Kentucky's 99% protests Mitch McConnell

Publisher's note: Below are the contents of a press release from the Occupy Louisville Direct Action Work Group, which I completely support but am not a member:

Occupy Louisville will "Occupy Mitch McConnell" in observance of the National Day of Action against NDAA 2012 on February 3 

LOUISVILLE (January 30, 2012) – Occupy Louisville has heeded the nationwide call to action against the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act by organizing a protest demonstration titled "Occupy Mitch McConnell" to take place at the Gene Snyder Federal Courthouse, 601. W. Broadway, on February 3 at 12:00 noon.

The NDAA 2012, signed into law by President Obama on December 31, 2011, contains two sections (1021 and 1022) which many argue have repealed the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Many legal experts and law scholars across the country believe that the language of the act will allow for Americans to be indefinitely detained by the military without access to an attorney or a trial by jury on orders of the executive branch. 

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h1540/text

When signing the Act into law, President Obama released a signing statement which, in part, said: I want to clarify that my Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation. My Administration will interpret section 1021 in a manner that ensures that any detention it authorizes complies with the Constitution, the laws of war, and all other applicable law.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/31/statement-president-hr-1540

Two of Kentucky's representatives, Senator Rand Paul and Congressman John Yarmuth, were alarmed enough to vote against the NDAA 2012 in order to protect their constituents' Constitutional rights. The other Kentucky Senator, Mitch McConnell, placed his vote in favor of it, which Occupy Louisville and thousands of citizens across the nation view as a betrayal of the American people. 

In order to spread the word on the need to repeal the NDAA 2012, Occupy Louisville's Direct Action Working Group has organized a creative protest demonstration to take place in front of Senator McConnnell's office in the Snyder Federal Court House. They invite all the citizens of Jefferson County, southern Indiana, and adjoining counties to come "Occupy Mitch McConnell" by joining them as they line the sidewalk outside McConnell's office and raise their voices against this injustice. There will be street drama, songs and chants and a few surprises. Along with signs, participants are invited to bring drums, whistles, kazoos or other musical instruments because it is time for the citizens to be heard.  A march will follow the rally, traveling up 6th Street, past the jail and Hall of Justice, ending at the Occupy Louisville site at 5th and Muhammad Ali. 

Occupy Louisville works in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and all the countless Occupy groups across this nation and the world, which believe that the people, united, will never be defeated.