Elder Abuse Law Invoked to Block Fur Protesters (OR. USA)

By Steven Mayes, The Oregonian

November 04, 2009

Oregon's free-speech protections allow animal-rights activists to hurl accusations at Portland's last furrier, but the state's elder-abuse laws forbid intimidating him through obscenity, a Clackamas County judge ruled Wednesday. 

Horst Grimm,  75-year-old owner of Nicholas Ungar Furs,  won an order from Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Jones  requiring four anti-fur activists to keep their distance from him and his store. 




Attorneys in the case believe it is the first time state laws to protect the elderly have been used to limit free speech. 

Both sides presented reasonable arguments, Jones said, but the level of the protesters profanity clearly violated state law. 

Abridged
SOURCE:   The Oregon Live

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