The University of New Mexico announced today that it will not renew (Un)occupy Albuquerque’s permit to protest during operating hours on campus.
The university says there were problems last week, such as a man threatening to stab protesters on Friday.
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In last week’s news section, Carolyn Carlson reported that three city councilors—Rey Garduño, Ken Sanchez and Isaac Benton— publicly backed the movement. Alex Limkin, an Iraq War veteran, penned a column on why it’s part of the soldier’s oath to protect people exercising the First Amendment. And finally, Don Schrader made an appearance on our letters page to say that he’s the original occupier.
fills me with rage. How lame can you get Albuquerque?
I love that. So much for the right of the people "peaceably to assemble". What (un)occupy ABQ needs is a good civil rights lawyer.
I also agree the name change is dumb. This is occupied Mexico, before that occupied native lands. I thought we all knew that. The idea is to OCCUPY Wall Street, not un-occupy it. It doesn't even make sense. Why not Occupy (un)Albuquerque? That's almost as clever.
"The university says there were problems last week, such as a man threatening to stab protesters on Friday."
Blame, blame, blame that victim.
