SEIU Nurses On Capitol Hill: "No Cuts to Medicaid and Medicare!" : un album. How many protesters were pepper-sprayed at the Smithsonian? As “Occupy DC” protesters tried to enter the Smithsonian’s Air & Space Museum on Saturday, they were met by police and security forces who prevented them from entering the building. But while the “official” story of events reported by the mainstream media repeat the museum spokesperson’s claim that one officer used pepper spray, a video has emerged that supports the claim that the use of the spray was more widespread. Watch the video below, originally uploaded to YouTube on October 8, 2011. Roxanne Cooper is the publisher of Raw Story.
She has 20+ years experience in media management, marketing, and advertising and has held positions with AlterNet, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, LA Weekly, San Francisco Bay Guardian, and Stars & Stripes. From 2004-2008, Roxanne published the popular political blog Rox Populi. She lives in San Francisco and you can follow her on Twitter at @AlterRox. Occupy D.C. Plans To Try To Shut Down Senate Hart Building At 11:30. Protesters with the Occupy D.C. and Stop The Machine movements will try to shut down the Senate Hart Building at 11:30 a.m today. Protesters were gathering in the atrium of the building as Capitol police officers loomed nearby and as other demonstrators in anti-war gear set themselves up in the lobbies of floors overlooking the lobby.
The protestors made their way from Freedom Plaza, where they've set up camp, to Capitol Hill in small groups, trying to avoid a "march" down Pennsylvania Ave. "Is the Hart building, how do I get to the Hart building? Am I in it? " one protester asked a a Hill staffer. We'll have updates as the situation develops. Late update: There were a handful of arrests during the demonstration, which was organized by Stop The Machine and October 2011 protestors but was joined by people who said they were affiliated with the Occupy D.C. movement.