Last Tuesday, the Oakland Police declared Occupy Oakland to be an unlawful assembly. After that, they moved in with tear gas, concussion grenades (aka flashbangs), and rubber bullets. There were arrests and injuries, including Marine veteran Scott Olson, who ended up in hospital with a concussion. There’s just one problem: They violated their own rules. […]
by Been There 1963 (crossposted from DailyKos) Today GOP Congressman Scott Garrett is holding hearings to tout his “mortgage finance reform,” which is designed to make it easier for fraudsters to evade legal accountability. Rep. Scott Garrett of New Jersey seeks to gut many of the investor protections of the Securities Act of 1933, at least […]
By Marvin Borg Want to protest the banks? This is the way to do it right, get your point across, and not end up in jail for your trouble. Like most bullies, the banks are cowards. They talk a big game, but if confronted with their crimes, they run for cover and go whining to […]
The 99 percent were out in force yesterday in Oakland. As many as 10,000 marchers protested income inequality and the big banks that crashed the global economy (and today are more profitable than ever). Schools and businesses closed in sympathy and solidarity, and the march even shut down the Port of Oakland, one of the […]
At this hour, the Port of Oakland has been shut down by as many as 10,000 marchers, part of the General Strike called by Occupy Portland. The Port had been running at well under capacity all day, as many workers walked off the job in solidarity with the General Strike. But earlier this evening […]
The pepper-spraying of passively resisting protesters at Occupy Tulsa is even more barbaric than we originally expected. No wonder Kieth Olberman says it’s the worst incident of police brutality so far. Police methodically pepper-sprayed five people at point-blank range directly in the face. They were not resisting, they were not shouting, they were not throwing […]
I guess the Tulsa, Oklahoma police haven’t gotten the memo yet on what is and is not appropriate behavior when confronting un-armed, peaceful protesters. At 2 am this morning, Tulsa police moved in and informed the 30 Occupy Tulsa demonstrators that they were in violation of curfew (apparently their copy of the first amendment says […]
In the face of all the arrests – nearly 3,000 so far across the country – all the bans on tents, on sleeping bags, on umbrellas… it’s encouraging that some in the judicial system still have an appreciation of the first amendment and the meaning of free speech. Federal Judge Aleta Trauger issued a restraining […]
At the moment, the Police have just released the bulk of the Occupy London protest. They had kettled them in and were refusing to allow them to leave, and had already made a number of arrests. Despite earlier reports, they do not appear to be taking action against the encampment at St Paul’s – this […]
Back in the good ol’ days, you could arrest someone and charge them with disorderly conduct or resisting arrest, maybe even charge them with being drunk in public. And you were the police – it was your word against theirs. It must be really difficult for these guys, living in the age of cell phones […]
It’s no secret that the New York Police Department is no fan of Occupy Wall Street. They’ve indulged in everything from petty harassment (see: NYPD and Fire Department raid Occupy Wall Street, confiscate generators) to urban assault (see: More trouble for pepper-spray cop Anthony Bologna?) It’s even reached the point that crime in the rest of the […]
Oakland Police undercover cops exposed! Which leaves the question… how many of the bad eggs who escalated the conflict were also undercover cops? How many of the bottle-throwers, how many of the rock-tossers? Keeping in mind that just about every Homeland Security bust of terrorists since 9/11 have been entrapment by undercover cops…. And of […]
27 members of Occupy Portland were arrested in the early hours Sunday. They were severely manhandles by police without provocation, and several report being injured while in police custody. Portland has been practically a poster child of good city/Occupation relations. Mayor Sam Adams has been a supporter; and Oregon Congressment Peter DeFazio and Earl Blumenauer […]
It’s only 9 pm on the west coast, so it’s going to be a long night. As the headline suggests, Occupy Oakland decided to march to OPD headquarters to protest police brutality after the crackdown at Occupy Denver earlier today (See: Police brutality today at Occupy Denver) Since they couldn’t just let a peaceful group march […]
Denver police moved in on Occupy Denver protesters today. They said they wanted to keep the demonstration peaceful, so they attacked them with pepper spray and rubber bullets, and arrested seven. In the picture above, the red item in the right-most officer’s hand is a large canister of pepper spray, which he is using to […]