Citizen-Times Covers Occupy Asheville, Ben Weighs In

Posted by on Sep 17, 2012 in Civil Rights | Comments Off on Citizen-Times Covers Occupy Asheville, Ben Weighs In ASHEVILLE — Despite the threat of rainfall, Occupy Asheville organizers will mark the one-year anniversary of the movement with a march in downtown this afternoon. Participants plan to gather at Pritchard Park, leaving at 4:30 p.m. on a “walking picket” to City Hall, where they will hold a general assembly to express views on economic inequality, the influence of money in politics and the...
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Occupy Asheville

Posted by on Aug 13, 2012 in Civil Rights | 0 comments In late 2011, my sense of social justice and civil rights led me to assume pro bono representation of those arrested for taking part in the Occupy Asheville movement. That, and Cecil Bothwell told me I had to do it. In all, I helped about 40 people who were charged with crimes ranging from trespass to obstruction of justice and resisting arrest, as they engaged in various acts of protest and...
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