Homeless Activists Arrested at City Hall Tent City Part One

Our story so far...
After a two year court defence over arrests at a tent city in Victoria BC, sections of two city bylaws were declared unconstitutional and of no force in effect insofar as they prohibited homeless people from erecting temporary structure.
The city of Victoria, interpreting the judge's ruling as defining temporary as meaning overnight, drafted a bylaw enforcement policing to continue to prohibit homeless people from erecting temporary shelter from 7am to 7pm.
Arrests were made after a tent was set up under a Sequoia tree behind city hall on Oct.31.
Those charges were stayed by the Crown, who informed the city that their new enforcement policy was not likely to stand up to constitutional scrutiny either.
The campers were there for four days, with the city unsure how to move them. When the Downtown Victoria Business Association applied for a permit, the city told the media that this permit would supersede any other use of the park, and that the campers would be evicted to make room for a public lighting of Xmas lights on the tree.
The campers made an agreement to leave the area at 12pm, well before the DVBA's permit came into effect. This was communicated to the city, but the city decided to move in at 9am, arrest the campers under the unconstitutional bylaw enforcement policy, and seize all the camper's gear, even the gear they had removed from the area already.
The case is now going to civil court, regarding non-payment of the numerous $100 tickets issued that day.
Will the civil court feel differently about this situation than the Supreme Court and the Crown counsel?
Stay tuned...

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[DesmondPK]

Stupid cops!

[PackOfPeterJackson]

@aurasaurous I hope you fall on hard times and eat your own words.

[aurasaurous]

next time you go to jail I hope you starve to death during one of you "hunger strikes"

Seriously

[zeffaram]

Is clear: streets are made to go to work or to go to sleep so we can go back to work. Whoever breaks this vicious circle, faces the mob boss.

We talk about democracy?

[GunClingingPalin]

And this paper says I can throw you on the ground; and this paper says that I can kick you in the groin; and this paper says I can drag you off to jail; and this paper says I can deprive you of sleep; and this paper says I can make your life hell any way imaginable; and this paper says you have no right to be homeless without being tortured for it; and this paper says we will take everything you posses even if it is a crumb of bread to force you to obey our will; and this paper blah blah blah...

[ancientclown]

@sphinxrising58 Foolish man. All the acting I did, I was paid very well for. Now Hollywood is rather racist and prejudicial itself and they tend to do lots of what's called "type-casting". I actually got a little sick of it and retired back in 2000. I also used to do all my own stunt work. I've made over $2000.oo a day.

What do you make?

Do you really think the rich folk think you are any less of a parasite than those you look down on? Will they accept you for lying about the poor? Foolish man.

[ancientclown]

@sphinxrising58 Society is the parasite. It was formed and run by liars, murderers and thieves. Built on slavery and oppression. It maintains itself by an illusion for the delusional.

You keep chasing that carrot old man. You keep following the devils minions. I've warned you that path leads to the Lake of Fire. You won't be able to say you were never told, only that you didn't listen.

[ancientclown]

@sphinxrising58 Drugs are made by man...I don't do drugs...Drugs are bad. Thank you for your concern though. Is that what affected your sense of reality? All the drugs you did when you were a parasite and a bum?

What was it that turned you into a liar? Or is that just a lack of integrity and morality?

[sphinxrising58]

@ancientclown Some asshole living with his parents trying to act like some 60s hippy he read about, lol

[sphinxrising58]

@ancientclown You aer a complete idiot, I would highly suggest that you stop taking drugs, as it has clearly affected your sense of reality.