If the local yokel attorneys really cared, they would file to prevent the law enforcement officer who unjustly kills from ever returning to law enforcement per Webster v. City of Houston 689 F. 2d 1220 – Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1982 (a United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals case)

For more information see Free Link:

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=webster+v.+city+of+houston&hl=en&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2%2C48

if someone can print a few out and post them at the encampment? spread the word!

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To Our Friends at Occupy Portland:

We at the Portland Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild are inspired and delighted by what you have achieved in the past week, and through all the work that led up to it. Thank you.

Our understanding is that Occupy Portland is striving to be as non-hierarchical as possible, and we want to respect that and respect the diversity of opinion among Occupy Portland activists. Therefore we want to make clear that, as an organization, we are not taking a position on what Occupy Portland should or should not do about any particular issue. Our goal as an organization is to provide those Occupy Portland activists who request it information about the law that they can use to make their own decisions. That said, we do not attempt to control the opinions of our members, who may choose to express their individual opinions.

One form of support we would like to offer is attempting to help individuals arrested for political activity related to Occupy Portland find legal counsel. Rather than setting criteria for what types of political activity do or don’t qualify for representation, our intent is to notify interested attorneys of requests for assistance. They will of course be free to accept or reject cases according to their own values and workloads.