#Occupy Wall Street Liberty Park under attack NOW 1:08AM Eastern

[Fire Walk With Me]

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

This feed is currently better quality:

http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc

Helicopter feed:

http://www.ustream.tv/cbsnews


Kops call it a fire hazard, demand immediate removal of all property or arrests will be made (bullhorn announcement).

NYC Mayor 212-639-9675
email http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html
NYPD: 646-610-5000

Respectfully Demand 1st Amendment Rights

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. And I am not surprised one bit

[Fire Walk With Me]

Neither am I; was wondering earlier about them not being "in the news" recently :(

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. I should add...

This is going national, I don't expect my local to make it to Thanksgiving. We are now moving to the next stage.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Imagine the rise in resistance caused by attacks on all #Occupations...

...grow the movement, evolve the movement!

[coalition_unwilling]

4. Please keep this kicked. Please - n/t

[FirstLight]

5. how many are there?

anyone know?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Nope, but poor joshua holland

he's been covering Oakland for the last 48 straight...

[FirstLight]

9. are they back in Otown too tonight?

you are right...coordinated attacks... what other cities?

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Don't know

[Bozita]

7. K&R ... Bigtime!

[Smarmie Doofus]

8. Rec........ I emailed Bloomberg:

"Leave Occupy Wall Street alone."

[FirstLight]

10. are they jamming the signal?

overhead CBS newslivefeed

http://www.therightscoop.com/cbs-news-live-feed/

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. I see the lights, I am looking for the suspected LRAD

Can't see it

[FirstLight]

13. They cordoned off the camp

no one in or out...
only allowed a handful of stuff to take with...

[Hissyspit]

14. LBN thread with PHOTOS here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x5059843

[Hissyspit]

45. Have added many tweets to LBN thread. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. Wow that is a hell of a deployment for a bunch of "kids."

So far I count two command vehicles and several paddy wagons... as well as the emergency response unit.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. No journos are allowed in per Holland

he just got confirmation from NYC...

[coalition_unwilling]

17. Emphatic K&R - n/t

[me b zola]

18. someone at scene reporting cops have LRAD with them

:(

[FirstLight]

19. CBS livestream cut away...

watch out, this is when they do their dirty work...


bastards

[FirstLight]

20. won't let others in...

white shirts are there too...

[Fire Walk With Me]

21. They're not letting anyone into the park; brooklyn bridge is supposedly shut down.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. going down. press chopper is on a signal from the capitol

[coalition_unwilling]

23. White-shirted supervisor pigs visibile on camera (remember

the brave Tony Bologna?).

[Electric Monk]

24. Yeah, but, 80% of liberal democrats approve of Obama, or something...

Fuck that noise & K&R

[Modern_Matthew]

27. Rofl. Pathetic, huh? nt

[coalition_unwilling]

25. Pig tells patriot "Don't be a hero!" - Un-fucking-believable. - n/t

[FirstLight]

26. getting ugly

they are taking the camera!

[Fire Walk With Me]

28. 18,000 viewers across the streams

[garybeck]

29. kr

[Modern_Matthew]

30. UPDATES!

1:27 a.m. Police scanner says EVERYONE is going to be swept.
1:20 a.m. Subway stops are closed.
1:20 a.m. Brooklyn Bridge is closed.
1:20 a.m. Occupiers chanting "this is what a police state looks like."
1:20 a.m. Police are in riot gear.
1:20 a.m. Police are bringing in bulldozers.

[Electric Monk]

33. Mic check! (mic check) Die hard! (die hard!)

If it's bullshit and you know it clap your hands!

[slay]

40. "This is what a police state looks like!"

being chanted. damn straight!

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. Anti terror unit sent in

<a href="http://twitpic.com/7eehku" title=""NYPD Counter Terrorism" unit sent in. Unfuckingbel... on Twitpic"><img src="" width="150" height="150" alt=""NYPD Counter Terrorism" unit sent in. Unfuckingbel... on Twitpic"></a>

[PETRUS]

32. Calling the mayor, been on hold for quite a while now...

[FirstLight]

34. briefly saw signal as they dragged somebody off

looked like they were throwing them down stairs, then the camera went off, but you could hear audio for a minute more...

now we are back in the park...

so they got one of the camerapeople

[Blue_In_AK]

35. We're living in a police state.

[ohheckyeah]

36. Whatever happened to all

of the OccupyMarines, Army, Navy, AirForce, etc. that said they were going to get involved?

[nadinbrzezinski]

37. There is an LRAD on location

not that it surprises me... but an LRAD is not something to sneeze at

[Electric Monk]

44. Long Range Acoustic Device. Noise cannon. nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

38. I believe the budgets are hurting. We need to keep camping to DRAIN them dry

so that the true ludicrous nature of attacking peaceful protests be laid bare.

People in some cities are reportedly unhappy about the money being spent against #Occupy. Complain to them about WASTING IT against a peaceful protest, WASTING IT fighting against our Constitutional rights, fighting against people trying to solve the problem that has ravaged the entire country!

NEVER FORGET: This is about Wall Street and the bankers and politicians who SCREWED US!

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Pepper spray use confirmed

[FirstLight]

41. livefeed chat says 400 hells angels on the way!

i hope so! they need reinforcements!

looks like a group has sat down in front and are stalling them, as they get arrested...

[Fire Walk With Me]

42. LRAD danger

Please keep your computer volumes reasonably low in case the livestream equipment somehow manages to carry unpleasant levels from potential LRAD attack. They say that there is indeed a unit present.

[Fire Walk With Me]

43. MARINES are on the way!

SgtShamarThomasUSMC
Stay strong we are trying to get to you!

From Facebook

[PETRUS]

46. Here it is:

[nadinbrzezinski]

And that is a BIGGER unit than San Diego Sherriff's

which were deployed at town hall meetings.

Sheriff Gore is going to have LDAR envy.

[PETRUS]

63. Thanks.

First laugh I've had since this shit started tonight.

[nadinbrzezinski]

66. It's acceptable EMS humor

the other is not.

[Fire Walk With Me]

97. That's BIG compared to the ones in the company videos :(

[Fire Walk With Me]

192. Look at that...they've positioned it BEHIND the blinding lights

(other angle pic in my OP).

Cowards.

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. Thanks for the reminder. damn feedback

[TheMightyFavog]

52. Couldn't an LRAD be countered with simple shooter's earplugs or earmuffs...

Available at any well-stocked sporting goods store?

[nadinbrzezinski]

54. Hmm no, due to the frequencies it works at

it is not just what you can hear, which is annoying as hell... but what is not in that range.

Nasty little piece of kit

[TheMightyFavog]

60. So the muffs the Navy guy in this picture is wearing are specailly designed then?

[nadinbrzezinski]

65. Yes, also notice he is behind the unit

If he was in front... he'd still feel it... some of it is simply going through your body and making all vibrate.

[Fire Walk With Me]

108. Exactly, the higher the frequency, the more directional it is, meaning it becomes a beam

instead of a cone, and standing behind it is much safer than being in front of it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

114. I wish I did not know this crap

:-)

[Electric Monk]

47. The cops are just throwing and breaking anything they can, re: tents and supplies

:wtf:

Throwing it into a big pile. Gonna burn it, or what?

[FirstLight]

fuckers

purposefully destroying property...not okay....

medic tent down too

[coalition_unwilling]

50. Fucking pigs - n/t

[slay]

51. This is really fucked up. Everything just being destroyed. Cops doing the bidding of the 1%

as usual. it's time for a full blown revolution in this country! :mad:

[Fire Walk With Me]

49. Police

[FirstLight]

57. putting it all in a garbage truck...!

bastards... i am so pissed...nothing the occupiers could do but watch TWO MONTHS worth of work get TRASHED

[slay]

53. All of their belongings about to be thrown in a GARBAGE TRUCK!

what a load of shit! :grr:

[Fire Walk With Me]

84. PIC:

Victoria on live feed says they're just trashing everything, taking no time or sifting, they're just destroying everything:

[Fire Walk With Me]

92. They're trashing all video gear and laptops, protesters complied but were not allowed to get their

gear and belongings. Once again the police and mayor have LIED and caused destruction to a peaceful protest:

[Fire Walk With Me]

177. A protester on livestream is saying they were told by Kops that they could come pick up their stuff

from the police station...

[ohheckyeah]

55. I'm not a violent person but damned

if this doesn't make me want to hit somebody.

[Fire Walk With Me]

61. Take the bricks they've thrown and use them to build a foundation against them.

Please find a way to help...your passion is glorious, use it for the constructive! Success is the best revenge!

[ohheckyeah]

98. I don't want to see this

for the second time in my life.

[renate]

167. I've seen that picture dozens of times...

It's before my time, in a way (I was alive but very very young), so it didn't have the incredible resonance for me before that it does right now, in this context. I am dumbstruck.

[ohheckyeah]

191. I was a junior in high school.

I remember it all too well.

[coalition_unwilling]

56. Seeing a lot of white-shirted supervisor pigs (remember the

brave Tony Baloney?).

[nadinbrzezinski]

58. And we hear from anonymous

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Range_Acoustic_Device

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

59. A coordinated national effort

to either push the story out of the headlines, or make it into a 'violent demonstrators vs. cops' narrative.

[nadinbrzezinski]

68. From the POV of powers that be

they cannot afford to have this still going by thanksgiving. The supper committee delivers the day before.

So they will try to cork this... and I am betting all but successful

[nadinbrzezinski]

62. From feed HELLS ANGELS...

now that could be interesting and I do not mean it in a good way.

[Fire Walk With Me]

67. Yeah, that should not happen :( But as always, it would be the Mayor's fault, the polices' fault!

We have warned here over and over that "authorities" are at risk of calling out those who have nothing to lose, who are looking for an excuse!

[Fire Walk With Me]

64. Over 20,000 viewers on one channel alone...

[slay]

69. 6,500 watching on gloabalrevolution

right now -- http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[Fire Walk With Me]

70. FREE SPEECH

[nadinbrzezinski]

Per Joshua Holland

They have barred credentialed reporters from New York Observer, New York Times, WSJ, and Reuters.

Personal note if they told me what have you... small indy, these are MAJOR media concerns.

[Spazito]

83. Blocking the MSM is a BIG mistake....

but I am glad they are making it. The media doesn't respond well to being barred, not well at all.

[nadinbrzezinski]

89. Yup, they've done that at smaller ones

but this is media central... it ain't gonna be pretty in the morning.

[Electric Monk]

71. Black screen. Feed has died. nt

[greyl]

81. Livestream.com / globalrevolution is OK. nt

www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[greyl]

72. Flash bangs now ?! nt

[slay]

73. Bloomberg needs to go. Quan needs to go. Every mayor who approves of shit like this needs to go

if they have any decency (HA!) they'll resign. if not people MUST vote them out or recall them ASAP!

[Fire Walk With Me]

86. GENERAL STRIKE!

:mad:

[slay]

I would support that 100% at this point

the cops/mayors/corporations have gone too fucking far this time!

[nadinbrzezinski]

74. Now those were grenades going off

that sound... is like well known

[greyl]

77. That's what I first thought, but the crowd reaction hasn't matched yet.

Maybe it was non-explosive noise.

[slay]

79. Yeah sounded like flash-bang grenades

but they've blocked out ALL reporters - they don't want us to know what is happening. Even flying police choppers overhead so the news choppers can't document.

[FirstLight]

75. this is just going to get bigger

they may think they are taking us down...hitting big cities and then the OWS camp...like they are doing some kind of military tactic... but this is only going to get worse. as the economy continues to tank, more and more will come into the streets...and we will change this world!

[Ken Burch]

76. Bastards! Bastards! Fascist scum!

We can't let this stand. Everyone who believes in what the Occupy movement stands for has an obligation now to resist by any nonviolent means available to them.

This is inexcusable. If we let all the camps be cleared out, we're letting the 1% win...and probably win forever...the only way this can be redeemed is if it leads to active NATIONAL resistance.

[PETRUS]

78. Reports of some protestors locked down within the park.

I wondered about that - money to buy U-locks and metal tubes, etc. was approved a while ago by the GA.

[nadinbrzezinski]

80. Oh wow

NYPD bars Press from covering Raid @_rosiegray: Me "I'm Press." Lady Cop. "Not tonight." #ows

[slay]

85. I saw that too - cops blocking reporters from covering any of this!

this should be illegal. i hope people sue the shit out of the NYPD.

[slay]

82. I hope they use some of the $$$ that has been donated to rebuild EVERYTHING

this is EXACTLY what we are protesting against - the 1% using their power against the 99% - they are making our case for us.

[aletier_v]

93. Yes, they are

I just donated to DU.

I can't even believe I'm funding a democratic site, my last donation was to Free Republic around 1995.

Last week I sent $300 to OWS.

And I'll probably donate to Elizabeth Warren now.

God damn Bloomberg, that miserable fuck, for making me do this.

[slay]

87. So.. we've been told that the country is broke, we have to cut cut cut - yet there is ALWAYS money

for a police state! :grr:

[nadinbrzezinski]

88. Witness the suspension of the Fourth Ammendment

[slay]

91. +1

sad day for America - as one #ows protester put it. they may have won the battle - but we WILL win the war - there is no other option at this point.

[slay]

90. I think this song is quite appropriate right now:

you know what it is....

N.W.A. - Fuck Tha Police -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M8vei3L0L8

[nadinbrzezinski]

94. They just arrested a NYT reporter

now they stepped in it.

Let me see, the first amendment freedom of the press and of assembly.

And the fourth

[nadinbrzezinski]

96. and took the press pass of an NBC press anchor

they just stepped in it!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

103. CBS helicopter forced to leave airspace

as per Keith's retweets

[nadinbrzezinski]

111. And signals are now being blocked

First amendment it was nice while we had it.

[Blue_In_AK]

101. That's going to go VERY badly for them.

I can't believe the cops would be so stupid.

[nadinbrzezinski]

113. The cops are just obeying orders

somebody very high up gave that order.

Emergency injunctions are probably in the process of being filed RIGHT AS I TYPE. But it will be too late. They do not want YOU to see this

[dana_b]

95. reports of use and picture of LRAD

[nadinbrzezinski]

100. And that is the anti terror unit as well

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

99. Olbermann just retweeted that protesters are marching to City Hall in response

Sam Seder just passed on a report that a NY Times reporter was arrested

[nadinbrzezinski]

102. Per ows feed

an NBC anchor LOST his press credentials

[slay]

105. Good! They should #occupy-anywhere-in-NY that they can at this point

what a load of shit. wish CurrentTV had some night staff that could cover this - Keith should look into doing that since he is news director there now.

[Fire Walk With Me]

104. Pic: We are terrorists to them!

[slay]

106. +1

people need to rally around #OWS now more than ever!

[Blue_In_AK]

107. Wow.

That says it all, doesn't it?

[nadinbrzezinski]

115. Yup, very predictable

[grasswire]

109. I'm posting tweets that Keith is re-tweeting over in the other thread

Lots of news tidbits.

Thanks for this thread too!

Remember, remember the 12th of November.

[slay]

110. "You can't win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly

imagine." - Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi

[FirstLight]

112. another feed...

http://www.ustream.tv/TheOther99

not sure...but i think it's the occupiers blocking the road so the trucks can;t leave

[greyl]

118. Yep, narrator confirmed what you posted.

Several hundred people north and south of park that have come to support those within.

[ohheckyeah]

116. Why do we have

24 hour "news" channels like CNN if they can't even cover the damn news? I just emailed them and asked them if they were oblivious to what is happening in New York.

Worthless assholes.

Oh for fuck's sake...the news feed on CNN is a jaywalking mom files an appeal. Big discussion about the outrageous abuse of prosecutorial discretion. Meanwhile, OWS protesters are being violated by the thug cops.

[slay]

117. Just saw arrest teams are headed to Broadway and Liberty

to arrest people trying to block the trucks from leaving or something like that - hard to tell exactly what is being said - from the occupyNYC ustream link: http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc

[slay]

119. dupe

posted in wrong place

[FirstLight]

120. media not allowed to fly over?

police state, much?

[slay]

121. Another ustream link - The Other 99% here:

http://www.ustream.tv/TheOther99

[greyl]

125. Tall guy with dark hair, black shirt, wide eyes looks and sounds unstable...

Main narrator very cool.

[nadinbrzezinski]

122. First the press now a member of council

per mike elk, "wow can't believe NYPD is beating up NYC city council @ydanis that's good politics u know"

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

123. Unable to get in, NY Times posts OWS stream on front page

.

[grasswire]

124. !!!

Is that a first?

[nadinbrzezinski]

129. Yup, one of their newsies was arrested

[nadinbrzezinski]

127. NYT is pissed.

:-)

[Spazito]

128. They made a BIG mistake by taking on the MSM on this...

It will not go well for Bloomberg and the NYPD.

[greyl]

131. True. Here's link they're going with:

http://occupystreams.org/item/occupy-nyc-liberty-plaza

[slay]

142. BBC News covering it on their website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15732661

[nadinbrzezinski]

126. Oh wow

RT @MikeElk: RT @jeffrae: Police scanners saying that they don't have enough officers to deal with situation #OWS #OccupyWallStreet

[slay]

130. Good!

good for NY citizens for coming down there when the call went out that they were being raided!

[Modern_Matthew]

132. Good. They should shut down the NYSE in 4 hours. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

136. I was trying to think WHY!!!!

THAT is what this is about... THANKS

I don't expect encampments in general to make it to the day before Thanksgiving by the way

[slay]

158. I too think this is about their plan to shut down Wall St later this week

:(

[nadinbrzezinski]

133. Foley square occupied

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

138. @_rosiegray: Me: "I'm press!" Lady cop: "not tonight" #ows

from a Village Voice reporter

[girl gone mad]

141. Yes, it's fascism.

[nadinbrzezinski]

148. But, but every time I use the F word

people tell me I am all off and shit, since there are no jackboots around. I wonder if we just crossed THAT line.

[nadinbrzezinski]

139. And now people have moved on

city halls I guess

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

134. Residents near Zuccotti not allowed out of building to watch; NYPD telling doormen to lock up

according to @NBCNewYork

[ohheckyeah]

135. Well whoop-de-do

CNN has finally decided to dispatch a crew. I called them and ask them why they weren't in New York city actually covering the NEWS.

[nadinbrzezinski]

137. Thumbs up

I did not think of that, and I have done that in the past.

[slay]

140. ABC Wold News Now is kind of/not really covering it live now - for about 20 seconds

they couldn't get in either and used the globalrevolution feed. Again, they only covered it for about 20 seconds - now they are telling feel good stories about conjoined twins separated. Way to go ABC.. ugh.

[ohheckyeah]

143. Sweet Jesus...

these people are worthless. And they wonder why they are losing viewership.

[nadinbrzezinski]

149. No in this case they are being quite purposely

kept out, They have arrested one NYT reporter,and took the press credentials of an NBC news anchor In other words, they did what they do what they do everywhere else we criticize...

[nadinbrzezinski]

146. Major media critters kept out

NBC, CBS, WSJ, NYT and Reuters by my count.

Shit meet fan

[nadinbrzezinski]

144. shit

obrag OB Rag
Live Blog from San Diego: Police Raid Occupy Wall Street: obrag.org/?p=49295
1 minute ago Favorite Retweet Reply

JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson
by MotherJones
I'm going to try to get closer to the park. It will be risky.
2 minutes ago

OccupySD OccupySD
Apparently NYPD arrest squads are assembling nearby. It looks to be about 150 Occupiers holding their ground on... fb.me/NE3bFrIl
2 minutes ago

JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson
by KeithOlbermann
Only #OWS supplies left are in a big heap by the red sculpture
7 minutes ago

JoshuaHol Joshua Holland
RT @kristengwynne: Cloud of tear gas on centre and worth...#ows
3 minutes ago

TobyBenjamin Toby Benjamin
by obrag
With media/journalists barred, NYTimes.com puts link to #OccupyWallStreet livestream on front page. #IndependentPressFTW #mediaBlackout
4 minutes ago

JoshuaHol Joshua Holland
Shocking illegality! RT @allisonkilkenny: RT @_rosiegray: Me: "I'm press!" Lady cop: "not tonight" #ows
4 minutes ago

JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson
by KeithOlbermann
I squirmed under a barricade and got this shot of the remains of Zuccotti. I'm at SE corner. twitpic.com/7eeut4
16 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply

MikeElk Mike Elk
from reports it sounds like only 500-700 people around zucotti park crackdown
1 minute ago

Hissyspit Hissyspit
Livestream PIC of destroyed belongings. @KeithOlbermann @JoshHarkinson pic.twitter.com/hY9b02Tf
1 minute ago

[FirstLight]

145. uh-oh

looks like more people are showing up...
and what about that march to city hall? any visuals yet? just tweets?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

147. From a writer for the Nation:

@mtracey
Cop near PATH station has a huge wooden weapon. Looks like a big baseball bat. He said "No pictures, buddy." twitpic.com/7eewxa

[nadinbrzezinski]

150. Standard police riot control baton

Here

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/19-15/CH10.htm

[nadinbrzezinski]

151. Here tweets from your favorite peeps, NYT reporter arrested named

KeithOlbermann Keith Olbermann
First live tv coverage - on TimeWarner-owned NY1 cable news, here in city only. Using older video off livestream #Occupy
1 minute ago

obrag OB Rag
watching live feed at ustream.tv/TheOther99, this real young cop looks very scared. #OWS
2 minutes ago

JoshuaHol Joshua Holland
RT @lhfang: GOP is already hailing the midnight police raid on peaceful #OWS protesters. Trying to use it against Dems bit.ly/v09rnr
2 minutes ago

JoshuaHol Joshua Holland
RT @iiamelii: NYT Reprter @jmalsin has bn arrested along w/ others, incl city council member @ydanis, who's bleeding frm the head. #OWS
3 minutes ago

[ohheckyeah]

152. Good night to all

the night owls who are still watching.

I hope everyone stays safe in NYC.

[Fire Walk With Me]

153. Evidently they are dragging protesters out of the park, are being violent to them...

nothing on the feed. Edit: Some are possibly, unconfirmed, returning the violence :(

Saying they teargassed everyone in the food tent, but no one resisted or was violent. Were wrestled to the ground and are being removed. Being dragged out by their legs, by their arms.

[FirstLight]

156. we need to start a new thread!

too much going on!

just heard/saw a guy on the phone with someone else there on the livefeed...:shrug:

they are draggin people out, but there's 200-300 people inside the park in the kitchen area ...

[Modern_Matthew]

154. More updates...

3:15 a.m. NYPD destroying personal items. Occupiers prevented from leaving with their possessions.
3:13 a.m. NYPD deploying sound cannon
3:08 a.m. heard on livestream: "they're bringing in the hoses."
3:05 a.m. NYPD cutting down trees in Liberty Square

[greyl]

155. Several press agencies, including CNN and CBS are there, city council on the way.

Things have calmed down at the moment.
http://www.ustream.tv/TheOther99

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

157. @coreykilgannon of NY Times:

@coreykilgannon: The police have this super-speaker vehicle now at #Zuccotti that has #ows protesters scrounging for earplugs

[slay]

159. So they've broke out the LRAD have they?

fucking scum!!!! :grr: :mad:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

160. "About 100 police officers moving down Broadway towards Zuccotti. Currently 50m away to the north"

from @AdamGabbatt of the Guardian

[nadinbrzezinski]

161. Per Feed, they just tear gassed the kitchen

and are arresting all... yup, phase two

[FirstLight]

163. what's fucked

is that the camera chick was saying right before that all were being peaceful and arrested...before the gas

[nadinbrzezinski]

164. There is a reason there are no cameras

I hate to be this cynical

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

166. press are being put in 'press pen,' supposedly for their safety

Mother Jones' guy was just booted out of the park and gives an account:
http://twitter.com/#!/JoshHarkinson

[nadinbrzezinski]

170. Like free speech zones

yup

[Fire Walk With Me]

168. Video of violent arrests inside the park, thanks Hissyspit. HAVE YOU SEEN THESE! WATCH THESE!

http://yfrog.com/163yiz

http://www.twitvid.com/SGWD9

http://www.twitvid.com/EOWIK

[Fire Walk With Me]

162. Tents and belongings are going into trash compactors:

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

165. so much for the promise of being able to reclaim your stuff

.

[nadinbrzezinski]

169. more from a reporter in the field

JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson
by MotherJones
I decided it would be better to stay out of jail and keep reporting on what's going on tonight, so I let him haul me out, arguing with him
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JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson
by MotherJones
He literally started hauling me across the park. My feet were slipping on the ground.
11 minutes ago

JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson
by MotherJones
I said I would not,.That he would have to arrest me, but I would go peacefully.
12 minutes ago

JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson
by MotherJones
He said that all the press is in the press pen, and that's where I had to go
13 minutes ago

[FirstLight]

171. I am seriously disturbed

the protestors outside and others in the street are cordoned off, there is no live feeds, no aerial, and the press is kettled as well...

this as a concerted, controlled attack. This has homeland security and other weird agencies all over it...

black bloc my ass...it's the Black OPS we have to worry about

[nadinbrzezinski]

174. Well the bill of rights were nice while we had them

[nadinbrzezinski]

172. Tear gas per feed was actually a fire extinquisher

[Fire Walk With Me]

179. Ah, thanks.

[Fire Walk With Me]

173. Kleinberg: I got a 3rd confirmation that 2 are dead. (#Occupy livestream chat)

UNCONFIRMED, you know how the internet can be. Pray it's not true.

[slay]

175. OMG

if true - and the cops were involved - this is going to get VERY VERY ugly. :mad:

[Fire Walk With Me]

176. Alternate Livestream:

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[doublethink]

178. another view ...

www.ustream.tv/channel/anomylos

if you can put up with the 30 second commercial first .... :eyes: ..... it goes live after that somewhere on the street .... cops and blue buses lined up ....

[Fire Walk With Me]

180. Hundreds upon hundreds of protesters have blocked the streets.

They're mic check'ing the First Amendment. POWERFUL. Hundreds of voices.

And a LOT of cops...

[Fire Walk With Me]

181. RT are live on the park being cleared

https://rt.com/on-air/police-zuccotti-park-occupy/

[Modern_Matthew]

182. They are going to block rush hour traffic on Broadway. nt

[Tx4obama]

187. That is F'ing stupid.

Blocking people from being able to go to work is the dumbest thing they could do.

The protests should be PEACEFUL not destructive !!!

[Ken Burch]

193. The alternative to blocking traffic and other resistance tactics is giving up

Protests that DON'T inconvenience anyone can't be effective.

As always, politeness equals defeat.

[FirstLight]

183. Going to GA at Foley Square?

would someone start a new thread? this is getting too hard to load...

[Fire Walk With Me]

184. Troublemakers detected:

The woman (left) and a man offscreen (hand) were, according to the occupy liberty livestreamer, letting the air out of the tires of police vehicles. They were highly aggressive to the cameraman. The two men visible do not appear to have been with them.

"

[malaise]

185. K & EffingR n/t

[Fire Walk With Me]

186. RT have a live aerial view:

https://rt.com/on-air/police-zuccotti-park-occupy/

[Fire Walk With Me]

188. Cleaning up the park:

[countryjake]

189. Carol Costello on CNN wants to know why this is happening now...

the reporter on the scene could not give her an answer, except to mention that Occupy Oakland was cleared yesterday morning in much the same way...well duh!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

190. "police didn't distinguish btw media & protesters"

@LindseyChrist at NY1News:
"They took a Post reporter & threw him in a choke hold."