Friday, April 6, 2012

Occupy Louisville Ordered Out Of Park

{Louisville, Kentucky}...Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer has denied Occupy Louisville's request for a permit to say in a downtown park and has ordered protesters to leave by April 13th.  Jim Mims, the city's director of codes and regulations, sent the group a letter saying it has made Founder's Square inaccessible to the public and that several "altercations" have been disruptive. Fischer's spokesman, Chris Poynter, says the park has "in essence become a homeless camp." Protester Lorrie Neal says a Louisville police officer visited the encampment Thursday with the letter and she plans to leave. Attorney Chris Harrell, who represents the group in a lawsuit, says the litigation is pending and it is up to Occupy Louisville to decide whether to press on with the case.