OCCUPY WALL STREET

[Cin]

So they are rebuilding...

Tension remains at Occupy Oakland even as action abates


OAKLAND -- The volatile Occupy Oakland movement experienced something of a detente Thursday as protesters, police and city officials retrenched under the world's increasingly critical eyes.

Protesters started rebuilding a tent city that had been removed by police Tuesday night at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, in front of City Hall. Mayor Jean Quan, whose approval of the raid brought condemnation from pundits and protesters, was quiet Thursday amid questions over whether the camp would be allowed to remain on the plaza.

Meanwhile, an Iraq War veteran who was critically injured by a projectile believed to be fired or thrown by police Tuesday prepared for surgery to relieve pressure on his brain. Scott Olsen, a 24-year-old former Marine, had improved slightly Thursday at Highland Hospital and was able to breathe on his own for the first time since the injury, said his roommate, Keith Shannon of Daly City.

Several tents were back up in the plaza by Thursday afternoon and occupiers were expanding a shrine to Olsen built around the base of a memorial to military veterans.

Vita McDonnell, 24, who was arrested in Tuesday morning's raid of the encampment, brought a box of candles and notebook in which she is asking people to write notes of encouragement to Olsen and reflections of events of the past several days.

"He was protesting our arrests," said McDonnell, a health-care assistant. "I felt very touched by it. This is really something I had to
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do."

Tuesday morning's police raid "felt like we were under attack. It was like a war zone," she said. After 13 hours in custody, mostly at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, she was released with a citation of unlawful assembly, she said.

As protesters held vigils and expressed anger over Olsen's injury, police were tight-lipped Thursday about the incident. Oakland's interim police chief, Howard Jordan, said investigators were still piecing together accounts from more than a dozen police
departments that sent officers to Oakland for the raid on the encampment.

Olsen's injury prompted vehement anger toward police during protesters' march around the city Wednesday night, but Jordan would not speculate whether the Daly City man had been hit by a police projectile such as a tear-gas canister, rubber bullet, wooden dowel or something else. At least one police department suggested officers may not be to blame for the incident.

"I haven't seen much, but given the nature of that individual's injuries, I'm wondering if he wasn't struck by something thrown by a demonstrator," said Chief Dennis Burns, of the Palo Alto Police Department.

Oakland police violated their own crowd-control rules, which call for medical services to be available when tear gas and other control measures are used, said Jim Chanin, a civil-rights attorney who has fought for police reform.

Thursday's lull left more questions than answers about the future of Occupy Oakland, which has leapt to the forefront of the nationwide Occupy movement targeting banks, big business and a slate of other social and economic issues. The East Bay protests have captivated talk-show hosts such as Jon Stewart and Keith Olbermann, and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore announced Thursday on Twitter that he would arrive at the Oakland site Friday.

[nowandthen]

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https://www.facebook.com/occupydenver

[ruffryder]

Originally Posted by Toughy

Wells Fargo is eliminating it's free checking accounts except for those with $5,000 balances starting Nov 15 (in CA for sure....don't know about the rest of the country). You can still get a free savings if you transfer $75 bucks a month from your (not free) checking to your (free) savings. Both used to be free if you had direct deposit to checking and transfered the 75 to savings.

not true in Fl where I am. In fact they said they won't be charging for users to use the debit card. The only requirement for a free account is to have a savings account also and have $1 go to that everytime you use the debit card which you can transfer the funds back to checking if you want.

At least 20 arrested in Denver Occupy. http://www.9news.com/news/article/22...epper-sprayed-

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[SoNotHer]

Great photos and stories, folks. Thank you for posting them :-)

This is some of the most disturbing footage I've seen from the protests and a longer look at what happened to Scott Olsen. As they carried Olsen away and out of the line of fire, the brave protesters yelled back at the police, "Cowards."


http://abcnews.go.com/US/us-vets-suf...ry?id=14841972

[ruffryder]

[nowandthen]

[atomiczombie]

Originally Posted by nowandthen

Fixed your links:

[Cin]

Excerpts from Article from Daily Kos - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1...via=siderecent

At the Occupy Denver rally, the Police decided to send out riot police to 'crack down' on the protesters and clear the square.
I filmed and photographed the people in attendance, people of all ages and walks of life - all there to peacefully protest and march. In fact as you can see in this video, the speakers spoke out forcefully about remaining non-violent. At the end of the video is a group of kids I included that were there to protest but also to have fun - expressing their freedom of speech and assembly -part of being a free American citizen.
I included them because, well, LMFAO is awesome, and these kids were near the front of the capitol where the Riot police were standing. I assume they were met with the same force. I hope they are OK.
And watch the people in the video, young and old, including mothers with infants and Vets - were these people deserving of this?



here was the police's reaction to the request to occupy the steps of the Capitol


Was that necessary for a lady wanting a job?


A vet?


A mother and child?


this dangerous mob of regular folks?


This is the guy who was trying to explain to the police that their permit included the Capitol Steps.


These regular cops were polite, and even when the first riot police arrived, it seemed innocuous.

I left the rally then, frankly because the speakers doing the Mic Checks were telling the people that there would be no march up the Steps and that everyone should keep protesting back at Veterans Park.
So what happened Denver Police - Tell me why these people deserved bully clubs, guns and riot gear?

[MsMerrick]

Sorry if someone already posted this ?
I heard this guy, this morning on Mark Riley's Show, Radio 1600 AM or http://www.wwrl1600.com/ . ANd had to check out the Youtube. Perhaps what was even more speical, in the interview, he explains how many generations of his family have been in the Armed Forces, including the Police Department..So, unlike me..who grew up in a Liberal Pinko Anti - War , kind of Household.. He comes from a very different background . This is teh full version, well worth sitting through all of it...

I guess i don;t have the embedding "thing" down exactly but .. I think you can access the link : )

[SoNotHer]

Good videos and question. The more brutal and violent the police response, the more I realize how much we've lost en route to this place.

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

Excerpts from Article from Daily Kos - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1...via=siderecent

At the Occupy Denver rally, the Police decided to send out riot police to 'crack down' on the protesters and clear the square.
I filmed and photographed the people in attendance, people of all ages and walks of life - all there to peacefully protest and march. In fact as you can see in this video, the speakers spoke out forcefully about remaining non-violent. At the end of the video is a group of kids I included that were there to protest but also to have fun - expressing their freedom of speech and assembly -part of being a free American citizen.
I included them because, well, LMFAO is awesome, and these kids were near the front of the capitol where the Riot police were standing. I assume they were met with the same force. I hope they are OK.
And watch the people in the video, young and old, including mothers with infants and Vets - were these people deserving of this?



here was the police's reaction to the request to occupy the steps of the Capitol


Was that necessary for a lady wanting a job?


A vet?


A mother and child?


this dangerous mob of regular folks?


This is the guy who was trying to explain to the police that their permit included the Capitol Steps.


These regular cops were polite, and even when the first riot police arrived, it seemed innocuous.

I left the rally then, frankly because the speakers doing the Mic Checks were telling the people that there would be no march up the Steps and that everyone should keep protesting back at Veterans Park.
So what happened Denver Police - Tell me why these people deserved bully clubs, guns and riot gear?

[nowandthen]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IiCSMYO3yg&feature=share"]Native Perspectives on the Oakland Occupy General Strike 11.2.11 - YouTube[/nomedia]

[Quintease]

Good god! Have you people seen this? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1270390.html

[MsMerrick]

Originally Posted by Quintease

Good god! Have you people seen this? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1270390.html

Yeah I saw it.. Wonder what drugs he was on ? Very whacked....

[atomiczombie]

Originally Posted by Quintease

Good god! Have you people seen this? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1270390.html

He really wasn't behaving himself, was he?

[Dominique]

[atomiczombie]

Originally Posted by Dominique

What an ass. Sheesh.