November 01, 2011.Captain Roddy of Chattanooga Law Enforcement talks with members of Occupy Chattanooga in front of the Hamilton County Court on Tuesday night. Roddy tried to keep the mood light with a few jokes and even returned a high five of one of the protesters.Occupy Chattanooga has found a home — for now.
Originally, two Occupy Chattanooga protesters, Heidi Davis and Landon Howard, decided they would sleep on the lawn in front of the City Council Building in, what they thought was, disregard to city law.
They expected to be arrested, and they planned to use the arrest to challenge a city law regarding park curfews in court.
Instead, they weren’t arrested.
In an interview, City Attorney Mike McMahan said that, off the top of his head, he didn’t think it was illegal to camp on the lawn.