Occupy OKC files lawsuit to stay in park

“I'm fairly confident we're going to get a good day in court with this,” member Mark Faulk said.

Faulk, 55, said it's unknown at this time what will happen to the group if the judge rejects their temporary restraining order and injunction against the city to prevent officials from enforcing a curfew.

Protesters have been camping out at Kerr Park in downtown Oklahoma City for two months and were recently denied a permit to the park because of issues presented by construction on the SandRidge campus and because intoxicated transients ransacked the camp Sunday.

After the incident, police said the group's permit wouldn't be renewed.

Organizers have met with council members and Oklahoma City police to resolve the issue but were given until 11 p.m. Thursday to clear out of the park.

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett said earlier this week that while he respects the group's constitutional rights, “we cannot allow permanent encampments in our city park, and so we're trying to work with them.”