From NewsBusters
Great news, DC residents and tourists: No need to find a place to sleep at night. You can just put up a tent in a public park, and the cops have to give you 24 hours’ notice before making you clear out!
WaPo:
A U.S. District judge ruled Monday night the National Park Service must give protesters in McPherson Square some notice if it moves to evict them, except for in emergency situations, according to a lawyer for an Occupy D.C. protester.
Following a day-long standoff Sunday after protesters erected a 15-foot-tall wood-frame structure in the park, one protester sought a ruling clarifying his rights if the National Park Service decides to enforce a ban on overnight camping.
In an order handed down by Judge James E. Boasberg, the court said the Park Service should provide “24-hour notice to the Court” and protesters “if it intends to enforce its regulations prohibiting camping or sleeping in McPherson Square.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/06/occupy-b-s/#ixzz1fmuGM673
What do you suppose the same judge would say if I were to build a structure in the parking lot at the Yellowstone Lodge?
This is the one of the reasons for Americas decline. Wonder if they need to give me a 24 hour warning for anyother crime committed