Dallas mayor says no immediate action on Occupy activists after judge OKs eviction

DALLAS (CNN) -- A federal judge in Dallas dealt yet another blow to the Occupy movement Tuesday, denying the group's request for a temporary restraining order to prevent eviction from City Hall property.
U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle's decision meant City Hall was effectively free to forcibly evict the encampment members as of 4 p.m. CT (5 p.m. ET), when the current agreement between the protesters and City Hall expired.
Texas Mayor Mike Rawlings issued a statement saying no action would be taken Tuesday.
"City attorneys will discuss the next steps with this group's legal representation (Wednesday)," Rawlings said in the statement.

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Personal account from Occupy Dallas camp: “Now, I get it” from Pegasus News

DALLAS — An astute and intuitive friend, Justin Nygren, teased me with the prospect of personally visiting the Occupy Dallas encampment in order to perhaps get to some truth about it all. Presumably, this was to either verify or cut through some of the clearly dubious, de-personalized, media-hyped rhetoric these folks were being branded with. Putting real faces with real names on a situation like this could be enlightening. So I spent a few days talking with people at Occupy Dallas.
However, I still remained conflicted. My heart identified with the real life stories unfolding and the tangled frustrations people have when they feel they been marginalized to the point of having almost no control regarding some powerfully negative factors which are shaping their lives. However, my head insists on taking the more logical approach to it all, attempting to evaluate the reasoning, purpose, and net effect of this well-intentioned, yet outwardly confusing group.

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Clock ticking on Occupy Dallas encampment

DALLAS — For 40 days, we've watched them camp behind City Hall.

Occupy Dallas protesters have grown in numbers as tension built with police. Last week, city officials told them to clean up their act or lose their campsite.

A judge allowed them to stay through the weekend, but Occupy's time could be running out.

At a hearing Tuesday morning, the group hopes to secure a restraining order to keep the city from kicking them out. As the demonstrators conduct goes back to court, there's impatience at their camp and inside City Hall.

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