[UDATED: Irvine Police Squelch Attempts at Occupation] Corporate Abuses Prompt Large Irvine Rally
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| Brandon Ferguson |
UPDATE,OCTOBER 16, 5:05 P.M.:Last night Irvine police told Occupy protesters they couldn’t camp in front of city hall, where the group is currently rallying against corporate and banking industry greed.
Just before 10 p.m., an officer approached 28-year-old Jenny Bernal who was set up in a tent on the sidewalk in front of the civic center and notified her there was no camping allowed in the city of Irvine.
After packing up their camping gear, a group of about 22 protesters continued to gather on the sidewalk in front of the civic center under the watchful eye of three Irvine officers posted nearby. In a scene out of the Oliver Stone film Midnight Express, the group was told they weren’t allowed to stand still on the sidewalk and would have to continually keep moving.
D’Marie Mullatierri, one of the event’s organizers said a legal representative contacted the watch commander to attempt to reach an agreement. Though she couldn’t say if it had any effect, she added that late last night, drained from exhaustion, she refused to keep moving. “I sat on the sidewalk and said ‘if they want to take me, they can take me because I can’t keep moving.'”
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