Wall Street Occupation Continues

[nadinbrzezinski]

Formerly (and perhaps more aptly) named Liberty Park, the plaza has become home to the activists and the center point of an increasingly bitter standoff between protesters and police. In total, twelve individuals have been arrested, one having suffered a leg injury during the arrest. Activists accuse the police of being too aggressive, and videos have begun to appear online showing the behavior in question.

In the video posted below, officers are shown filming protesters, cuffing them and dragging them across the asphalt, while one young man screams that he can’t breathe and needs his inhaler. The onlookers shout at the police, saying “Shame” and calling them “cowards.”

http://www.thenation.com/blog/163535/wall-street-occupation-continues

Plenty of vids

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. K&R!

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. Is there a reason they are not protesting on Wall Street? n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. I am agnostic on sharing my views on anything anymore

[Bonhomme Richard]

4. Sorry. I guess I will hunt down the answer elsewhere which is what.....

I probably should have done in the first place.
Nothing personal meant by the question.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. It is not you

it is this place...

:hi:

If I post my views, will be off site, mostly..

[Fire Walk With Me]

6. You'd hope people would all be on the same page...that could be why the bad guys are eatin our lunch

:/

:hug::hi:

[Bonhomme Richard]

7. I understand. I've seen them go after you. Anyway, I got my answer. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Good and that is one reason

the other has to do with the place itself.

So at this point see my sig for where "hot stuff" goes. Most of it is pretty innocuous, but.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

15. You are still appreciated.

Even here!

[TomClash]

9. It's shut down to protestors

Liberty Park is a 2 minute walk.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

13. Actually they are.

There have been arrests on Wall Street. https://occupywallst.org/

It seems to be building. And another occupation group will arrive two blocks away on October 6.
http://www.october2011.org /


This is getting very interesting.

[joshcryer]

27. Closest they can get, nearest public spot where people can gather.

[DrunkenBoat]

32. because the cops cordoned it off & ask for id's?

[Coexist]

10. Keith Olbermann just tweeted he is covering on Countdown tonite

On Current TV

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Good.. all I watch anymore

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. I haven't seen any mention whatsoever of this story on MSNBC or CNN

Up to now, I've only seen images of the protest on Democracy Now and Thom Hartmann's show. Good for Keith! I'll be watching.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

18. Surely Rachel or Big Eddy will pick it up.

What about Dylan Ratigan? This is grist for his mill.

Michael Mentioned it on Rachel briefly.

[LatteLibertine]

31. Ya'

I was shocked Michael Moore didn't say a lot more about it, or voice more support for them. I don't remember Rachel commenting on his remark at all. If she didn't know about it I'd think that would have given her pause. Or a "What did you just say?" etc.

I doubt most in our "infotainment" media are going to cover it. MSNBC is just trying to fill a niche. They're still status quo when you get down to it. I'm thinking about what Cenk said after he left.

[joshcryer]

28. Video (Keith calls out media for not covering this):

http://youtu.be/vtDo8VuVofQ

[Admiral Loinpresser]

14. Thank you.

Conditions are awful but the zeitgeist is great!

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. This is how it starts

for the record the black out means they see these kids as real threats.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

17. I've been getting goose bumps tonight.

This could be bigger than Viet Nam. We're organizing a solidarity demonstration in my hometown.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Them kids are pissed

rightfully so...

And the parallel to Tahrir is this... the early days nobody paid attention to them... and they were just angry and unfocused and young.

By the way Colbert will cover it, tongue in cheek of course.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

20. It reminds me of the Free Speech Movement in '64

or the draft resistance on the west coast.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Could be

This is also global, 1848 comes to mind

[Admiral Loinpresser]

22. I'm too ignorant of history

to get the reference to 1848. What happened?

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. There were poopular revolutions all over western europe

democratic revolutions. Most were suppressed, brutally, but democratic reforms still came in the next decade.

This is a pretty good summary

http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/history/1848/revolution_of_1848.html

[Admiral Loinpresser]

25. Thanks.

I have heard that Bonaparte's promulgation of the Napoleonic Code and the metric system, etc., throughout conquered Europe helped to enable the incipient nationalism which unfolded.

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. That was two generations earlier

but yes...

I love history and the echoes these days are ... eerie.

[Rex]

24. Police, like the State, are never wrong.

Yeah, it's exactly what it looks like.

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. OUCH

[joshcryer]

26. Occupy Chicago is next:

http://occupychicago.tumblr.com/