From The Crime Scene
Eleven protesters from the now defunct Occupy D.C. camp in McPherson Square were found guilty of failure to obey an emergency order in D.C. Superior Court Thursday after they tried to build a wooden structure — the “Occubarn” — in the square in December, Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan’s office said Thursday.
Occupiers began building the wooden structure in the early morning hours of December 4, hoping to use it as a gathering space for their winter meetings. But when authorities demanded they remove the structure, a day-long standoff with U.S. Park Police ensued as the Occupiers clung to the wooden beams and refused to leave. Ultimately seven were arrested, three others either were removed from the “roof” or jumped to safety and another was forcibly removed.
Eleven of the defendants were found guilty of failure to obey an emergency order; one of those 11 was also found guilty of indecent exposure and disorderly conduct after he urinated from the roof. A 12th person was acquitted because of insufficient identification, the AG’s office said.
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No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part!
We’re just the guys to do it.