DALLAS, TX (KERA) - Barring a last minute hitch, Occupy Dallas protesters will be pulling up stakes in Pioneer Plaza this weekend, and moving to a new location. KERA's BJ Austin reports.Attorneys for Occupy Dallas, this morning, dropped their request for a judge to block the city from evicting the Pioneer Plaza campers. Under an agreement reached with the city, protesters may set up camp behind Dallas City Hall, and remain there until mid-December. Outside the courtroom Occupy Dallas attorney Jonathan Winocour told reporters a long-term protest is better than a noisy showdown.
Winocour: A brief shout where they all get arrested and hauled off to jail will make you guys happy for a couple of days. Then, the story will disappear.
A majority of Occupy Dallas approved the move at last night's general assembly. But, protestor Kooper Caraway doesn't like it.
Caraway: I'm gonna move. I'm gonna respect the democratic process and that's what democracy's all about.
Caraway says sometimes that means compromise. They have to be out of Pioneer Plaza by 5pm Sunday.
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