I was there to take down the names of people who were arrested… As I’m standing there, some African-American woman goes up to a police officer and says, ‘I need to get in. My daughter’s there. I want to know if she’s OK.’ And he said, ‘Move on, lady.’ And they kept pushing with their sticks, pushing back. And she was crying. And all of a sudden, out of nowhere, he throws her to the ground and starts hitting her in the head,” says Smith. “I walk over, and I say, ‘Look, cuff her if she’s done something, but you don’t need to do that.’ And he said, ‘Lady, do you want to get arrested?’ And I said, ‘Do you see my hat? I’m here as a legal observer.’ He said, ‘You want to get arrested?’ And he pushed me up against the wall.
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Akarenga Souko, Yokohama
Matching Black Paint Leica M4s with 50mm f1.4 Summilux and 21mm f3.4 Super Angulon lenses
balling out of control
Over the past ten days, more than a dozen cities have moved to evict “Occupy” protesters from city parks and other public spaces. As was the case in last night’s move in New York City, each of the police actions shares a number of characteristics. And according to one Justice official, each of those actions was coordinated with help from Homeland Security, the FBI and other federal police agencies.
AAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!
it’s bad y’all
(Source: examiner.com, via kjartanthemagnificent)
84-year-old Occupy Seattle participant Dorli Rainey, pictured above after being pepper sprayed by Seattle Police on November 15th.
She later wrote about the incident:
“Something funny happened on my way to a transportation meeting in Northgate. As I got off the bus at 3rd and Pine I heard helicopters above. Knowing that the problems of New York would certainly precipitate action by Occupy Seattle, I thought I better check it out. Especially since only yesterday the City Government made a grandiose gesture to protect free speech. Well free speech does have its limits as I found out as the cops shoved their bicycles into the crowd and simultaneously pepper sprayed the so captured protesters. If it had not been for my Hero (Iraq Vet Caleb) I would have been down on the ground and trampled. This is what democracy looks like. It certainly left an impression on the people who rode the No. 1 bus home with me. In the women’s movement there were signs which said: “Screw us and we multiply.’”
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Live from Zucotti Park (as of this writing) — Some of the best journalism I’ve seen. Half documentary, half report, the feed has been streaming for 17 continuous hours. Tim Pool, the man with the camera isn’t just telling us what’s happening. We’re watching it happen. Tie in the right now of Twitter and he’s answering our questions, even taking our input, live on the air.
Throw these guys a Peabody, Pulitzer, a Murrow…something.
Watch: Occupy Wall Street, Broadcasting Live | NewsFeed | TIME.com
this kid is great. been watching for 12 hours.
Style. Elegance. Beauty. Sophistication. Class.
i was told i can’t get another animal tattoo. but dang if homey isn’t looking real fresh.
