Occupy Atlanta Protesters Return Downtown; Arrests (Jesse Jackson Speaks)

[Hissyspit]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

ATLANTA NEWS 12:04 a.m. Sunday, November 6, 2011

Occupy Atlanta Protesters return downtown

By Christopher Quinn and Shelia M. Poole
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Before midnight, waves of police were moving south down Peachtree, forcing the marchers back. The first rank of police was simply in uniform and carried plastic handcuffs. They were backed by officers in riot gear — face plates, body armor and long nightsticks — and mounted police.

A knot of protesters chanted “Shame! Shame! Shame!” as the police advanced.

The march was a surprise move by the protesters. Nearly 150 went to Woodruff Park, with many saying they intended to be arrested by refusing to leave the park when it closed at 11 p.m. But shortly after 11, the group began emptying out of the park.

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As they waited for the confrontation to come, one or more protesters Saturday evening stole across the street to the SunTrust building that fronts on the park, lowered the American flag and then ran it back up the flagpole upside down — a widely recognized distress signal.

Read more: http://m.ajc.com/news/atlanta/occupy-atlanta-protesters-return-1217965.html

[No Elephants]

1. 5th Rec (Dunno how many unrecs preceded it.)

[FirstLight]

2. wow

please stay safe back there... my prayers are with everyone out there tonight. Peace.

[Major Hogwash]

3. The 1% is clamping down.

There will be calls by the tea party corporatists for the National Guard to be called out by the end of the year.

[lbrtbell]

4. That's right

Don't get the Natl. Guard to protect us from drug smugglers, but by God, they're gonna get those dirty hippie protesters! :mad: