Occupy Delaware Claims First Amendment Victory in Settlement with City

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WILMINGTON, DE. Occupy Delaware’s right to maintain its eight-month tent occupation at Spencer Plaza has been sustained in a settlement negotiated by the group’s ACLU attorney Richard Morse with the City of Wilmington. The settlement is now awaiting approval by and the signature of Chancery Court Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock, III. In accordance with the settlement, the group plans to temporarily suspend its occupation in September to make way for much needed renovations to the plaza. According to the group, the City has wasted possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars in its battles against Occupy Delaware and First Amendment rights. It calls upon the City “to use the money that it would have spent on continuing legal action against Occupy Delaware to instead provide direct grants to local non-profits, especially those dealing with homelessness and evictions and those addressing compassionately and wisely the epidemics of drug addiction and violent crime.”

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