FUCK YOU BLOOMBERG

[Hissyspit]

Answering to the .01%.

You and they just can't stand that Occupy Wall Street called you all out on your crap and have succeeded at it, can you?

Enjoy your perpetual place on the Wrong Side of History.

@zdroberts: Just got a baton in the lens. #occupywallst
1 minute ago via TweetDeck

@kristengwynne: They're beating people on broadway and Fulton. Crowd chants back to the park #ows

@mtracey
Michael Tracey
They just smashed an older man in the face with a riot shield.

@OccupyWallSt
Occupy Wall Street
#nytimes reporter arrested #ows
10 minutes ago via Twitterrific

@JumaaneWilliams
Jumaane D. Williams
I can report that @ydanis, a #NYC Council Member, has been #arrested at #OccupyWallStreet & is bleeding from the head thanks to the #NYPD.

[Supply Side Jesus]

1. agreed, he made the call

[Hissyspit]

11. FIRST VIDEO of NYPD Being Violent With Protesters

http://www.twitvid.com/SGWD9

[barbtries]

21. thank you for sharing

there will be more. i'm horrified.

[Hissyspit]

2. @AntDeRosa Anthony De Rosa I just spoke with the CBS News desk and they were told to leave the airs

@AntDeRosa
Anthony De Rosa
I just spoke with the CBS News desk and they were told to leave the airspace above Zuccotti Park by NYPD
4 minutes ago via TweetDeck

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. K&R!

[Hissyspit]

4. Thousands of dollars of personal belongings, donations being destroyed:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2310938

[slay]

5. Bloomberg needs to go - Quan needs to go - all city leaders that approve of these barbaric tactics

need to go! :grr:

[No Joe]

6. You had me at the title!

:loveya:

[kas125]

7. All day, all week, Occupy Wall Street!! n/t

[Hissyspit]

8. 25 ppl in food tent resisting cops

@JoshHarkinson
Josh Harkinson
There are, very roughly, 25 ppl in the food tent resisting cops. So far police leaving them alone.
51 seconds ago via Twitter for Android

[Bozita]

9. K&R ... Bigtime!

[girl gone mad]

10. k & r

[Hissyspit]

12. @JoshHarkinson Josh Harkinson Cops just violently shoved me away as I tried to shoot this man in a s

@JoshHarkinson
Josh Harkinson
Cops just violently shoved me away as I tried to shoot this man in a stretcher being loaded into ambulance twitpic.com/7efa2v

[tama]

13. In Greece

corrupt politicians can't anymore show their face in public. If people spot them in public spaces, they get shouted and thrown with stale yoghurt, rotten eggs, etc. Just saying.

[Hissyspit]

14. Supplies for homeless destroyed, supplies for occupiers' pets destroyed.

[Hissyspit]

15. 8 a.m. Press Conference with Bloomberg, supposedly.

[Hissyspit]

16. Bloomberg Statement:

“Protestors were asked to temporarily leave the park while this occurred, and have been told that they will be free to return to the park once Brookfield finishes cleaning it later morning. Protestors – and the general public – are welcome there to exercise their First Amendment rights, and otherwise enjoy the park, but will not be allowed to use tents, sleeping bags, or tarps and, going forward, must follow all park rules.

“The law that created Zuccotti Park required that it be open for the public to enjoy for passive recreation 24 hours a day. Ever since the occupation began, that law has not been complied with, as the park has been taken over by protestors, making it unavailable to anyone else.

“From the beginning, I have said that the City had two principal goals: guaranteeing public health and safety, and guaranteeing the protestors’ First Amendment rights.

“But when those two goals clash, the health and safety of the public and our first responders must be the priority.

“That is why, several weeks ago the City acted to remove generators and fuel that posed a fire hazard from the park.

“I have become increasingly concerned – as had the park’s owner, Brookfield Properties – that the occupation was coming to pose a health and fire safety hazard to the protestors and to the surrounding community. We have been in constant contact with Brookfield and yesterday they requested that the City assist it in enforcing the no sleeping and camping rules in the park. But make no mistake – the final decision to act was mine.

“The park had become covered in tents and tarps, making it next to impossible to safely navigate for the public, and for first responders who are responsible for guaranteeing public safety. The dangers posed were evident last week when an EMT was injured as protestors attempted to prevent him and several police officers from helping a mentally ill man who was menacing others. As an increasing number of large tents and other structures have been erected, these dangers have increased. It has become increasingly difficult even to monitor activity in the park to protect the protestors and the public, and the proliferation of tents and other obstructions has created an increasing fire hazard that had to be addressed.

“Some have argued to allow the protestors to stay in the park indefinitely – others have suggested we just wait for winter and hope the cold weather drove the protestors away – but inaction was not an option. I could not wait for someone in the park to get killed or to injure another first responder before acting. Others have cautioned against action because enforcing our laws might be used by some protestors as a pretext for violence – but we must never be afraid to insist on compliance with our laws.

“Unfortunately, the park was becoming a place where people came not to protest, but rather to break laws, and in some cases, to harm others. There have been reports of businesses being threatened and complaints about noise and unsanitary conditions that have seriously impacted the quality of life for residents and businesses in this now-thriving neighborhood. The majority of protestors have been peaceful and responsible. But an unfortunate minority have not been – and as the number of protestors has grown, this has created an intolerable situation.

“No right is absolute and with every right comes responsibilities. The First Amendment gives every New Yorker the right to speak out – but it does not give anyone the right to sleep in a park or otherwise take it over to the exclusion of others – nor does it permit anyone in our society to live outside the law. There is no ambiguity in the law here – the First Amendment protects speech – it does not protect the use of tents and sleeping bags to take over a public space.

“Protestors have had two months to occupy the park with tents and sleeping bags. Now they will have to occupy the space with the power of their arguments.

“Let me conclude by thanking the NYPD, FDNY, and the Department of Sanitation for their professionalism earlier this morning. Thank you.”

[barbtries]

22. professionalism?

i'm so disgusted with this wee hours shit. and the brutality, and the needless destruction of property.

[Hugin]

30. "No right is absolute" - Bloomberg.

WRONG, Corporatist asshole.

[slay]

32. Hey Bloomberg - go fuck yourself

it's people like bloomberg who protect and do the bidding of the 1% that we are protesting! what an ass.

[Hissyspit]

17. Fascist.

Bloomberg = Mubarak.

Harm others? Plenty of people were harmed last night under cover of darkness.

Destroyed personal property, donations, clothing for homeless, the OWS library (book burning, anyone?), possibly separated pets from their owners.

Fox News talking-point spouting ass.

[randome]

25. Right.

Because Mubarak would let protesters occupy a public park for 2 months, give them advance notice to leave and then adhere to a judge's order to back off.

The hyperbole on this subject is impressive.

[SidDithers]

18. K&R...

Properly directed anger. :thumbsup:

Sid

[DisgustipatedinCA]

36. and fuck the pigs who acted on his orders

Have a nice day.

[mod mom]

19. I second that fuck you to bloomberg & all his 1% cronies.

[butterfly77]

20. I could not...

control myself I would be fighting back.

[TBF]

23. Recommend - Nov. 17th Day of Action (from Occupy website)

http://occupywallst.org/action/november-17th/

[City Lights]

24. Indeed! Fuck you, Bloomberg!

Fuck him, up, down, and sideways!

:nuke:

[TBF]

26. Bloomberg, you fucking fascist, we are documenting this and spreading worldwide:

NYPD IS RAIDING OCCUPY WALL STREET

Posted 7 hours ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 1:20 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park), home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world, is presently being evicted by a large police force in full riot gear.

We will reoccupy!
Updates

6:05 a.m. Liberty Square has been cleared. General assembly under way at Foley Square.
3:36 a.m. Kitchen tent reported teargassed. Police moving in with zip cuffs.
3:33 a.m. Bulldozers moving in
3:16 a.m. Occupiers linking arms around riot police
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
2:55 a.m. NYC council-member Ydanis Rodríguez arrested and bleeding from head.
2:44 a.m. Defiant occupiers barricaded Liberty Square kitchen
2:44 a.m. NYPD destroys OWS Library. 5,000 donated books in dumpster.
2:42 a.m. Brooklyn Bridge confirmed closed
2:38 a.m. 400-500 marching north to Foley Square
2:32 a.m. All subways but R shut down
2:29 a.m. Press helicopters evicted from airspace. NYTimes reporter arrested.
2:22 a.m. Frontpage coverage from New York Times
2:15 a.m. Occupiers who have been dispersed are regrouping at Foley Square
2:10 a.m. Press barred from entering Liberty Square
2:07 a.m. Pepper spray deployed -- reports of at least one reporter sprayed
2:03 a.m. Massive Police Presence at Canal and Broadway
1:43 a.m. Helicopters overhead.
1:38 a.m. Unconfirmed reports of snipers on rooftops.
1:34 a.m. CBS News Helicopter Livestream
1:27 a.m. Unconfirmed reports that police are planning to sweep everyone.
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.

Phone

Call 311 if you're in the NYC area.
NYPD 1st Precinct: 212.334.0611
NYPD Central Booking: 718.875.6303
NYPD Internal Affairs: 212.487.7350
City Hall: 212.788.3058


http://occupywallst.org/article/nypd-raiding-liberty-square/

[AzDar]

27. K & R

:kick:

[indepat]

28. Fuck you Bloomberger and the horse you rode in on

:patriot:

[FlyByNight]

29. K & R

:grr:

[slay]

31. Seriously. What the fuck is wrong with this guy?

fucking bloomberg. that's ok - all he's done is pissed people off and strengthened the movement in the end. fucking COWARD to pull this shit at 1am!!!

[Hissyspit]

33. Still Saying FUCK YOU BLOOMBERG Kick nt

[KamaAina]

34. The tiny fascist doesn't just answer to the 1%, he IS the 1%

worth several billion $$$.

h/t to Mom's NYC-born-and-raised friend for the moniker "tiny fascist".

[WillyT]

35. + 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - HUGE K & R !!!

:bounce:

:kick:

[glinda]

37. Traitor to the Constitution. To America.

[DirkGently]

38. Yeah. That about says it. Fuck him.