Occupy NOLA calls for an immediate citizen response to a pending court decision on behalf of all street vendors on Canal Street.
We gather to protest for street vendor’s rights at 2PM, Wednesday, February 8th at the The New Orleans Municipal City Courthouse, 727 S Broad St, New Orleans, LA 70119 just prior to a court decision involving Nadra Enzi.
Nadra Enzi, aka Captain Black, who has worked as security and clerk to a Canal Street vendor, Mr. Ras Chemash, has been issued tickets by Eighth District Officer Larry Adams, who appears to curry the favor of the Downtown Development District (DDD) by trying to over zealously meet their goal of “cleaning up” the area. Nadra Enzi reports to Occupy NOLA that the officer involved has a history of pursuing this objective as if on a mission, creating stress and discomfort amongst the vendors. Nadra Enzi has been cited while he was helping out a permit-holding vendor and feels he has been singled out unfairly by Officer Adams.
The City’s vendors serve as an integral part of New Orleans’ festive scene and diverse culture. Canal street vendors are a local institution. Occupy NOLA is protesting for a secure place for them to operate and a re-examination of the permit which is becoming a witch hunt of over regulation.
All citizens are called to be aware of this struggle of the underdog vendor versus the Mighty Downtown Development District. This pending decision may cause more unchallenged harassment of vendors if we don’t stand up for them now!
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I support Captain Black. Are we not standing with and demonstrating in support of Robert Ritchie who also has his trial on Wednesday at 3pm in the same court? He continued the long history of civil disobedience in refusing the leave Duncan Plaza.