01-01-2012, 05:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-01-2012, 02:46 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
Occupy-NYC has temporarily taken back Liberty Plaza and torn down most of the police barricades. I've been watching them there for about an hour...but just now the police are about to raid and they don't look like they are going to be very nice about it!.....more later. Happy New Year OWS!
So, few hours later [update]....Actually most, if not almost all left Liberty Park befere the Police chose to do anything [they likely felt they didn't have sufficient numbers to deal with the ~600-800 persons there], and they started a march up Broadway. Now seem to be headed toward Union Park - not sure. Police following them, but so far not able or willing to stop them. Oh, at Liberty Park the 'batsign' was there again with a large 99%, Happy New Year - The Future is Ours and other such light slogans on the buildings.
Occupy 2012 is what it looks like!
Second update at 3:00 EST [GMT+8]. Where the two livestreamers are, the police are trying again to stop and arrest the Occupy protest in the East Villiage of NYC, but most seem to have broken through Police lines and kettling nets - marching again. Destination unsure, think Union Square Park.
Update#3 Police let out some [or they slipped out], but are arresting others and have many contained at moment - telling them to leave - but giving them no means of leaving......typical of the Police, I'm afraid. Will wait until this is all over to update further...seems will be long and confusing. Only two livestreamers and many people in many places; many different things happening. At one point the police were definitely coming at one of the livestreamers to arrest him, but he slipped away with inches to spare....
Hard to know, but I think about 50 arrested in total over the night...maybe less. Here is one of the last videos from on livestreamer, here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19508535#...m=19508535
So, few hours later [update]....Actually most, if not almost all left Liberty Park befere the Police chose to do anything [they likely felt they didn't have sufficient numbers to deal with the ~600-800 persons there], and they started a march up Broadway. Now seem to be headed toward Union Park - not sure. Police following them, but so far not able or willing to stop them. Oh, at Liberty Park the 'batsign' was there again with a large 99%, Happy New Year - The Future is Ours and other such light slogans on the buildings.
Occupy 2012 is what it looks like!
Second update at 3:00 EST [GMT+8]. Where the two livestreamers are, the police are trying again to stop and arrest the Occupy protest in the East Villiage of NYC, but most seem to have broken through Police lines and kettling nets - marching again. Destination unsure, think Union Square Park.
Update#3 Police let out some [or they slipped out], but are arresting others and have many contained at moment - telling them to leave - but giving them no means of leaving......typical of the Police, I'm afraid. Will wait until this is all over to update further...seems will be long and confusing. Only two livestreamers and many people in many places; many different things happening. At one point the police were definitely coming at one of the livestreamers to arrest him, but he slipped away with inches to spare....
Hard to know, but I think about 50 arrested in total over the night...maybe less. Here is one of the last videos from on livestreamer, here: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19508535#...m=19508535
"Let me issue and control a nation's money and I care not who writes the laws. - Mayer Rothschild
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass