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In reply to the discussion: Occupy Denver disrupts vigil to honor homeless who have died, refuse to allow mayor to speak [View all]randome
(34,845 posts)93. That's when most of the evictions have happened.
I'm no expert on police eviction actions, but I would think you are less likely to be part of a riot if the eviction is done at night.
So answer your own question: was it done at night just to 'tighten the screws' on the homeless?
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Occupy Denver disrupts vigil to honor homeless who have died, refuse to allow mayor to speak [View all]
El Supremo
Dec 2011
OP
"This mayor evicted homeless people to die last night", said the linked article.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#22
Amen to that. We really need to write the paper that used deceptive language to report this...
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#135
do you have any idea how insulting your post is toward the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#173
who wanted the mayor there...the people who got bulldozed two nights prior?
Slit Skirt
Dec 2011
#221
ha!! It is a right wing paper..they would do anything to dirty the name of occupy
Slit Skirt
Dec 2011
#239
The coalition Pres., etc., get their paychecks from donations... can't stop the money train
txlibdem
Dec 2011
#284
So all the people on this thread who disagree with you are 'uninformed idiots'.
randome
Dec 2011
#301
i support Occupy in most they do... but considering what i just read tho, it seems this was not OD
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#321
Obviously the mayor doesn't care about the Coalition except as a PR prop and he doesn't care about
JackRiddler
Dec 2011
#349
most of the people on this thread seemed to be totally misinformed about Occupy Denver and it's ugly
Slit Skirt
Dec 2011
#241
Uh yeah, you've never been a fan....As to the 'disturbing the peace and issues with
SammyWinstonJack
Dec 2011
#56
Right you are, Sammy WInston Jack. How is it that arrests for white collar crime
truedelphi
Dec 2011
#144
your sixth post --- will mirror limbaugh and hannity and all the CO RW blowhards
certainot
Dec 2011
#65
That would certainly apply to the Mayor, 'Pay attention to me now and forget I threw
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#191
no, bad idea to disrupt a vigil arranged by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless nt
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#186
hey....the hypocrisy needs to be pointed out since he bulldozed the homeless two nights before
Slit Skirt
Dec 2011
#219
Don't you fucking love the way they phrase the news to present something different from what it is?
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#6
There are a lot of homeless in Denver? Why isn't this amazing mayor helping them?
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#100
Because he's a greedy asshole who doesn't care? I'm just guessing here. :)
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#259
Which means that the ones who are should be evicted into the cold, with nowhere to go?
quakerboy
Dec 2011
#141
Thank you. I agree. We should first look closely at what the situation was. However, I am guilty
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#133
EXACTLY! That's what pisses me off. They crucify a movement for doing something correctly - why
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#121
True, but with all the damage the Repukes have done, why are we crucifying an entire movement for
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#120
This is PRECISELY the reason Americans do not protest, do not get angry, and generally remain mute
Sarah Ibarruri
Dec 2011
#146
Why are the homeless 'incidental'? The mayor is the one in charge of that eviction.
sabrina 1
Dec 2011
#193
That he did so, so very shortly after AGAIN brutally attacking #Occupy, reeks of entrapment.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#12
I looked a bit more into the city of denver and the homelessness situation and came across this
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#189
Good on them for even trying, but why were there homeless taken in by the #Occupation
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#247
so a memorial/vigil that has happened anually for 22 years is 'trumped up'
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#66
If they truly wanted to honor them, the city would use its resources to feed and shelter the
Magoo48
Dec 2011
#344
This wasn't organized by the city but by the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#345
If you're not willing to pursue a strategy that will get the results you want, then you're...
CBHagman
Dec 2011
#41
Thank you for sharing this - Some here apparently needed a dash of cold water to wake up. nt
99th_Monkey
Dec 2011
#29
I feel for those who have passed, and grant them their righteous time.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#98
i was in CO when it got started- the local radio blowhards were great cheerleaders for police and
certainot
Dec 2011
#69
So what the denver post it says or worse doesn't say should validate a statement like Occupy Denver
lonestarnot
Dec 2011
#13
What's not good? Occupy Denver, the Mayor, or the homeless, or the dead homeless?
lonestarnot
Dec 2011
#15
Sounds more like disrupting a soap box by a mayor who may have helped increase homelessness.
lonestarnot
Dec 2011
#45
You truly believe Westboro protesting the dead and #Occupy protesting the mayor's brutality
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#115
Rhetorical question: The mayor's repeated brutality and that night again kicking the camp's
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#117
"God hates dead fags" is somehow the same as "This mayor is a massive hypocrite
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#128
That he ordered =another= brutal clearing of the camp just before the vigil? Yes.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#105
And considering its been anually for 22 years i'd think most of the occupy denver people would also
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#124
With repeated brutalization and the outrage of again making the homeless, homeless
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#125
Oh, I have no problem understanding their outrage, and i see the reasons for it
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#139
I will conclude by saying...to a point. Sleaze must be called out lest it prosper greatly.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#150
There is a huge difference. Occupy was protesting against the mayor and not the homeless.
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#148
People may forget that the source of this article is Mainstream Media.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#31
You're setting up a straw man in mis-characterizing Fire Walk's remarks. It's not
coalition_unwilling
Dec 2011
#36
Always the excuse. Homeless never on anyone's fucking radar. What the hell does that mean?
lonestarnot
Dec 2011
#47
yes and it was HE that welcome george bush to speak in our fine city on what subject???
Slit Skirt
Dec 2011
#200
How dare they interrupt the mayor's solemn tribute to the people he helped kill? n/t
Ian David
Dec 2011
#61
Sorry if I appear overly sensitive, but I hear enough of the right wing crapping on OWS.
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#147
And to answer your question about whether we disagree with aspects of Occupy...
Bjorn Against
Dec 2011
#192
Your own post with the subject 'If you don't support Occupying you don't support Occupy.'
randome
Dec 2011
#299
There have been the occasional dumb thing done by occupiers, but that is no
ProgressiveProfessor
Dec 2011
#64
If George W. Bush headlined a memorial service for the dead Iraqi children that he helped kill
Lyric
Dec 2011
#67
Yep. And the mayor was laughing in their faces just like Bush or Reagan, mocking.
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2011
#119
Putting the word "occupy" in their name probably turned off lots of people.
creeksneakers2
Dec 2011
#94
There are Libertarians in the Occupys who don't give a shit about the homeless.
patrice
Dec 2011
#104
You know, that's PISS POOR logic. Why aren't you too embarassed to post something like that?
patrice
Dec 2011
#248
Wait a min. You are the one pointing out their are Libertarians in the trail mix.
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#289
Do you know what False Dichotomies are? a.k.a. False Binary Choices? You appear to be promoting
patrice
Dec 2011
#291
I disagree. Clearing the living homeless to laud the dead homeless is sick.
McCamy Taylor
Dec 2011
#149
I have seen many of your posts and you have consistently opposed occupations
Bjorn Against
Dec 2011
#196
It's a sad state when DU'er's use the same talking points as the right to shout down OWS. nm
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#162
I dont think everything they do is golden, but I also dont look for every opportunity
rhett o rick
Dec 2011
#165
So an MSM paper (and a right-leaning one at that) says nasty things about OWS, and you guys all
Lydia Leftcoast
Dec 2011
#167
What in the fuckng hell good does a vigil honoring dead homeless people do?
MotherPetrie
Dec 2011
#169
why don't you ask the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless who have been arranging the vigil?
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#175
EVERYBODY is a friend or family member of a deceased person, homeless or not.
MotherPetrie
Dec 2011
#279
BINGO. Vigils are nothing but photo ops. They sure don't help dead homeless people.
MotherPetrie
Dec 2011
#276
They mic checked the mayor...he deserved it since he is a big part of the problem with the
Slit Skirt
Dec 2011
#300
Why? So some fucker can pay lip service to people he couldn't care about?
Fantastic Anarchist
Dec 2011
#207
More a matter of drowning hypocricy. Mayor is the one who chose to give up the speech or whatever
lonestarnot
Dec 2011
#226
He apparently didn't care about putting people on the street now why would he actually care about
lonestarnot
Dec 2011
#235
Oh, great idea. We all just start talking/yelling at each other at once...
BadtotheboneBob
Dec 2011
#261
No, but we should not allow the ruling class to dominate the discussion.
Bjorn Against
Dec 2011
#264
Since the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless wanted him to recite the names
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#311
those with the pepper-spray, the water hoses and the mace cans wins the quick battle
LanternWaste
Dec 2011
#318
It's totally embarrassing for a city to have a vigil to honor homeless people who have died
shraby
Dec 2011
#331
What exactly is utterly disgusting about remembering those who have died, and for families of those
Bodhi BloodWave
Dec 2011
#346
So wait. One night the mayor destroys a shantytown that in part houses homeless people...
JackRiddler
Dec 2011
#347