Otter says he’ll follow judge’s order on Occupy Boise site

Asked Gov. Butch Otter’s reaction to today’s ruling on the Occupy Boise encampment, Jon Hanian, press secretary for Otter, said, “We just received it about an hour and a half ago. … Obviously we’re going to follow the law and the judge’s order.”

The governor had issued an order that the encampment site, across from the state Capitol, be vacated by 5 p.m. today. U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill, in a decision released today, ordered the state to hold off until Friday before seizing any property, such as cooking equipment, and also blocked the state from removing the tents from the site - even while banning camping there - because the “symbolic tent city” is a protest projected by the 1st Amendment.