Occupy Everywhere - Sept 17th - Day of Rage Against Wall Street and what it stands for!

[Peter Lemkin]

Almost too depressed to detail what happened the last 36 hours in NYC. The police and mayor billionblum pulled a real dirty one and got away with most of it. In the middle of the night they raided...giving a few a few minutes warning. Papers were passed around to SOME that they had ten minutes to leave and would be able to return and claim their property the next day. Then the police raided, pepper-spraying, beating, kicking and arresting many - taking all property and putting it in garbage trucks for destruction. The police even gave some items to trash men and stopped the real owners from trying to get them back from the trash men. Then at about 4 in the morning lawyers for the Occupy NYC got an injunction...with a hearing to be held at 11:30am. But the Mayor pulled a trick and forced a change of Judges to one that he had in his pocket and that judge finally ruled they could be in the park, but have NO tents, covers, pillows, tables, food areas, communication areas, etc. In effect, they could be there but do nothing. The lie of the returned items taken and destroyed was also clear by yesterday. Now, to even enter the park one has to go through an airport-like search and large bags are not allowed in NO MATTER what is inside. It makes me sick. About half a million dollars in property were destroyed, a growing village was destroyed and the police state marched all over the rights of millions who supported OWS. Two months of loving work were wiped out. There was much more that happened and legal efforts...but in the end I feel the bad guys won this round.