Rep. Eric Watson, R-ClevelandNASHVILLE — Occupy Nashville protesters want an apology from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Eric Watson, of Cleveland.
In a letter, the group says that Watson’s contention that they were responsible for a November incident in which a legislative secretary was struck by urine was “out of order.”
“The person or animal responsible for this act has never been identified,” the group says in a letter to Judiciary Committee Vice Chairman Jim Coley, R-Bartlett. “There’s no evidence that the employee was intentionally targeted; and no one has shown a connection of any sort with Occupy Nashville.”
Watson had no comment when reached Monday.
Last week Watson, a Republican, referred to an incident in which a secretary sitting in a legislative courtyard said she was struck by a stream of urine from above, where Occupy Nashville protesters have been camping since October.