How to Film a Revolution - a tutorial - Occupy the Movie. Edward Murray: Occupy Vancouver Picks Up the Tab. The media's latest attempt to undercut the message of Occupy movements all across the globe is by touting the "cost" of these protests.
Many sources are reporting that Occupy movements are costing cities hundreds of thousands of dollars in police overtime because apparently it takes an entire precinct to make sure that 50 people don't sleep through the night. When an internal city memorandum stated that Occupy Vancouver had cost its city nearly a million dollars in taxpayer money, the organizers did something brilliant: they broke down the cost of what they were doing for the city of Vancouver. Referencing a recent press release from the Occupy Vancouver Communications Committee, activist Eric Hamilton-Smith noted "...over 37,000 meals were served, $672,000 of primary medical care was provided, and 30 people were housed for 37 days at a time when beds at primary shelters were not available.
" This is absolutely brilliant, and I suggest that all other Occupy movements take note of this. RoboKopter Zamieszki I. Occupy Wall Street's 'occucopter' – who's watching whom? The police may soon be watching you in your garden picking your vegetables or your bottom.
As police plans for increasing unmanned aerial surveillance take shape, there is a new twist. Private citizens can now buy their own surveillance drones to watch the police. This week in New York, Occupy Wall Street protesters have a new toy to help them expose potentially dubious actions of the New York police department. In response to constant police surveillance, police violence and thousands of arrests, Occupy Wall Street protesters and legal observers have been turning their cameras back on the police. The Media Messenger of Zuccotti Park - Person of the Year 2011.