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xmas74

(29,674 posts) Sat Dec 17, 2011, 08:40 PM Dec 2011

Occupy KC hopes police will waive cost of protest

Protesters from the Occupy Kansas City movement want to march on downtown streets Dec. 30.

But they don’t have the $4,100 fee to pay police officers to shut down traffic near Ninth and Main streets to ensure their safety. So an attorney representing the group asked the Board of Police Commissioners on Friday for an indigency waiver, prompting this discussion:

Whose budget is tighter: The movement’s or the city’s?

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/16/3323816/occupy-kc-hopes-police-will-waive.html#ixzz1gqHvJYbe

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Occupy KC hopes police will waive cost of protest (Original Post) xmas74 Dec 2011 OP

Hm. That's tricky. My initial reaction was that iris27 Dec 2011 #1

It is an interesting argument. xmas74 Dec 2011 #2

iris27

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1. Hm. That's tricky. My initial reaction was that

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Sun Dec 18, 2011, 05:12 PM

Dec 2011

one the one hand, it kinda sounds like "Sure, you can have free speech...if you can afford it." On the other, I guess it's not like they couldn't march on the sidewalks.

Then I actually clicked the link and saw that those were pretty much the arguments being presented! Funny.

I'm not sure where I'd come down on this one.

xmas74

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2. It is an interesting argument.

Reply to iris27 (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 18, 2011, 08:49 PM

Dec 2011

I can understand both sides of the issue. Hopefully, there will be a middle ground that can be reached.

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