we re in san jose where police told protesters that the clock is ticking. reporter: let me show you what s going on at san jose city hall tonight. this is part of the occupy san jose demonstration, and it s friday night, these five tents have sprouted up. it s all part of the national movement called occupy wall street, a protest fwens what they call the greed and corruption ever corporate america. the additional issue here in san jose is that there is a law against camping out overnight at city hall. after an hour of what they called a general assembly, this group of 30 decided that they are going to risk arrest and leave their tents up. what do you accomplish if you get arrested? that there are people out here trying to inform people what s going on. all night, all day! occupy san jose. what this is about is being visible, going out there into the public, occupying and getting more support and growing as a movement and letting our presence be known. reporter:
against camping out overnight at city hall. after an hour of what they called a general assembly, this group of 30 decided that they are going to risk arrest and leave their tents up. what do you accomplish if you get arrested? that there are people out here trying to inform people what s going on. all night, all day! occupy san jose. what this is about is being visible, going out there into the public, occupying and getting more support and growing as a movement and letting our presence be known. reporter: the demonstrators have their own lawyers. he says other groups and causes have demonstrated overnight at city hall and what the city is doing now is unconstitutional. they have applied the ordinance in the past to allow people to camp and so my clients are being denied the right to be here based on the content of their speech. the city does value free speech and i think we ve dem onstrated that by working with them demonstrated that by working with them t