Dennis Kucinich email on OWS - and a 1st Amendment petition to sign ...

[Bozita]

Nighttime in America

Dear Friends,

At 1:00 AM Tuesday night, after two months of peaceful protest against the people and institutions that wrecked our economy, police officers under direct orders from the Mayor of New York City raided Occupy Wall Street and evicted protestors from Zuccotti Park.

The First Amendment of the Constitution guarantees all of us - including these protestors - the right to peacefully assemble and express our views. But over the past week, similar nighttime raids executed by mayors in Oakland, Portland and Atlanta have cast a dangerous shadow over our liberties.

Today, I am asking you to join me in standing with Occupy protests everywhere and demanding that the Mayors of America respect the First Amendment and the rights of our citizens to assemble and express themselves. Click here to sign the petition and demand that the mayors of America respect the Constitution and the rights of Occupy Wall Street to exist. http://kucinich.us/OWS/

Right now, corporations are spending unlimited amounts of money to influence our election system under the guise of free speech. Yet when people like you and me gather in parks across America to protest this broken system, we are deemed a threat by local mayors.

Stand with me, Occupy Wall Street and all Americans who wish to defend our disappearing liberties in demanding that America's mayors respect the Constitution and rights guaranteed to all Americans in the First Amendment. Sign the petition today.

With respect,


Dennis

P.S. We need to get the word out. Please forward this email to your friends and family, and share it on Facebook and Twitter. We need to stand strong for the Constitution today.


Here is the wording on the petition:
I/We stand with Occupy Wall Street and all Americans who wish to defend our disappearing liberties in demanding that the Mayors of America respect the First Amendment and the rights of our citizens to assemble and express themselves.

[Kaleko]

1. Done.

[backtoblue]

2. I knew I liked this man for a reason!

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Done. Go Dennis! WHO ELSE IS SUPPORTING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!?

[slipslidingaway]

4. done knr nt

[SalviaBlue]

5. Done.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

6. The petition is for ending the war in Libya? n/t

ie: put it in Facebook and that's what the headline says.

[Zorra]

7. One of the few pols loyal to the people and not to Wall St.

Rep. Kucinich is a real democrat's Democrat and a good soul to boot.

[RoccoR5955]

8. K&R for "The Kooch!"

The man should have gotten the nomination, and the presidency.

[NorthCarolina]

9. Done! k&r

[evrstrong]

10. Thank you Dennis!

Done.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

11. Just imagine what a world this would be if we could only address him as PRESIDENT Kucinich!

[PETRUS]

12. kick

[Bozita]

13. kick for the eveniing shift