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8:55 OccupyOakland (saw this on livestream) just called for vigils for Scott Olsen tomorrow night--terming what happened to him "the shot heard 'round the world."
8:50 We covered a wedding proposal two weeks ago at Zuccotti Park, and now an actual Occupy Wedding in Portland.
Veterans beaten in Boston 10/10/2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYf3lEjpIX8
http://www.thegrio.com/news/atlanta-police-arrest-wall-street-protesters.php
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State Sen. Vincent Fort was among those arrested and had come to the park in support of the protesters in recent days. He said the police presence was "overkill."
"He's using all these resources ... This is the most peaceful place in Georgia," Fort said, referring to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. "At the urging of the business community, he's moving people out. Shame on him."
http://www.ivaw.org/blog/press-release-marine-veteran-critically-injured-occupy-oakland-march
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Press Release: Marine Veteran Critically Injured at Occupy Oakland March
published by Jose Vasquez on 10/26/11 3:34pm
Posted to:
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Dottie Guy, Bay Area Chapter President
(415) 290-5447, dottie.guy@gmail.com
Jose Vasquez, Executive Director
(917) 587-3334, jose@ivaw.org
Keith Shannon, Deployed with Scott to Iraq
(650) 278-1323
Late last night, Scott Olsen, a former Marine, two-time Iraq war veteran, and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, sustained a skull fracture after being shot in the head with a police projectile while peacefully participating in an Occupy Oakland march. The march began at a downtown library and headed towards City Hall in an effort to reclaim a site—recently cleared by police—that had previously served as an encampment for members of the 99% movement.
Scott joined the Marines in 2006, served two-tours in Iraq, and was discharged in 2010. Scott moved to California from Wisconsin and currently works as a systems network administrator in Daly, California.
Scott is one of an increasing number of war veterans who are participating in America’s growing Occupy movement. Said Keith Shannon, who deployed with Scott to Iraq, “Scott was marching with the 99% because he felt corporations and banks had too much control over our government, and that they weren’t being held accountable for their role in the economic downturn, which caused so many people to lose their jobs and their homes.”
Scott is currently sedated at a local hospital awaiting examination by a neurosurgeon. Iraq Veterans Against the Wars sends their deepest condolences to Scott, his family, and his friends. IVAW also sends their thanks to the brave folks who risked bodily harm to provide care to Scott immediately following the incident.
Remember this.............. Rep. Brad Sherman Martial Law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8
http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/10/10/occupy-boston-atlanta-under-siege/
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Hello fellow Twitter user! Don't forget to Twit this post if you like it, or follow me on Twitter if you find me interesting.
POSTSCRIPT:
What happened tonight? Occupy Wall Street camps in Atlanta, Dallas, St. Louis, Seattle, and Boston were all threatened with eviction and arrest. Police moved in with a show of force in the late hours… but only in Boston did they actually make arrests, and only to shut down camp #2.
So… what the hell? Police forces in five major cities all just happened to decide to make a major alpha-male display on the same night? And all backed down, except for Boston – where the cops took out the smaller, overflow camp (with the justification that the occupiers were “endangering the plantings in the park!).
This is weird. And creepy. And stinks of some kind of national coordination.
UPDATE 2:45 EDT: Paul Weiskel (@PWeiskel08) tweets: Riot cops headed to main camp. Their intentions are not apparent.
UPDATE: Longer video of the first Boston arrests:
UPDATE 2:10 (EDT) @Matifesto: Ambulances are being called to the #OccupyBoston site. Possible casualties of police brutality
UPDATE 2:10 (EDT) Tim Capuato of #7 news reports tents and belongings are being loaded directly into garbage trucks and crushed. Confirmed from others on the ground. In San Francisco they were impounded and returned the next day. This is disgusting.
UPDATE 2:02 (EDT) As the crowd chants “Shame, shame, shame!” A demonstrator bellows at police, “we are veterans of the united states of America!” But four cops grab him and haul him away. Video from Tim Capuato of #7 news at twitvid
UPDATE 1:59 (EDT) OccupyBOS_Media Camp 2 totally destroyed. All tents in a pile.
UPDATE 1:53 (EDT)@AyeshaKazmi was blocked from taking photos and was charged. As @caulkthewagon tweets, this is “Unreal.”
UPDATE 1:50 (EDT) RT@Occupy_Boston: Veterans For Peace beat down to the ground, flags falling all over, people being dragged away.
UPDATE 1:40 (EDT): Police are moving in. Veterans for Peace say they will stand between the occupiers and the police.Hello fellow Twitter user! Don't forget to Twit this post if you like it, or follow me on Twitter if you find me interesting.
POSTSCRIPT:
What happened tonight? Occupy Wall Street camps in Atlanta, Dallas, St. Louis, Seattle, and Boston were all threatened with eviction and arrest. Police moved in with a show of force in the late hours… but only in Boston did they actually make arrests, and only to shut down camp #2.
So… what the hell? Police forces in five major cities all just happened to decide to make a major alpha-male display on the same night? And all backed down, except for Boston – where the cops took out the smaller, overflow camp (with the justification that the occupiers were “endangering the plantings in the park!).
This is weird. And creepy. And stinks of some kind of national coordination.
UPDATE 2:45 EDT: Paul Weiskel (@PWeiskel08) tweets: Riot cops headed to main camp. Their intentions are not apparent.
UPDATE: Longer video of the first Boston arrests:
UPDATE 2:10 (EDT) @Matifesto: Ambulances are being called to the #OccupyBoston site. Possible casualties of police brutality
UPDATE 2:10 (EDT) Tim Capuato of #7 news reports tents and belongings are being loaded directly into garbage trucks and crushed. Confirmed from others on the ground. In San Francisco they were impounded and returned the next day. This is disgusting.
UPDATE 2:02 (EDT) As the crowd chants “Shame, shame, shame!” A demonstrator bellows at police, “we are veterans of the united states of America!” But four cops grab him and haul him away. Video from Tim Capuato of #7 news at twitvid
UPDATE 1:59 (EDT) OccupyBOS_Media Camp 2 totally destroyed. All tents in a pile.
UPDATE 1:53 (EDT)@AyeshaKazmi was blocked from taking photos and was charged. As @caulkthewagon tweets, this is “Unreal.”
UPDATE 1:50 (EDT) RT@Occupy_Boston: Veterans For Peace beat down to the ground, flags falling all over, people being dragged away.
UPDATE 1:40 (EDT): Police are moving in. Veterans for Peace say they will stand between the occupiers and the police.
For Immediate Release
Contact:
Dottie Guy, Bay Area Chapter President
(415) 290-5447, dottie.guy@gmail.com
Jose Vasquez, Executive Director
(917) 587-3334, jose@ivaw.org
Keith Shannon, Deployed with Scott to Iraq
(650) 278-1323
Marine Veteran Critically Injured at Occupy Oakland March
Two-time Iraq war veteran sustains skull fracture from police projectile
Late last night, Scott Olsen, a former Marine, two-time Iraq war veteran, and member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, sustained a skull fracture after being shot in the head with a police projectile while peacefully participating in an Occupy Oakland march. The march began at a downtown library and headed towards City Hall in an effort to reclaim a site—recently cleared by police—that had previously served as an encampment for members of the 99% movement.
Scott joined the Marines in 2006, served two-tours in Iraq, and was discharged in 2010. Scott moved to California from Wisconsin and currently works as a systems network administrator in Daly, California.
Scott is one of an increasing number of war veterans who are participating in America’s growing Occupy movement. Said Keith Shannon, who deployed with Scott to Iraq, “Scott was marching with the 99% because he felt corporations and banks had too much control over our government, and that they weren’t being held accountable for their role in the economic downturn, which caused so many people to lose their jobs and their homes.”
Scott is currently sedated at a local hospital awaiting examination by a neurosurgeon. Iraq Veterans Against the Wars sends their deepest condolences to Scott, his family, and his friends. IVAW also sends their thanks to the brave folks who risked bodily harm to provide care to Scott immediately following the incident.
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Iraq Veterans Against the War is nonprofit 501(c)3 advocacy group of veterans and active-duty US military personnel who have served in the U.S. Military since September 11, 2001. IVAW currently has over 1,400 members in fifty states, as well as in Canada, Europe, Iraq and Afghanistan.Remember this.............. Rep. Brad Sherman Martial Law
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8
http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/10/10/occupy-boston-atlanta-under-siege/
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OWS: Veterans beaten, arrested at Occupy Boston
October 10, 2011 By 10 Comments
POSTSCRIPT:
What happened tonight? Occupy Wall Street camps in Atlanta, Dallas, St. Louis, Seattle, and Boston were all threatened with eviction and arrest. Police moved in with a show of force in the late hours… but only in Boston did they actually make arrests, and only to shut down camp #2.
So… what the hell? Police forces in five major cities all just happened to decide to make a major alpha-male display on the same night? And all backed down, except for Boston – where the cops took out the smaller, overflow camp (with the justification that the occupiers were “endangering the plantings in the park!).
This is weird. And creepy. And stinks of some kind of national coordination.
UPDATE 2:45 EDT: Paul Weiskel (@PWeiskel08) tweets: Riot cops headed to main camp. Their intentions are not apparent.
UPDATE: Longer video of the first Boston arrests:
UPDATE 2:15 superbranch tweets: Steady stream of people being walked to wagons in plastic cuffs. Police refusing to give medical attention to protesters.
(image All rights reserved by safe sounds on flickr)
UPDATE 2:10 (EDT) Tim Capuato of #7 news reports tents and belongings are being loaded directly into garbage trucks and crushed. Confirmed from others on the ground. In San Francisco they were impounded and returned the next day. This is disgusting.
UPDATE 2:02 (EDT) As the crowd chants “Shame, shame, shame!” A demonstrator bellows at police, “we are veterans of the united states of America!” But four cops grab him and haul him away. Video from Tim Capuato of #7 news at twitvid
UPDATE 1:59 (EDT) OccupyBOS_Media Camp 2 totally destroyed. All tents in a pile.
UPDATE 1:56 (EDT): MattFilipowicz tweets: Witnessed a young woman screaming for a medic as cop dragged her off at #occupyboston, medics across the street did not move.
UPDATE 1:56 (EDT) Cops arresting protesters. Taking them out back of park (via)
UPDATE 1:53 (EDT)
UPDATE 1:50 (EDT) RT
UPDATE 1:40 (EDT): Police are moving in. Veterans for Peace say they will stand between the occupiers and the police.
Source: Red Green & Blue (http://s.tt/13ueR)
OWS: Veterans beaten, arrested at Occupy Boston
October 10, 2011 By 10 Comments
POSTSCRIPT:
What happened tonight? Occupy Wall Street camps in Atlanta, Dallas, St. Louis, Seattle, and Boston were all threatened with eviction and arrest. Police moved in with a show of force in the late hours… but only in Boston did they actually make arrests, and only to shut down camp #2.
So… what the hell? Police forces in five major cities all just happened to decide to make a major alpha-male display on the same night? And all backed down, except for Boston – where the cops took out the smaller, overflow camp (with the justification that the occupiers were “endangering the plantings in the park!).
This is weird. And creepy. And stinks of some kind of national coordination.
UPDATE 2:45 EDT: Paul Weiskel (@PWeiskel08) tweets: Riot cops headed to main camp. Their intentions are not apparent.
UPDATE: Longer video of the first Boston arrests:
UPDATE 2:15 superbranch tweets: Steady stream of people being walked to wagons in plastic cuffs. Police refusing to give medical attention to protesters.
(image All rights reserved by safe sounds on flickr)
UPDATE 2:10 (EDT) Tim Capuato of #7 news reports tents and belongings are being loaded directly into garbage trucks and crushed. Confirmed from others on the ground. In San Francisco they were impounded and returned the next day. This is disgusting.
UPDATE 2:02 (EDT) As the crowd chants “Shame, shame, shame!” A demonstrator bellows at police, “we are veterans of the united states of America!” But four cops grab him and haul him away. Video from Tim Capuato of #7 news at twitvid
UPDATE 1:59 (EDT) OccupyBOS_Media Camp 2 totally destroyed. All tents in a pile.
UPDATE 1:56 (EDT): MattFilipowicz tweets: Witnessed a young woman screaming for a medic as cop dragged her off at #occupyboston, medics across the street did not move.
UPDATE 1:56 (EDT) Cops arresting protesters. Taking them out back of park (via)UPDATE 1:53 (EDT)
UPDATE 1:50 (EDT) RT
UPDATE 1:40 (EDT): Police are moving in. Veterans for Peace say they will stand between the occupiers and the police.
Source: Red Green & Blue (http://s.tt/13ueR)
Source: Red Green & Blue (http://s.tt/13ueR)
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