Occupy Tucson participants continue to clash with law enforcement officials.The Occupy Tucson camp in downtown's Veinte de Agosto Park continues even as authorities dismantle other camps around the country.
Jon McLane, who has been active with the Occupy Tucson movement since Sept. 26 and says he helped organize the original camp in Armory Park, says the occupy movement has activated a broad segment of the population with many issues to be addressed.
“Currently the objective that we’re facing all over the United States is the right to practice free speech between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. on public lands,” McLane says.
Lawyer Paul Gattone, who represents members of the Occupy Tucson movement, says participants are engaging in civil disobedience and have maintained a non-confrontational relationship with the police.
Gattone, who is providing his services for free, says 107 people have been cited more than 700 times by Tucson police for violating the park curfew ordinance.
“What’s frustrating for me is that when rich people get together it’s a ‘political action committee,' and when working people get together then it’s a ‘crazy mob’ and we have to push them out,” Gattone says.
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