BREAKING One hundred Brooklyn community members and Occupiers peacefully disrupt foreclosure auction

[midnight]

Posted 9 hours ago on Jan. 26, 2012, 1:44 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Approximately 35 people arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience, singing in courtroom: “Mr. Auctioneer, all the people here are asking you to stop all the sales right now.”


Brooklyn, NY — This afternoon approximately one hundred people peacefully and powerfully disrupted a foreclosure auction by bursting into song. At 3pm the foreclosure auctioneer attempted to start bidding on homes that had been foreclosed upon. When the bidding started, the courtroom burst into song:

“Mr. Auctioneer
All the people here
Are asking you to stop all the sales right now
We’re going to survive, but we don’t know how”

More video from inside the courtroom coming soon.

http://occupywallst.org/article/breaking-one-hundred-brooklyn-community-members-an/

[lastone]

1. perhaps the most beautiful thing I've witnessed in quite a while

I wish I were there.

[midnight]

2. They are the new leaders...

[sabrina 1]

3. Wonderful. They are doing great work working together with churches and community

organizers to help PEOPLE. for them.

[Art_from_Ark]

4. Let me join you in your applause

It must have been a "magic moment"

[midnight]

6. I too join in on the applause.

[Bozita]

5. Bigtime K&R!

[Zorra]

7. That's just so nice.

☮ccupy

occupii.org

[99th_Monkey]

8. Arrested for singing?

Has that been declared a crime now?

I didn't get the memo.

[BlueMTexpat]

9. They should have incorporated themselves first.

Then they could have said or done anything without adverse consequences.

[99th_Monkey]

11. Ya, including bribe the police and auctioneer. ~nt

[Magoo48]

10. Thanks again Occupy...you are the vanguard.

[LanternWaste]

12. It is beyond heartening to witness...

It is beyond heartening to witness the regular, rank and file person not merely tell us of the strength of their convictions, but to display those convictions despite the inordinate consequences.

[annm4peace]

13. yeahhhhhh

this has to happen all over but it does take community support.

[lonestarnot]

14. K & R