OccupyBoston. Police allegedly attacked military veterans, arrested 50 others with Occupy Boston. At approximately 1:20 a.m ET Tuesday morning, Police allegedly attacked protesting U.S. military veterans and arrested 50 others with Occupy Boston.
The Boston Globe reports that arrested protesters were “put on [their] stomach, cable-tied, and dragged off …” The AP reports the police were sent in to protect $150,000 worth of newly-planted shrubs at the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway, site of a large Occupy Boston contingent. As news of the arrests spread across Twitter early Tuesday, several videos emerged that support the claim that members of Veterans for Peace were attacked by the police. @Occupy_Boston #occupyboston #OWS sit in at SS intersection. Veterans for Peace have said they will put themselves bw prot. BREAKING LIVE: Police Mobilizing for Mass Arrests / Camp Evictions at #OccupyBoston. Note: this diary, particularly the comment thread, now stands as testimony to what occurred last night in Boston.
A hearty thank you to those who remained up, late into the night, to watch and record what happened. The remainder of this diary will remain as testimony to the situation both before, and after, BPD moved in. After a massive #OccupyBoston march today that numbered approximately 10,000, Police are mobilizing to arrest those who have established a "tent city" in an expanded area outside the original camp, which is currently at capacity. For background on today's events and the expansion of the tent encampment that is leading to tonight's potentially devastating situation, see ryepower12's diary and Rec. it. WATCH LIVE: ‘Occupy Boston’ under siege? UPDATE: 4:09 A.M.
ET — Just tweeted: RT @legalmindedpunk: #OccupySeattle has taken a vote. Motion has passed for protestors to stay and go to sleep. UPDATE: 3:57 a.m. ET — Boston Globe reporters clarify what happened in Boston early Tuesday morning: About 10 minutes later, the first officers entered the park and surrounded the group. Tim Caputo - The first arrests. #occupyboston #7news. The cops pushed this woman to the ground and arrested her the. Watch Police Clash with Occupy Boston Protesters. Fuck the Boston Police Department.
I've lived all over the US and have never seen an urban police department so grossly inept and incompetent at crowd control. I was there when they killed my classmate Torie during our junior year at Emerson College for merely standing around on a sidewalk during a Red Sox victory celebration. Even though she was peaceful and unarmed, she was shot to death point blank range by a pepper spray bullet which left her bleeding out through her eyes and dying in the street. The police commissioner Kathleen O'Toole blamed the crowd and not the cops (big surprise there), and gave the officer who killed her a reprimand with paid leave. You can read more about it here: [en.wikipedia.org] On another personal note, watching her parents take the stage at our graduation and tearfully accept her honorary diploma saying that they "would not have missed this day for anything" was one of the most heartbreaking things I have ever seen.
Minorjive on Justin. Evanfleischer.com. Occupy Boston is an impressive bit of DIY placed smack-dab in the modernist sweep of the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
Today saw lots of media there — as well as a Sunday, let’s-all-walk-in-the-town-plaza kind of crowd — both professional and amateur, one pair of whom were a pair of students from my alma mater conducting interviews with everyone in the camp for their … post-colonial studies class. They were kind enough to say they’ll be sharing their interviews with me, and you should see that — hopefully — soon. The camp itself was much more interesting and — simultaneously — not as exciting as I thought it would be. A lot of it is just waiting — and that’s fine. And it’s a bit like a college club fare sign-up, too — everyone has their little booth, lots of people stop to chat — and the only difference is, they live there. I recognized and introduced myself to Curt Nickish of WBUR, though I’m not quite sure he knew who I was.
As of this posting, @jessbidgood is at #OccupyBoston. Lots of police with big ass clubs getting in line on High Str.