Occupy Los Angeles

Aerianne · Nov 30, 2011

More On The Occupy L. A. Raid

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear, cleared the Occupy Los Angeles camp early Wednesday, driving protesters from a park around City Hall and arresting more than 200 who defied orders to leave.
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Police used a cherry picker to pluck five men from trees. Two others were in a tree house — one wore a crown and another taunted police with an American flag.
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Beanbags fired from shotguns were used to subdue the final three protesters in a makeshift tree house outside Los Angeles City Hall, police Cmdr. Andrew Smith said, describing it as a minor use of force incident. No serious injuries were reported.
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There were no injuries and no drugs or weapons were found during a search of the emptied camp
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http://www.news-gazette.com/news/co...ested-occupy-la-52-arrested-philadelphia.html

Rugor · Nov 30, 2011

Skip said:

You see what the Senate just passed?!!! A new law that allows the gov't to detain anyone indefinitely without charge!!! You could just "disappear" and never been seen again, and never get a day in court...
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????? what??? link? how could something like that pass? what is it called? i'll will go read about it. I never knew some law like that was going to senate? would not that be all over the news? how can they pass something like that and almost nobody knows about it????

skip · Nov 30, 2011

It's another thread here:
http://www.hipforums.com/modules/News/showarticle.php?threadid=440312

Aerianne · Dec 1, 2011

City Officials Try To Save Occupy L.A. Mural

City officials are in the process of figuring out a future for a large mural in the center of City Hall park, which served as a gathering spot for protesters during the 58-day Occupy L.A. demonstration.

Olga Garay-English, the executive director of the city's Department of Cultural Affairs, said she received a call from the mayor's office Wednesday afternoon about the mural.

"The mayor's office recognizes that this has historical significance so we're working together to make sure that we come up with a good and appropriate solution," she said.

The plywood was originally meant to protect a historic white marble fountain, built in 1933 and restored in 2006. The fountain is dedicated to Frank Putnam Flint, a United States senator who helped initiate construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

One side of the plywood now features a large purple octopus, with a crown of the Federal Reserve building, its tentacles clutching a circular ball with a home inside of it.

Garay-English said the mural appears to be a group effort, and is "in the spirit of what's been happening out there."

"Maybe storing it isn't the only option," she said. "It would be interesting to work with an organization here to display it."

Others in the art community felt that the mural should be preserved as well.

Carol Wells, the executive director for the Center for the Study of Political Graphics based in Los Angeles, said the mural will be a "tangible reminder of this movement."
"For that reason alone, I think it must be preserved," she said.

Judy Baca, the founder of the Social and Public Art Resource Center, a community arts center in Venice, said it could be difficult to find a home for the mural because of its size, but floated around possible options such as a school, art gallery or even, she joked, the side of a bank building.

"It's a piece of artwork, exactly for the moment we're living," she said.
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/12/city-officials-try-to-save-occupy-la-mural.html

Tyrsonswood · Dec 1, 2011

Nice concept..... Should be saved and displayed proudly, hopefully not in a back ally somewhere. It needs to be somewhere highly visible.

(probably should have a protective clear coating of some type)

Aerianne · Dec 2, 2011

187 Held For 3 Days Without Being Charged, Have Been Released.

The Los Angeles city attorney's office says 46 people arrested during the police raid on the Occupy LA camp have been charged with misdemeanor crimes.

Criminal Division Chief Earl Thomas tells City News Service Friday that all 46 were charged with failure to disperse from an unlawful assembly and some also were charged with resisting arrest.

A total of 291 people were arrested during the pre-dawn raid Wednesday.

Thomas says 58 had already posted bail or were released by police.

An additional 187 protesters without prior criminal records who were accused of failing to disperse but not charged were released without bail.

One protester was charged with assault and battery on a peace officer and resisting arrest.

Bail amounts ranged from $5,000 for most of the defendants to as high as $20,000.

http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_19455113

Aerianne · Dec 2, 2011

LAPD Undercover Cops Infiltrated Occupy Camp For Weeks Before Raid

However, their significance was downplayed since so much of the Occupy meetings were public, information about protesters intentions were easily attained. LOL

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...s-infiltrated-occupy-la-camp-before-raid.html

zombiewolf · Dec 2, 2011

Aerianne said:

LAPD Undercover Cops Infiltrate.....
.....so much of the Occupy meetings were public, information about protesters intentions were easily attained. LOL
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Haha, some "infiltration"...all the cops had to do was show up!

Heh, "undercover"... do you think they wore a disguise?

Maybe they dressed as a socialist...:beatnik:

ZW

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