Occupy Wall Street Global Movement News, Updates, and Your Thoughts

As we reported earlier, the city is coming in to clean Zuccotti Park tomorrow whether Occupy Wall Street likes it or not. (They don't). And now they're stepping up their response another notch: Ray Kelly told reporters that "People will have to remove all their belongings and leave the park." Not only that, they won't be allowed to bring back camping gear or even lie down, thus ending the sleeping part of the occupation. Things might get messy, since OWS shows no signs of giving in.

They've put out an "EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: Prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street!" and are urging people to go to Zuccotti at 6 a.m. tomorrow for "non-violent eviction defense."

DesperateInRI wrote:For the above conversation regarding the safety of the people participating in the Occupy Movement, please remember these two words:

Kent State

mistermunster wrote:

DesperateInRI wrote:For the above conversation regarding the safety of the people participating in the Occupy Movement, please remember these two words:

Kent State

I was thinking the same. It happened once....it can happen again. And lots of cops (on the edge) do become overanxious during tense situations and THEY have the guns, the badge and AUTHORITY. It takes just one for an incident to turn into a BAD day for everybody. It's happened before, it will happen again. I remember San Diego police a few years back, shot dead a homeless man (with mental problems) for being on the street waving a stick. Situation could have been dealt with differently. Afterwards they adopted NON lethal measures but STILL overuse OR abuse of FORCE is ALWAYS possible at any time.

DesperateInRI wrote:

mistermunster wrote:

DesperateInRI wrote:For the above conversation regarding the safety of the people participating in the Occupy Movement, please remember these two words:

Kent State

I was thinking the same. It happened once....it can happen again. And lots of cops (on the edge) do become overanxious during tense situations and THEY have the guns, the badge and AUTHORITY. It takes just one for an incident to turn into a BAD day for everybody. It's happened before, it will happen again. I remember San Diego police a few years back, shot dead a homeless man (with mental problems) for being on the street waving a stick. Situation could have been dealt with differently. Afterwards they adopted NON lethal measures but STILL overuse OR abuse of FORCE is ALWAYS possible at any time.

Did you see the video getthem posted in this thread? That action was totally uncalled for!

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxZ8_JdKm0Q&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3DNYPD%2BWhite%2BShirt%2BKO%2527s%2Ba%2BProtester%2Bat%2BToday%2527s%2BMarch%2B10%252F14%252F11%2B%26aq%3Df&ytsession=FWj-eSHyKmwa4T6r3UHzoWCApTued45QlTcOWlG7mE_ZpsVDcDDd2MjV-tgV07OqCXYkPWQoj4o9YCHB_mlc7UQUVPKcWizmr6oJPqGSsplMCR6CC4ZheYwlZunndlRmpluPC2al9P2w6faT-TQ--cfRAWTHNNjwTjhKcMaeo9W2iJ-JvYloJJNWrPR29ttAQhN0PfG1f3YLFH_2XR9u1e36W61GMv7KnaR-XLx0612gYE9ahB_pfA0rAHw5TCCwHyVeXEqhbtQjMMlu4Vs3qAFqFxqzd3Ib&has_verified=1

NYPD White Shirt KO's a Protester at Today's March 10/14/11

If that lady was my family member they could not find a hole deep enough to hide that SOB from me! This pisses me off!

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jmainframe wrote:

gettheminNOVEMBER wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxZ8_JdKm0Q&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fresults%3Fsearch_query%3DNYPD%2BWhite%2BShirt%2BKO%2527s%2Ba%2BProtester%2Bat%2BToday%2527s%2BMarch%2B10%252F14%252F11%2B%26aq%3Df&ytsession=FWj-eSHyKmwa4T6r3UHzoWCApTued45QlTcOWlG7mE_ZpsVDcDDd2MjV-tgV07OqCXYkPWQoj4o9YCHB_mlc7UQUVPKcWizmr6oJPqGSsplMCR6CC4ZheYwlZunndlRmpluPC2al9P2w6faT-TQ--cfRAWTHNNjwTjhKcMaeo9W2iJ-JvYloJJNWrPR29ttAQhN0PfG1f3YLFH_2XR9u1e36W61GMv7KnaR-XLx0612gYE9ahB_pfA0rAHw5TCCwHyVeXEqhbtQjMMlu4Vs3qAFqFxqzd3Ib&has_verified=1

NYPD White Shirt KO's a Protester at Today's March 10/14/11

If that lady was my family member they could not find a hole deep enough to hide that SOB from me! This pisses me off!

The incidents need to be fully documented, before, during, and after because the dirtbags at Fox News simply say, "Oh, but the footage doesn't show the events leading up to it!". This is what happened when those poor girls were sprayed with mace at the start of the movement a few weeks ago.

Organizations like Fox will try to spread as much mis-information as they can in order to kill the movement and to save the lifestyles they currently enjoy.

lendmeflight2 wrote:I just got around to watching this video. The thing that bothers me most is not that it happened but that it didn't start a riot. That white shirt should have been taken out. We are at war and we can't win a war without fighting back

ranbrow123 wrote:

lendmeflight2 wrote:I just got around to watching this video. The thing that bothers me most is not that it happened but that it didn't start a riot. That white shirt should have been taken out. We are at war and we can't win a war without fighting back

Why fight back? So the propaganda machine can use it to hurt your cause? So the more uppity, self-important members of the police have justification for shooting you to death? It's quite clear the police are basically above the law in this country -- particularly when they're assaulting people the machine hates, like these particular protesters -- so you just gotta keep plugging away and deal with it peacefully.

lendmeflight2 wrote:

ranbrow123 wrote:

lendmeflight2 wrote:I just got around to watching this video. The thing that bothers me most is not that it happened but that it didn't start a riot. That white shirt should have been taken out. We are at war and we can't win a war without fighting back

Why fight back? So the propaganda machine can use it to hurt your cause? So the more uppity, self-important members of the police have justification for shooting you to death? It's quite clear the police are basically above the law in this country -- particularly when they're assaulting people the machine hates, like these particular protesters -- so you just gotta keep plugging away and deal with it peacefully.

I understand your point but it will get to a stage where the police will tell people to disperse or be shot. The only option people will have is to fight or give up. If we give up we lose. If we consider fighting losing then we have already lost and might as well go back to our homes.

lendmeflight2 wrote:I understand your point but it will get to a stage where the police will tell people to disperse or be shot. The only option people will have is to fight or give up. If we give up we lose. If we consider fighting losing then we have already lost and might as well go back to our homes.

Not sure where to start all I can say is yesterday was unfrickin' believable! We stared with two hours of speeches, poetry and music at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza in downtown Eugene then started our march with what EPD estimated to be 2000 people! It took over two hours from the time we started till everyone had finished the three mile march. The police were great at one point waiting to cross a street with three police on bikes close by we started chanting “Thank-you EPD, you deserve raises.” they smiled and gave us a “thumbs up” sign. We did however spot at least four SUVs with the tinted windows and several people inside driving around the downtown area but we got good picture (they're watching us and we're watching them) with license plate numbers that will go into our info booth.

After the march we started setting up camp with a kitchen, medical tent, child care area, info booth and media tent. The only “bad” thing was there was about 400 people who wanted to occupy and we only have room for about 200. So we're also doing the tag-teaming/tent sharing thing trying to have 200 people every night I stayed last night and in the future I will be there Monday thru Wednesday nights.

A new idea we're kicking around now is trying to do some kind of community outreach volunteer work to gain support because we won't be protesting 24/7. We're going to start contacting churches and see if they or some of their elder or disabled members need yard work or any other help, We're also going to contact local small businesses to see if they need any cleanup, painting, etc. done.

A little after 11:25PM, there was a big commotion on the south side of Zuccotti Park as someone mic checked that the NYPD was moving into to remove the “medical tent” (tents are a violation of the park’s rules.). Occupy Wall Street protesters immediately locked arms and vowed to protect it. Out of nowhere, civil rights activist Jesse Jackson swooped in and briefly spoke face to face with the NYPD as officers continued to amass on Cedar Street.