The protesters are all over the map with many not even knowing what thet're protesting. They can have the dump, Piatt Park, they are ocupying. I don't think the big "outside" money has made it's way to these guys like it has in other cities.
Occupy Cincinnati protesters want mass trial
Almost 200 tickets issued
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DOWNTOWN - As the first Occupy Cincinnati protesters face trials, their attorneys will seek to bundle the cases together.
One of the protesters' attorneys, Geoffrey Miller, said trials are slated to begin on Thursday, but they will ask the courts to continue the proceedings. He said consolidating the cases will be less of a burden on the court system and police, but also send a more powerful message.
"If we have 200 people show up for one case on one day, that has an impact," he said.
Protesters as of Sunday night - the close of the ninth day of local protests against corporate influence on the American political system - have logged 197 citations for violating Piatt Park's 10 p.m. curfew. Police issued about 20 more tickets Sunday night. Each violation carries a $105 fine.
Organizers say they have no plans to stop. About 20 tents were pitched throughout the park Sunday evening as night fell and about 120 people rallied near a statue of President James Garfield. Protesters had marched to Paul Brown Stadium and back earlier in the day.
"We have no intention of leaving," said Jans Rasmussen, a member of the group's communications committee. "We're going to do this until there's fundamental change in our system - until corporate influence is out of our system."
The rally attracted an eclectic mix of protesters.
Tony Anaya, a 47-year-old attorney from Pleasant Ridge, was in the crowd with his wife and two of their three children. A political independent, he's angered by a political system that permits financial institutions that are too big to fail and need bailouts. Meanwhile, he's concerned about his teenagers' future debt burden for a college education.
"I don't believe corporations are inherently bad - I help form corporations," said Anaya, whose practice includes corporate law. "My concern is they have taken over the political process."
Anaya said he wouldn't stay the night in the park, because for professional reasons he can't receive one of the citations.
Polly Ireton, 41, of Mount Washington, said regular people are suffering as corporations appear to enjoy special rights.
"I worked at the public library and watched funding get diminished and diminished - we're a public resource," she said. "I watched my brother, who's blind from diabetes, fight for every scrap from Medicaid and Medicare. He paid into Social Security for 25 years."
After hearing reports that a couple was having their wedding at Piatt Park, protesters moved - only to have the bride and groom seek them out for pictures.
Before her wedding, Carolyn Hyatt told WLWT-TV she had planned to attend the protest, but was too busy planning for the wedding.
She said the couple had already planned to go to Piatt Park for pictures and they thought it would be "much cooler" to have the opportunity to be part of history.
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