[Street] [Winter] Urgent Question Regarding Court Appearance

Cat Mead cat at featherforge.com
Wed Nov 23 13:51:24 EST 2011


I think what Sage wrote recently about the tent city as free speech, 
symbolism, art, etc., should be included (if it hasn't been already).

On 23.11.2011 11:41, Theresa wrote:
> I am sending this to all work groups I am part of because I have a
> serious concern that Occupy Boston is giving up too much control over
> our voice to these attorneys  in this legal process we are involved
> in.
>
>
> IF we are allowed 5 testimonies, who decides which 5 affadavits are
> submitted in court???
>
> The reason I ask is that I fear that our Occupation is going to be
> misrepresented in court because there are better "names" that are
> willing to write a letter than those who have actually in any way
> participated in Occupy Boston.  Is anyone looking at this or are we
> just trusting that legal wouldn't pick big names to represent Occupy
> Boston?  I suggest there be some kind of consensus on which 
> affidavits
> are used in court. It is very tempting for a lawyer to go with "big
> names" or "established" people because it lends credibility or looks
> good on their end...but we need to look out for our best interest at
> Occupy Boston, not what looks good for the lawyer in court.
>
> We are the 99% and we have enough intellect and ability to represent
> ourselves through voices of those participating.
>
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