AUSTIN -- After the enforcement of a new city policy removing Occupy Austin from City Hall Friday night, protesters and the city were unsure what to expect Saturday night. In response, Occupy Austin began rallying at 7 p.m. on the City Hall plaza.
The focus of Saturday night's meeting will be how to handle new rules released by the city Thursday. For the first time since starting almost four months ago, occupiers face a curfew of 10 p.m.
According to the protesters, it's a move by the city that takes away their home, but not their cause. Occupiers stressed while numbers may appear to dwindle in public, much of their organization continues behind the scenes.
"We have brought together a very diverse group of people, who have very diverse opinions on how the political system can be changed to make it an equal system for all," said Occupy protester Brian Overman. "What we're doing is we're teaching those people through the general assembly process to come together and make decisions, and build a better community based on the things we can come together with, which is a complete opposite of what's happening in the political discourse in America today."
Occupy representatives said meetings will continue off site until a new base camp can be located.
