Occupy Seattle - Counter-Protest Westboro Baptist Church Funeral Picket

Aerianne · Nov 2, 2011

A march currently going on in Seattle is experiencing interaction with police.

Watch Seattle's livestream http://www.livestream.com/owsoccupyseattle

Monkey Boy · Nov 2, 2011

Cool, I was thinking about checking this out today.

Aerianne · Nov 2, 2011

They had some incidents of people being pepper sprayed just a little while ago but things seem okay for now.

Aerianne · Nov 2, 2011

Nov. 2nd - POLICE INDISCRIMINATELY PEPPER SPRAY PROTESTERS AT OCCUPY SEATTLE
akumyo :
UPDATE at 7:08 PM: Cops are getting nasty, armed with pepper spray and what appear to be rubber bullet guns. Police pushed through the human chain a few moments ago with their bicycles and began indiscriminately pepper spraying into the crowd of people, Goldy reports. Protesters are trying to clean out their eyes, including one victim who says he was standing back simply videotaping, when the cop pepper sprayed him and the surrounding demonstrators. Goldy points out that nobody was arrested—no clear law broken—but rather just a chance to pepper spray people (even those who weren’t in the human chain).Meanwhile, several dozen cops are standing on Pike Street, some of whom have rubber bullet guns. Asked what the guns shoot, one cop said it fired “flowers.”

UPDATE at 7:45 PM: As rain pelts down in heavy wind, the night wears on, and regular blasts of pepper spray begin to take their toll, the crowd has thinned to about 50 people. There aren’t enough people to maintain the human chain anymore, but they stand near the hotel entrance on Pike Street. When people want to leave the hotel, Goldy reports, a few police push their bikes into the crowd as barricades and then pepper spray everyone in the crowd. This has happened several times now. There’s a makeshift clinic across the street where pepper spray victims are having their eyes rinsed out (it reportedly begins to help after 20 minutes). One woman at the clinic says it was “like having habanero rubbed your eyballs.”

Holy shit this isn’t cool.
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http://axelssonkatt.tumblr.com/post/12270964876/police-indiscriminately-pepper-spray-protesters-at

Aerianne · Nov 16, 2011

Several Occupy Seattle protesters, including an 84-year-old woman, were doused with pepper spray by the police on Tuesday night, Nov. 15, 2011.

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http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/20...d-deployed-against-occupy-seattle-protesters/

Tyrsonswood · Nov 16, 2011

Police state.......

Aerianne · Nov 16, 2011

Tyrsonswood said:

Police state.......
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Yes, and it is being sneaked in under the noses of those members of society who view the Occupy Movement as nothing more than a meaningless annoyance.

Tyrsonswood · Nov 16, 2011

You should see what the tea baggers say in comments on Yahoo news...... Or then again maybe you shouldn't.

Aerianne · Nov 16, 2011

Tyrsonswood said:

You should see what the tea baggers say in comments on Yahoo news...... Or then again maybe you shouldn't.
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While collecting these stories, I see tons of comments from people who have chosen a position of opposition to the movement. My thoughts about them differ from my thoughts about those who just haven't yet learned much about the movement.

broony · Nov 18, 2011

Seattle is a awesome city. The people wont give in.

Aerianne · Nov 22, 2011

Occupy Seattle Protester Claims Police Caused Her Miscarriage

A pregnant woman who was pepper sprayed during the Occupy Seattle protests in the US claims she had a miscarriage five days later as a result of injuries allegedly inflicted by the police.

Jennifer Fox, 19, claims that she was also struck in the stomach twice – once by a police officer's foot and once by an officer's bicycle – as police moved in to disperse marchers on 15 November.
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Fox told the Stranger blog : "I was standing in the middle of the crowd when the police started moving in. I was screaming, 'I am pregnant, I am pregnant. Let me through. I am trying to get out.' " It was at that point, she said, that one officer lifted his foot and hit her in the stomach and another pushed his bicycle in the crowd, again hitting her in the stomach. She did not state whether she thought their actions were deliberate.

"Right before I turned, both cops lifted their pepper spray and sprayed me," she continued. "My eyes puffed up and my eyes swelled shut."

Video of Fox in distress at the protests was posted online on Tuesday. She can be seen telling people who have come to her assistance "I can't see" and wailing.

Fox told the blog that she had been three months pregnant. She said an ultrasound at the Harborview medical centre that night did not indicate any problems but, on Sunday, she started getting sick, suffering cramps and feeling as if she was going to pass out. She went back to the medical centre where, she said, "They diagnosed that I was having a miscarriage. They said the damage was from the kick and that the pepper spray got to it [the foetus], too."
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/22/occupy-seattle-protester-miscarriage

Aerianne · Nov 23, 2011

Occupy Seattle To Occupy Wal-Mart

On Friday, November 25th, Occupy Seattle will join Occupy Tacoma, Occupy Bellingham and Occupy Everett in a statewide protest at Wal-Mart in Renton at 2:00pm.
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Read more: http://occupywallst.org/article/occupy-seattle-occupies-wal-mart/

Aerianne · Dec 3, 2011

Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupations

Last night, undeterred by the city’s destruction of their original encampment, hundreds of Occupy Seattle supporters occupied a vacant warehouse slated for demolition and condo development. After entering, Occupiers erected barricades, held a General Assembly, and began plans to fix up the space for community use.

Using SWAT teams and a ladder truck, police swarmed the warehouse, making 20 arrests and setting an unsettling precedent for the escalating use of military-style tactics against nonviolent occupiers who are liberating public space.

Occupy Seattle is currently holding a jail solidarity action in front of the King County jail and are requesting all their supporters show up!

Like similar building occupations across the country and the globe, Seattle’s occupation of the 10th and Union warehouse signals a new stage of the Occupy movement. Facing a coordinated crackdown on public encampments, occupiers are moving indoors.

In the lead up to December 6th, the National Day of Action to Occupy Our Homes , Occupations from Los Angeles to Minneapolis to Atlanta to Boston are turning empty and unused buildings into commonly-held resources for our communities, and defending homes from foreclosure and forcible eviction.

More: http://thestockmarketwatch.com/stoc...ttle-joins-wave-of-building-occupations/16238

Aerianne · Dec 9, 2011

Eviction Deadline For Occupy Seattle Central Community College

Friday is the deadline for Occupy Seattle demonstrators to fold their tents and leave the Seattle Central Community College campus.

The college gave them a 72-hour eviction notice Tuesday because of health and safety concerns about the camp.

Occupy Seattle is challenging the court decision that requires them to vacate the campus Friday. On their website, Occupy Seattle states it will have a 24-hour "teach-in" that begins Friday at noon. It doesn't specify where, but it does say the event will provide civil disobedience training, along with lessons on restorative justice and other subjects.
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http://www.king5.com/news/local/Evi...upy-Seattle-at-Seattle-Central-135315158.html

Boxcarbobby · Dec 10, 2011

I'm really sorry the campus didn't work out, but I knew the dead weight would be a little too much for that environment. Something must be done about the uninvolved non-protesters who mill about the encampment to mooch and celebrate. Occupy has no use for leeches, and the visibility of the drug abuse perpetrated by the same group of free-riders was just not appropriate. Perhaps it is time to cull the wheat from the chaff. Regroup without the dead weight.

Aerianne · Feb 10, 2012

Occupy Seattle: Counter-Protest Westboro Baptist Church's Picketline at Murdered Boys' Funeral

Occupy Seattle is counter-protesting the Westboro Baptist Church's demonstration at the funeral of the two murdered boys in Washington State.

This just in from Seattle Occupy:

On Saturday, February 11th a memorial will be held at Life Center Church for the community in mourning after the brutal slayings of Charlie and Braden Powell, ages 7 and 5 by their father Josh Powell. As the Cox and Powell families and the community as a whole expresses their grief and attempts to heal after this horrific tragedy, Westboro Baptist Church, made famous by their slogan “God Hates Fags”, has decided to capitalize on these sad events by bringing their unique brand of hate to Washington.

Margie Phelps, a prominent member of the church, has informed the world via Twitter that they will be demonstrating at the funeral of these boys.

Occupiers join in the grief of this community that has been rent apart by this recent tragedy, and oppose WBC in their attempt to further their bigoted agenda. A call to action has been issued: we must shield the family from their disruption.

While the Phelps clan will arrive in order to shock and dismay funeral-goers with their slogans of hate, organizers are calling for Occupiers and all Washingtonians in the Seattle/Tacoma metropolitan area to come to the location of the service, not to disrupt it, but to protect it from Westboro’s abhorrent message.

The service starts at 11AM, so counterprotesters, should they choose to attend, should arrive early, around 9:30 to 10:00AM in order to screen mourners from WBC.
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http://theskanner.com/article/Occup...icketline-at-Murdered-Boys-Funeral-2012-02-09

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