After nearly a week camped out at Pioneer Plaza, a suddenly iconic spot just down the street from City Hall with a waterfall and a stampeding herd of bronze cattle, the City of Dallas has threatened to enforce park curfews and end the group’s occupation. A city permit could given the group temporary legal cover with the city, but would have required Occupy Dallas to secure a $1 million insurance policy (which would have cost the group a few hundred dollars).
So far, organizers say Occupy Dallas is one of the few Occupy Wall Street spinoffs where nobody has been arrested. But with a looming threat from the city, the group went to federal court Wednesday, with a First Amendment argument they hope will keep the city from reclaiming the park.
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