You can’t evict an idea whose time has come. Two months ago a few hundred New Yorkers set up an encampment at the doorstep of Wall Street. Since then, Occupy Wall Street has become a national and even international symbol — with similarly styled occupations popping up in cities and towns across America and around [...]
Posts Tagged ‘police’
#OWS You can’t evict an idea whose time has come.
Posted: November 15, 2011 in First Amendment, Police BrutalityTags: #OCCUPYTOGETHER, #OWS, brutality, eviction, police, violence
Watch an Innocent Guy Get Shot with a Rubber Bullet By the Oakland Police for No Reason
Posted: November 8, 2011 in First Amendment, Police BrutalityTags: #OCCUPYOAKLAND, brutality, police
Scott Campbell was peacefully filming #OccupyOakland when he was shot with a projectile by the police. For no freaking reason. Seriously, unless cameras are the new guns, he did nothing wrong! It’s disturbing to see the police, people who are supposed to serve and protect, attack an innocent man like this. If you watch the [...]
A note from #OCCUPYDENVER
Posted: November 4, 2011 in First Amendment, Police BrutalityTags: #OCCUPYTOGETHER, demonstration, police, violence
A note from our non-violence committee. “After the events of last Saturday, the Nonviolence Committee was formed to study and promote effective Nonviolence strategies for Occupy Denver. One of the most frequent comments we heard from people was that they could feel the situation becoming increasingly tense and confusing, but didn’t feel that there was [...]
Interesting similarities between COINTELPRO and #OCCUPYTOGETHER provocateurs
Posted: November 4, 2011 in First Amendment, Police Brutality, TheProblemTags: #15OCT, #OCCUPYOAKLAND, #OCCUPYTOGETHER, brutality, cointelpro, police, violence
Looks like the authorities would do ANYTHING to stop a movement they don’t like. #OCCUPYTOGETHER is a general movement that starts from the very heart of everybody involved, that is becoming so popular that authorities are afraid of it, the 1% is afraid of losing privileges, wealth, and mostly they are afraid of losing the [...]
The 1% is trying to crush the #OCCUPY movement
Posted: November 4, 2011 in First Amendment, Police BrutalityTags: #15OCT, #OCCUPYOAKLAND, #OCCUPYSF, #OCCUPYTOGETHER, brutality, police, Rome, violence
Ok, here we are. The movement is gaining momentum and the people are starting to listen to us, and to understand what we are talking about. And looks like the motivation must be valid, because there is more and more people joining the #OCCUPY in cities all around the World. Good. Not good for the [...]
Cops caught infiltrating the #OCCUPYTOGETHER movement
Posted: October 30, 2011 in Police BrutalityTags: #OCCUPYOAKLAND, #OCCUPYTOGETHER, brutality, police, provocation, repression, Rome
Here we go… This is an old strategy, used all over the world, to make a demonstration turn violent, and have an excuse to send in riot police and break it. DON’T FALL FOR IT! INSULATE THE PROVOCATEURS! See what happened in Rome, on #OCT15, with COP infiltrated in the demonstration and then read about [...]
Arrested #OccupyNashville protesters
Posted: October 29, 2011 in First AmendmentTags: #OCCUPYTOGETHER, arrests, brutality, police, repression
The protesters arrested for Occupying Nashville, specifically Legislative Plaza after the 10 p.m. curfew, come from different walks of life but share some common traits. For the most part, they’re white and unemployed or underemployed. They feel let down by the American Dream and hope their participation can make the country better for others. Forty-eight [...]
#OCCUPYOAKLAND Protesters’ confrontation with police ends peacefully
Posted: October 29, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: #OCCUPYOAKLAND, #OCCUPYTOGETHER, brutality, oakland, police
It appeared protesters and gas mask-wearing police officers would clash again Saturday night on Oakland streets, four days after a violent police crackdown shoved the Occupy Oakland movement into the international spotlight, but, just as emotions peaked, organizers held up peace signs. Marchers turned around, patted themselves on the back and returned to their adopted [...]
#OCCUPYOAKLAND under siege again!
Posted: October 29, 2011 in UncategorizedTags: #OCCUPYOAKLAND, #OCCUPYTOGETHER, brutality, police
Swat Teams and Riot Police put on gas masks and are now preparing for second round of clashes with Occupy Oakland which is unfolding now on the Livestream Participants in the nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement in Oakland were beaten and abused less than 48 hours ago by the Oakland PD. The devastation including police grenading protestorswho were [...]
Egyptians march from Tahrir Square to support #OCCUPYOAKLAND protestors
Posted: October 28, 2011 in First Amendment, Police BrutalityTags: #OCCUPYOAKLAND, brutality, egypt, police, tahrir
As they vowed earlier this week to do, Egyptian pro-democracy protesters marched from Tahrir square to the U.S. Embassy today to march in support of Occupy Oakland—and against police brutality witnessed in Oakland on Tuesday night, and commonly experienced in Egypt. Above and below, photos from Egyptian blogger Mohammed Maree, who is there at the march live-tweeting. He [...]