Occupy Supporters Bail Out Protesters KERA News [audio]

DALLAS, TX (KERA) - Occupy Dallas protesters arrested for blocking the entrance to a downtown bank Monday did not have to use their own money to get bailed out. KERA's BJ Austin reports.

Attorney for Occupy Dallas, Cameron Gray says supporters of the Occupy movement are paying the get-out-of-jail costs for the 23 protesters.

Gray: There are a lot of people who support this movement financially, middle-class, middle America - they're fed up. And they want some fairness in our system. 


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Pioneer Plaza Rehab After Occupy Dallas KERA

DALLAS, TX (KERA) - The Texas Trees Foundation will be back at Pioneer Plaza again Tuesday, assessing damage after the nearly two-week campout of Occupy Dallas protesters. KERA's BJ Austin says grass and soil are the big issues.

The Texas Trees Foundation helps the city take care of Pioneer Plaza, the tourist attraction with the bronze steers being herded down a hill in front of the Convention Center. Janette Monear, Foundation director, says the protesters living in the tent city were careful to pick up litter and be as neat as possible, but:

Monear: You're always going to have an impact with this kind of a gathering. And I think people need to understand that that impact doesn't go away the minute they take the tents down. So, the next stop is trying to figure out with the city how we can get this back to where it was.


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City Offers New Location To Occupy Dallas

** Breaking:  the #OccupyDallas General Assembly meeting last night accepted the offer for use of this location from the city.


DALLAS, TX (KERA) - Dallas City Hall wants Occupy Dallas to move its tent-city from Pioneer Plaza, and is offering the protesters space behind City Hall. KERA's BJ Austin says the protesters appear split on whether to move.

Dallas City Hall officials say lawyers on both sides are discussing a new location for Occupy Dallas. The city wants to move the protest from Pioneer Plaza in front of the Convention Center, to an area at Canton and Akard, behind City Hall. That was the hot topic at the noon "general assembly" of the protesters.

Protester Parks Stearns suggested the group occupy both locations.


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Dallas Gives Protest Campers A Deadline

DALLAS, TX (KERA) - The honeymoon is over for Occupy Dallas, which began its protest last week. A city permit says protesters may camp out at Pioneer Plaza downtown until 5pm on Friday. KERA's BJ Austin says more than three dozen campers will have to decide whether to risk arrest after that deadline.


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Nancy interviewed about #OccupyDallas by Sam Seder of Majority Report on October 7th

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