27-01-2012, 10:27 PM
Video: 26 Reportedly Arrested At Occupy Wall Street Foreclosure Auction Blockade
A screenshot from a video taken at Brooklyn Supreme Court today, showing a police officer confiscating a protesters phone
As Yogi Berra might say, it's deja vu all over again: over 25 Occupy Wall Street protesters have been arrested today at a foreclosure auction protest in Brooklyn this afternoon. According to John Knefel, over 80 people crammed into Brooklyn Supreme Court to sing songs and blockade the foreclosure sales, and it seemingly worked: "4 cops just said the auction was cancelled. #ows now being forced to leave. could it be a ruse? #blockade." Check out a video of protesters singing in the courthouse here, and below.
As people are being asked to leave the courthouse, Knefel just tweeted that confusion still reigns: "Update: just spoke w someone who was in court before, said that the auction DID keep happening. #ows #blockade...Court officer I just spoke w wouldn't confirm one way or the other. Said to ask people leaving what they "felt" happened." OWS protesters have been involved with trying to help homeless families hold onto foreclosed homes around Brooklyn since late last year.
According to Anonymous Oakland, the blockade was at least partially successful: "Foreclosure auction in Brooklyn disrupted, 26 reported arrests, only 1 of 4 homes sold. #blockade #OWS." We'll update as information becomes more clear.
A screenshot from a video taken at Brooklyn Supreme Court today, showing a police officer confiscating a protesters phone
As Yogi Berra might say, it's deja vu all over again: over 25 Occupy Wall Street protesters have been arrested today at a foreclosure auction protest in Brooklyn this afternoon. According to John Knefel, over 80 people crammed into Brooklyn Supreme Court to sing songs and blockade the foreclosure sales, and it seemingly worked: "4 cops just said the auction was cancelled. #ows now being forced to leave. could it be a ruse? #blockade." Check out a video of protesters singing in the courthouse here, and below.
As people are being asked to leave the courthouse, Knefel just tweeted that confusion still reigns: "Update: just spoke w someone who was in court before, said that the auction DID keep happening. #ows #blockade...Court officer I just spoke w wouldn't confirm one way or the other. Said to ask people leaving what they "felt" happened." OWS protesters have been involved with trying to help homeless families hold onto foreclosed homes around Brooklyn since late last year.
According to Anonymous Oakland, the blockade was at least partially successful: "Foreclosure auction in Brooklyn disrupted, 26 reported arrests, only 1 of 4 homes sold. #blockade #OWS." We'll update as information becomes more clear.
"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