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Video> OccupyMN Cleverly Defies Policy Aimed To Stifle It

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ntu0wzdcc&w=560&h=315] OccupyMN organizers are working to get around a new Hennepin County policy aimed at pushing the group out of the plaza they have been occupying for more than a month. County Commissioners passed a new "procedure" to prevent "camping" on the plaza. "We are not camping" reads the sign around the neck of More

OccupyMN Wins Free Speech Battle With Hennepin County

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCTWa-m3xLE&w=560&h=315] Chalk up a victory for free speech at The People's Plaza (also known as the Hennepin County Government Center). OccupyMN's protest signs are back and Hennepin County workers have relented in their attempts to take them down. Overnight, County workers had taken taken down OccupyMN's signs and moved the encampment's tables, food and More