Thread: OCCUPY L.A. protesters get official support from city

LA protesters get official support from city

The Associated Press
Published: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 - 3:43 pm

LOS ANGELES -- The five-day old campout demonstration outside Los Angeles City Hall to protest Wall Street greed is getting official thumbs up from the city.

City News Service says the office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa distributed 100 rain ponchos to the demonstrators on Wednesday while seven of the 15 councilmembers voted in favor of a resolution in support of the Occupy LA protest.

The resolution, which is slated for a final vote next week, called the protest "a peaceful and vibrant exercise in First Amendment rights."

As part of the resolution, the council will vote later this month on a measure that would require the city to divest from financial institutions that have not cooperated with measures to prevent foreclosures.

The demonstration is part of a nationwide series of protests.

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Amendment IV: "...nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."

In violation of the Fifth Amendment, outlawing foreclosures deprives the banks of just compensation for the use of properties they own. It amounts to communism.