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Occupiers Can't March in Tournament of Roses Parade

By Penny Starr | December 29, 2011 | 12:39

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Although an Occupy Wall Street protest group in Pasadena, Calif., tried to get a slot to march in the Rose Parade on Jan. 2, officials with the parade said no. The group now plans to march down the street behind a group of police cars that mark the end of the parade.

In November, the Occupy group announced its plans to “occupy” the parade, but the Pasadena Tournament of Roses provided a statement on Wednesday to CNSNews.com saying that protesters would “not be taking part in the Rose Parade” because only official entries, approved by the tournament well in advance of the event, can take part in the event.

Also, Lt. Plhunte Riddle of the Pasadena Police Department told CNSNews.com in a telephone interview: “The Tournament of Roses has the exclusive authority to issue permits for the entries in the parade. Occupy has not been issued a permit.”

Instead, the activists can walk down Colorado Boulevard along with countless other people who throng the streets when the parade concludes.

“They will be allowed, just like any other spectator or any other demonstrator, to fall in at the completion of the parade behind our four police cars that trail the parade,” Riddle said. “That doesn’t give them placing, that doesn’t give them a permit – no permit is needed as long as they don’t infringe on other individuals that every year gather in the street and walk.”

Although the group is not part of the parade, its Web site OccupytheRoseParade.org says, “Float #44/#99 will be our float with visual displays including a 250 foot ‘We the People’ U.S. Constitution, a 50 foot ‘We The Corporations’ version, a giant ‘Goldie Sachs’ Wheel of Fortune exhibit, a Wall Street ‘Occupy The Octopus’ (Occupy The Vampire Squid) representing Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Citibank(i.e. Wall Street) and much more,” the Web site states.

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I've never seen TV coverage

Submitted by ThisnThat on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 2:08pm.

I've never seen TV coverage of the people following the parade. Bet that changes this year, though.

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All together now.....

Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 3:08pm.

Awwwwwwwww......
Just like gays with the St. Patrick's Day parade, this group, this group feels the need and privilege to shove themselves in wherever they damn well please.

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Occupiers pelted with thorns.

Submitted by bfrank on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 3:54pm.

I would love to see them try it and the crowds boo and pelt them with thorns, water bottles and horse dung.

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If they march at the end of the parade

Submitted by djwolf12 on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 7:23pm.

then they can pick up all of the garbage left behind.

"Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets". - Robert DeNiro, Taxi Driver (1976).
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dj---

Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 7:29pm.

Now there's a shovel ready job.

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But who will follow them with chlorine bleach and Lysol?

Submitted by drsamherman on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 10:09pm.

Given what communicable disease epicenters those Obamavilles have become, Hazmat will probably have to follow the OWSers.

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I hope the crowd pelts them with rotten tomatoes

Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 10:17pm.

....but it IS California.

That would be pretty bloody funny, though.

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OWS is ignored

Submitted by Miket53 on Thu, 12/29/2011 - 10:20pm.

The news about the OWS movement is big on websites but not in people's minds. If the Occupy participants get in the parade or try to get noticed that day they would only alienate Americans. To disrupt such an American tradition for nebulous issues would not be well received. I'm sure if they can get access it would not be a simple peaceful protest but an ugly display of hatred and asinine claims from the "you owe me" crowd.

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