Sunday, March 18, 2012

Occupy arrests

  • NEW YORK — Dozens of police officers cleared the park where the Occupy movement was born six months ago and made several arrests after hundreds of protesters returned in an anniversary observance and defiantly resisted calls to clear out.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • New York police arrested protesters celebrating the six-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street by massing on a square near the stock exchange over the weekend.
  • (MSN Philippines News)
  • As hundreds of people gathered in the Financial District on Saturday to mark the six-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, protesters embarked upon a winding march and police officers made about a dozen arrests near Zuccotti Park.
  • (New York Times Blogs)
  • The protesters were arrested late Thursday on the first day of a weekend gathering in St. Louis of Occupy members. Police say the arrests occurred after Occupy members were told they had to comply with a 10 p.m. city park curfew.
  • (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
  • In the months since the first Occupy arrests grabbed headlines, the resulting proceedings have confused participants, crowded the court system and left many to wonder how -- and when -- it all will be resolved.
  • (Oregonian)
  • Several stories in the news this week – and its only Tuesday – reveal the scope of the spying and surveillance activities of the NYPD and DAs office, who are monitoring Occupy Wall Street.
  • (In These Times)
  • NASHVILLE, TENN. — Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday that he wants to avoid arresting Occupy Nashville protesters unless there is a flagrant violation of a new law intended to evict them from their camp near the state Capitol.
  • (Leaf Chronicle)
  • Occupy member Zach Chasnoff said there hadnt been any trouble Lawrence OToole said officers used the least amount of force necessary, during Thursdays arrests.
  • (comcast.net)

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