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Update II: Straight from the mouths of Occupiers:

We have been granted a restraining order on the unconstitutional curfew ordinance. This is a huge win. We will be granted permits for all night on the northwest quadrant of public square through the 9th of november. lawyers will be updating in press conference today at 2:15 held on the tom johnson quadrant (northwest) of public square.

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Update: First, the latest news. Occupy Cleveland just posted this on their Facebook wall:

BIG NEWS!

Occupy Cleveland has won our federal lawusit [sic] against the city of Cleveland! There is now an injunction against enforcing the 10pm curfew!

24/7 occupation of the Tom Johnson quarter of public square begins right now! Victory rally begins right now!

Comments on the post, however, seem to indicate that this might be a temporary injunction against the curfew while the case is pending. The lawsuit has not been settled one way or the other. More on this as we find out more details.

Now then, on to the original story…

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Shortly before the city’s 10 p.m. curfew last Friday, the 11 members of Occupy Cleveland who had opted to be arrested rather than leave Public Square gathered with supporters to hear a lawyer explain what would happen next.

This article appears in Oct 19-25, 2011.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

5 replies on “Occupy Cleveland Granted Injunction Against Curfew; Arrests Were Choreographed”

  2. This is starting to look more and more like a bunch of stoners playing hackey sac than a protest. Don’t they have midterms soon or papers due??

  3. I’m not sure what Scene is trying to do here by insinuating that the Occupiers and the police/city were in cohoots with the arrests. But, from what I know from personal and public conversations with other supporters on Facebook and by Erin McCardle’s TV interviews, Occupy Cleveland is being as open and transparent with the city and police about it’s plans as possible. What is wrong with transparency? It does not equal conspiracy or choreography as this article would like readers to believe. I respect Cleveland Scene quite a bit but this article has diminished that respect today. Please research the facts and get both sides first before reporting. You are doing nothing better than the mainstream media has done by printing this kind of “news.”

  4. Yeah, I was going to be one of those arrested until they (OccupyCleveland) told me that it would be a danger to my health, as I have a chronic, neurological, medical condition. At an earlier meeting, we got into groups according to who were willing and not willing to get arrested. They were instructed on how to be arrested without getting hurt. If that is what is meant by choreographed, then, yeah, it was, but there were NO POLICE INVOLVED. We practiced yelling to alert everyone when the police would arrive at the protest. It was not choreographed with the police. It was worked out with the occupiers on how to safely, non-violently protest.

  5. umm.. I didn’t “walk out” … I was the only one who told the officers, after waiting sooo long for my turn to be arrested my ass was asleep and I will not have your knee in my back as they did to ALL those who went b4 me that were flipped , cuffed and carried out in some creative ways …I must say..took me a while to see this article I’m afraid.. Check out officer plank.. PS last Nioember while I was out east Occupying Sandy doing hurricane relief.. 3 judges said we had a right to be there full time on a Constitutional basis.. and overturned our tickets.. Mayor Jackson had Mike Dewine file an appeal on behalf of the city shortly thereafter .. cya in Supreme Court mofos…

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