Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Em, save that drive for Nov. 17–and then try to wear a helmet! » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:59 pm NYT report on media blackout: Some members of the media said they were shoved by the police. As the police approached the park they did not distinguish between protesters and members of the press, said Lindsey Christ, a reporter for NY1, a local cable news channel. “Those 20 minutes were some of the scariest of my life,” she said. Ms. Christ said that police officers took a New York Post reporter standing near her and “threw him in a choke-hold.” That reporter and two photographers with him declined to speak on the record because they are freelance workers and lack some of the job protections of full-time employees. But as they sipped coffee on Tuesday morning in Foley Square, where some of the protesters had regrouped, they expressed surprise at the extent of what they described as police suppression of the press. A freelance journalist working for NPR, Julie Walker, was briefly detained during the operation. A journalist working for DNAInfo.com, Patrick Hedlund, was also arrested. Michael Ventura, the managing editor of DNAInfo.com, told The New York Observer that Mr. Hedlund, who was wearing a press credential at the time, was “doing his job and was arrested for that.” Other journalists wrote on Twitter that they came close to being arrested in the early morning hours. Paul J. Browne, the Police Department’s chief spokesman, said he saw “nobody” who was manhandled. He said reporters were allowed on the borders of Zuccotti Park, but not in its interior. That was for safety, he said, comparing it to the way the police set up a perimeter for the press around crime scenes and calamitous events.
» Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:56 pm THe NYT reporter arrested was charged with “disorderly conduct.” » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:53 pm Yes, Em. NC. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:51 pm KT, as JFK said, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” But I hope and pray they stay non-violent. Violence will only play right into the hands of the 1%–and the protesters know that, fortunately. But other groups will splinter off and they will be more violent. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:49 pm Yes–final hearing. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:46 pm Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) has issued a statement condemning the actions of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the New York Police Department in their eviction of “Occupy Wall Street” on Tuesday morning. “The City’s actions to shut down OWS last night raise a number of serious civil liberties questions that must be answered,” he said. “Moving forward, how will the City respect the protesters’ rights to speech and assembly? Why was press access limited, and why were some reporters’ credentials confiscated? How will reported incidents of excessive force used by the police be addressed?” “Whatever the courts rule, the City’s actions here must not be a backdoor means of ending the free exercise of protesters’ rights.” He added: “Irrespective of this incident, OWS is now bigger than Zuccotti Park, and no one has the power to silence this national movement.” Two weeks ago, Nadler joined several local lawmakers in sending a letter to Bloomberg standing in solidarity with the movement but also requesting that the noisy drumming from the park be prohibited. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:43 pm CNN reporting that judge ruled OWS can return to park. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:41 pm KT we do it the way the Egyptians did–and we’re seeing the start of that now, I believe. BTW last night the ONLY news org to air what happened in NY was Al Jezeera. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:39 pm Thanks, Bito–he was great! Also, the camera work and comments from a fellow named Tim Poole on Ustream last night was so inspiring–he video’d for 5 hours and never stopped describing what was going on. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:36 pm Adlib, I saw your post right after I hit “submit.” Posting too fast! If we don’t push back against this HARD, we be crushed. However, this movement will not be stopped–I really believe that now. And like you, I am struggling with my urge towards anarchy. I just looked at another photo of a “sterilized” Zuccotti Park, and my first thought was that I wanted to go there and burn it down. So far the protesters have shown amazing discipline. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:31 pm And at the same time the mayors are coordinating repression, let’s not forget how militarized the police have become: This happened in Chapel Hill Saturday: » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:22 pm It is important to go to the local OWS protests on Nov. 17, for a start. After that I think the courts will be busy. At least I hope so!! I don’t want to wait until Thursday though. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:19 pm REPORT: 18 cities coordinating plans to evict Occupy Wall Street http://thkpr.gs/vHDPpF #ows » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:03 pm Bito, I was up all night watching. That media blackout was to me the most disturbing aspect! Here is a list of journalists detained/arrested: » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:00 pm According to that NPR article I posted below, all the mayors are using the same “public health” reason for dismantling the Occupiers. That is certainly a concerted effort to get around the 1st Amendment. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 11:53 am “Occupy Everywhere on November 17” » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 11:27 am Em, I DID think you were ill yesterday–I’m glad you’re back!! » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 11:19 am Kes–so I guess the LRAD was effective only on the young guys there. 🙂 Is “LRAD” correct? Is my brain still functional? » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 11:18 am About an hour ago, at least that’s when ThinkProgress Tweeted it. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 11:16 am No,Em. It’s apparently something that makes a continuous loud sound for a few minutes. Dang! The device is called something like a LRAD. (Brain gone.) Em, I was sorry to see you had a migraine yesterday! You and I with our headaches–that thing coulda killed us, huh? 🙂 » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 11:09 am From NPR: » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 10:58 am BREAKING: Judge says NYC cannot prevent “protesters from re-entering the park with tents.” » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 10:54 am Statement from OWS: Eventually – the Occupy Wall Street patriots sent up camp in nearby Foley Square. There, the Occupy Press Team released a statement saying, “Such a movement cannot be evicted. Some politicians may physically remove us from public spaces – our spaces – and, physically, they may succeed. But we are engaged in a battle over ideas. Our idea is that our political structures should serve us, the people – all of us, not just those who have amassed great wealth and power. You cannot evict an idea whose time has come.” Just FYI, I watched this whole thing last night on livestream, and it seems that according to all reliable reports, there was NO teargas used; many protesters confirmed this. Other forms of brutality, yes. The used something that made very loud sounds–can’t remember what that’s called. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 10:50 am WW, I was very glad when religious groups got involved with the Occupy movement a few weeks ago–I agree it will make a big difference in their gaining acceptance among the general public. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 10:45 am Here’s what’s left of Zuccotti Park: » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 1:11 am Here’s some video & pics from Reuters: http://live.reuters.com/Event/Occupy_Wall_Street2 » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:26 am JoshuaHol Joshua Holland » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:14 am Sally, I find my computer likes the livestream from RawStory best. The other links seem not to load, but thanks! Just a terrible, terrible thing. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 15, 2011 @ 12:13 am Apparently people were told by police they could retrieve their belongings–computers, books, tents, cameras, food and supplies–but this is where it all wound up: That pic doesn’t do it justice–it’s a gigantic landfill now. Someone Tweeted that Police helicopters have closed air space over #OccupyWallStreet preventing all news helicopters from filming what’s happening. » Posted By Chernynkaya On November 14, 2011 @ 11:36 pmComments Posted By Chernynkaya
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/reporters-say-police-denied-access-to-protest-site/?smid=tw-mediadecoder&seid=auto
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Militarising the police from Oakland to NYC http://tinyurl.com/8xk4d6d
[img]http://www.thenation.com/sites/default/files/user/164565/Chapel%20Hill.jpg[/img]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/nov/15/occupy-wall-street-zuccotti-eviction-live#block-6
http://www.thenation.com/blog/164612/occupy-everywhere-november-17
“The Occupy Movement And The First Amendment: ‘A Classic Collision'”
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/11/15/142348726/the-occupy-movement-and-the-first-amendment-a-classic-collision?ft=1&f=1001&sc=tw&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
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RT @iiamelii: NYT Reprter @jmalsin has bn arrested along w/ others, incl city council member @ydanis, who’s bleeding frm the head. #OWS
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