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I am not usually one for support the troops sentimentality here, but this man crying out "We are veterans of the United States of America!" while he's marched off by police for standing around with a flag is making me cry. If the movement was looking for its defining image and soundbite, it just found it.
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Meanwhile the Boston Police were sending out messages like this over Twitter.
After clearing the area and arresting dozens of protesters, many violently according to numerous reports on Global Revolution, which ran a live stream of the events, the police began the systematic demolition of the protest camps with the aid of city garbage trucks, throwing tents and other such belongings into the trash.
: Boston PD, throwing all personal property of protestors into Garbage trucks and crushing it. Unlawful and fascist. ”
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: Officer #10594 on video throwing ppl by neck. Picking ppl up while they're backing up, hurling to ground
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There were also numerous reports of people on the scene with cameras being targeted first by police.
Good work by my friends and colleagues at the Phoenix, Dig and Metro for covering this as it happened.
The Boston Globe has a rundown of the events here.
So, to summarize, that's around 100 people, according to the BPD, arrested for unlawful assembly and being in a park after 11 p.m. Remind me how many people went to jail for destroying the economy?
TO REPORT CRIMES COMMITTED 2NITE Text “TIP” to CRIME (27463) or call 1800.494.TIPS
Good work by my friends and colleagues at the Phoenix, Dig and Metro for covering this as it happened.
The Boston Globe has a rundown of the events here.
So, to summarize, that's around 100 people, according to the BPD, arrested for unlawful assembly and being in a park after 11 p.m. Remind me how many people went to jail for destroying the economy?
TO REPORT CRIMES COMMITTED 2NITE Text “TIP” to CRIME (27463) or call 1800.494.TIPS
I know of one pretty big one.
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17 comments:
Shit is getting real, and Menino just made a huge mistake, even if he was just following orders. This will only encourage us.
I feel sickened.
Yup, cried too.
Also, just because a police department can tweet, does not give them the right to throw away people's shit. Some of these kids don't have anything but donated tents and food.
Can't wait to see how the media plays it in the morning.
Somehow, that frakking tweet from Boston PD makes me enraged. Justified injustice because they can use a #hashtag? SRSLY, WTF? And who has the login to the thing, like...an intern or a Sgt.? Opening up tweetdeck and boxcar on the phone with alerts set up. Fuck you guys, f'real.
Yes, but they don't support their right to protest IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA. Not that one either. Just back over there a little to the left. Further. That's good.
...they'll all protestin' down in the Initech basement with Milton in no time. But this time they throw all the staplers and snacks in the dumpster. #igotyerTweetButtonrightHERE
I can't go to sleep. Feels like anti-Christmas Eve.
That's because my family and I used to always get together and rip through an 8 ball every anti-Christmas Eve is what I mean.
Was going down to Bank of America to take all my money out…but then I realize my $107 won’t really put a dent in their bottom line, instead I am going to jog by tomorrow at 2am and throw a brick through their window- may the government will by them a new window #MyBrickwillOccupyyourLobby
Wait till you see BPD's excuse: that according to "the people we've been talking with", "the anarchists have taken over" www.twitvid.com/VHIU9
Fox nation also reversed cause and effect:
nation.foxnews.com/occupy-boston/2011/10/11/boston-protests-turn-violent-100-arrested
Of course the only violence was on the part of the cops doing the arrests.
These protesters are drug addicted animals, jail is too good for them.
Oh cool, let me just get mad about that comment and respond sincerely.
Maybe it was the Mayor's plan to turn the tide of public opinion towards the protesters...is what I'd be saying if Belichick was mayor.
Haha!! So true
Maybe it was just the way to government listen the people. I know that it is not correct but if have to do ... do it.. anyway. Excellent post
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