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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMASS ARRESTS FOR OWS IN NYC
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MASS ARRESTS FOR OWS IN NYC (Original Post)
joshcryer
Jan 2012
OP
To celebrate a new year and new potential? Out with the old, in with the new, etc?
Electric Monk
Jan 2012
#2
JoshandMusic NYPD blocking sidewalk now arresting people saying they're blocking sidewalk #ows #nyc
Fire Walk With Me
Jan 2012
#5
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)1. No doubt.
Couldn't wait another day, could they?
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)2. To celebrate a new year and new potential? Out with the old, in with the new, etc?
Warpy
(111,245 posts)3. They just slammed one guy down
and cuffed him. The charge? JAYWALKING.
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)5. JoshandMusic NYPD blocking sidewalk now arresting people saying they're blocking sidewalk #ows #nyc
JoshandMusic NYPD blocking sidewalk now arresting people saying they're blocking sidewalk #ows #nyc
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)4. It shows police are desperate. Desperate.
Mr_Jefferson_24
(8,559 posts)6. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
joshcryer
(62,269 posts)7. BTW, for anyone saying "why do they block the streets!" THIS IS WHY.
You can avoid being boxed in if you're not stuck on a sidewalk where police can trivially cordon you off.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)8. They're soon going to have to arrest the whole F nation. Do they have
enough cops and jails for that?
Cleita
(75,480 posts)9. I'm sure Wackenhut would love to provide the prisons
on the taxpayer's dime. Maybe that's the plan.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)12. Wackenhut's bosses belong in prison. nt
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)10. Revolutionaries always face arrest sooner or later
It's part of the job description. You can make a lot of contact in political prison.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)11. That is what I tell my children. "If they arrest me I will go to jail and organize the prisoners."
They just laugh because they know that I am very capable of doing just that.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)13. This is true. I always forget. nt