "Aggravated hooliganism" |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-06-13 14:02 |
| #11 I think it was the Russians who first realized there's no such thing as a peaceful protest. It's either a beatdown, or a rout. No sense in calling it a protest even. Just plain thuggery against the law. An attempt to create several mini-Culiacáns inside the US... supported fervently by every dirty bastitch in yore vicinity. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-06-13 13:32 |
| #10 Hickory shampoo! HA! I'm stealing that! |
| Posted by: Cruper Borgia7322 2020-06-13 11:23 |
| #9 Sounds like some people need a good old Hickory shampoo, Andrew Jackson Style. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-06-13 10:27 |
| #8 Trump and Barr Fooled Them All |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-13 10:01 |
| #7 Autonomous zone? Sounds like a great place for the non-autonomous to try out the wrist rocket / M-80 combo from a 100 feet away. Just thinkin' out loud here... |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-06-13 09:59 |
| #6 The people beside me are debating whether communism or anarchism is better |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-06-13 09:27 |
| #5 That explains why my popcorn futures went up right at the close of trading!!! |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2020-06-13 08:53 |
| #4 Tennessee leads the nation in electric chair executions. They're good at it. Like Austin and Albuquerque, Nashville is blue in a red state. That's going to be a recipe for disturbance going forward. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-13 08:51 |
| #3 The right need to step up and bate them into protesting All Lives Matter etc. Put the Islam was Right about Women stuff up too. The MSM won't show it, but showing the MSM won't show the truth will be useful for the future. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-06-13 08:26 |
| #2 Seems like a great opportunity for people on the right to practice blockade tactics. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-06-13 07:34 |
| #1 I believe we may have seen this ("autonomous zone" spreading) predicted by someone at the Burg a day or two ago. Nashville wasn't mentioned as a possibly site outbreak, but here you have it. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-13 07:21 |