Lawyer Condemns City Over Injunction Against Occupy Vancouver

Vancouver civil-rights lawyer Cameron Ward has condemned the City of Vancouver’s decision to seek an injunction against Occupy Vancouver protesters. On his website, he wrote:

It was wrong to use the courts to enjoin and punish Martin Luther King Jr. for marching in the streets of Birmingham in the 1960′s and it’s just as wrong today to invoke that process to clamp down on the Occupy Vancouver activists, no matter how misguided their movement might be. The problem with this approach is, as some courageous B.C. judges have pointed out, that the court is forced to enter the fray, rather than fill its traditional role as an impartial arbiter.

No question there are some serious problems with Occupy Vancouver. I have spent a bit of time at the site, a half-dozen times including Day 1 on October 15th, and I immediately noticed an issue with leadership. Having said this, I keep hoping it will get on track as I do support the principles of the Occupy movement.

[Source - Straight.com]