more video of greek riots 18 detained 4 police injured
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a communications truck was set on fire in central athens on tuesday and youths hurled rocks and fire bombs at riot police as a huge demonstration against new austerity measures descended into violence the demonstration was called by unions alongside a general strike that has brought the country to a standstill firefighters arrived on the scene to extinguish the blazing truck the second one to be set alight during tuesday039s riots tuesday039s clashes came at the start of a two-day strike called by unions furious that the new 28 billion euro 40 billion us dollar austerity program will slap taxes on minimum wage earners and other struggling greeks rt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnewsrt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

occupy wall street protesters take brooklyn bridge - 700 arrested hd
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occupy wallstreet protesters take brooklyn bridge - 700 arrested hdupdated 7:58 pm in a tense showdown above the east river the police arrested about 700 demonstrators from the occupy wall street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the brooklyn bridge on saturday afternoonthe police did not immediately release precise arrest figures but said it was the choice of those marchers that led to the swift enforcementquotprotesters who used the brooklyn bridge walkway were not arrestedquot said the head police spokesman paul j browne quotthose who took over the brooklyn-bound roadway and impeded vehicle traffic were arrestedquotbut many protesters said that they thought the police had tricked and trapped them allowing them onto the bridge and even escorting them across only to surround them in orange netting after hundreds of them had enteredquotthe cops watched and did nothing indeed seemed to guide us on to the roadwayquot said jesse a myerson a media coordinator for occupy wall street who was in the march but was not arrestedthings came to a head shortly after 4 pm as the 1500 or so marchers reached the foot of the brooklyn-bound car lanes of the bridge just east of city hallin their march north from zuccotti park in lower manhattan headquarters for the last two weeks of a protest movement against what demonstrators call inequities in the economic system they had stayed on the sidewalks forming a long column of humanity penned in by officers on scooterswhere the entrance to the bridge narrowed their path some marchers including organizers stuck to the generally agreed-upon route and headed up onto the wooden walkway that runs between and about 15 feet above the bridge039s traffic lanesbut about 20 others headed for the brooklyn-bound roadway said christopher t dunn of the new york civil liberties union who accompanied the march some of them chanted quottake the bridgequot they were met by a handful of high-level police supervisors who blocked the way and announced repeatedly through bullhorns that the marchers were blocking the roadway and that if they continued to do so they would be subject to arrestthere were no physical barriers though and at one point the marchers began walking up the roadway with the police commanders in front of them -- seeming from a distance as if they were leading the way the chief of department joseph j esposito and a horde of other white-shirted commanders was among them

brooklyn bridge protesters illegally ketteled video proof 700 illegal arrests
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brooklyn bridge protesters illegally ketteled video proof 700 illegal arrestsplease give full credits and subscribe to: http:wwwyoutubecomuserarthurkr222 this channel is leading the information war on these occupy protestsa debate has risen over whether the occupy wall street protesters deliberately crossed onto the roadway of the brooklyn bridge on saturday or were led there by the new york police department the below video catches the early moments of the protesters stepping onto the brooklyn bridge around 30 seconds in:protesters started marching up the pedestrian walk way over the bridge while others tried to take the traffic lane for a few minutes officers held the line and then they turned around and led the way up the traffic lane on the brooklyn bridge from what i saw no police told any of the protesters to leave until they created a barricade in front of the march about halfway through the bridge they then pulled vans and buses up to the back of the group and started arresting everyone occupy wall street protesters shut down part of the brooklyn bridge when marchers spilled onto the roadway from manhattan police arrested approximately 400 protesters while trying to clear the road and reopen the bridge to traffic saturday eveningit was estimated that more than a thousand protesters made their way to brooklyn bridge and several hundred walked in the eastbound car lanes stopping trafficquotthey were warned not to walk on the roadway the people that walked on the pedestrian walkway there was no issue the ones on vehicular roadway they chose to anyway and they were arrestedquot a police spokesperson saidthe nypd brought in off-duty mta buses to take those arrested away those arrested were expected to be charged with disorderly conduct and others may be charged with additional offensesbina ahmad a local attorney who works for palestinian refugee rights was at the march as a legal observer donning the bright green caps signifying a guild observer she said she saw police using unnecessary violence

us uncut crashes bank of america conference
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ever want to yell at 300 billionaires and millionaires who helped wreck the economy us uncut did just thatjoin ushttp:usuncutorghttp:wwwfacebookcomusauncuthttp:twittercomusuncutat bank of america039s first investor conference in three years 3811 organizers from us uncut crashed the event to protest corporate tax dodgers and public service cuts the room was packed with 300 hedge fund managers institutional investors ampamp asset managersthe video says it all with us uncut039s simple message:quotwhen corporations like bank of america don039t pay their fair share of taxes we have to 039cut039 teachers firefighters and public servantsquotquotdo you pay your taxes so do we why don039t corporations pay their fair share just like everyone elsequotquotbank of america is bad for america bank of america pockets billions in profits and bailouts but 0 in american taxes - that039s immoral and un-americanquotjoin us for action at wwwusuncutorg on facebook here and on twitter usuncut spread the word: usuncutthe revolution will be tweeted liked ampamp shared we the people win epicwwwusuncutorg usuncut usuncut

action video of greece riots as fire bombs stones fly in athens
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hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police across central athens on wednesday smashing cars and hurling gasoline bombs during a nationwide labour protest against the government039s latest austerity measures the former minister for development kostis hatzidakis was attacked by protesters outside a luxury hotel he was escorted bleeding from the scene as his attackers yelled quotthievesquot at himrt on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews rt on twitter: http:twittercomrt_com

nj police kill a man - then murder 1st amendment - riot police outnumber protesters
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nj police kill a man - then murder 1st amendment - riot police outnumber protestersfull credit too: http:wwwyoutubecomusercharlie4changein response to last week039s killing of barry deloatch at the hands of 2 new brunswick police officers demonstrators rallied at the site he was shot dead one of the rally039s organizers and an innocent bystander on her bicycle were arrested by an army of new brunswick police officers in riot gear for no good reasonthe investigating authorities still have not said why the officers killed deloatch shortly after midnight on september 22 nor have they released the officers039 namesvideo shot by sean monahan of new brunswickemotions ran very high wednesday night as people poured into ebenezer baptist church to discuss the recent fatal shooting of resident barry deloatch and the steps needed to go forward and progress from the tragedyhosted by the naacp several members of civic organizations the deloatch family and pastor gregory l wallace urged everyone in attendance to work together become active members of the community to make their voices heard and to see the fight through to ensure that they did not lose a family member in the futuredeloatch 46 a resident of new brunswick was shot and killed by a bullet to his left side on sept 22 following a pursuit by two police officers on throop avenuethe names of the officers have not been made publicthe middlesex county prosecutor039s office has said that it was determined that deloatch was not carrying a firearm at the time but investigations continue as to whether he was in possession of another weaponas of sept 29 the prosecutor039s office has not released additional information as to what that weapon may have been on a recording of police radio transmissions from the night of the shooting an officer is heard saying that deloatch was attempting to strike the officers with a stickbruce s morgan president of the new brunswick area naacp said talk and planning was just as important as taking action in order to formulate a successful plan to ensure that this is the quotlast event in town under these circumstancesquotquotwe039re here to helpquot he said quotwe stand with this familyquotnj riot police kill murder 1st freedom of speech occupy wall street chicago federal reserve new your city ny nyc protesters vs riot police brutality fail clash activists protesting uprising revolution revolt austerity military force strife conflict arrest violent errupts attacks burn fail

paul ryan exposes elite agenda quotstfuquot says banker
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hudge fund manager john taylor would like paul ryan to shut up about his cuts because this type of stuff should only be talked about quotbehind closed doorsquot the peons can039t know what the elite want to do to screw them overthis clip from the majority report live m-f at 12 noon est and via daily podcast at http:majorityfm

rt crew caught in athens tear gas chaos slammed by greek rioters
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follow latest updates on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews and twitter: http:twittercomrt_com rt film crew in athens got caught in the middle of violent street protests the cameraman has been slammed by a group of protesters while correspondent sara firth required medical assistance due to tear gas exposure

occupy london stock exchange - police turn violent on peaceful campers
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when are the police going to learn the eyes of the world are watchingthey got heavy handed with protesters setting up camp outside a london cathederal and only backed off and stopped their heavy handedness at the request of the local bishop who could not see a problem with people expressing their disgust at the banksoccupy everywhere

dramatic ground shots of athens riots mass scuffles in greece
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follow latest updates on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews and twitter: http:twittercomrt_com hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in central athens on wednesday as a major anti-austerity rally degenerated into violence outside the greek parliament the clashes continued as greek state media reported that the beleaguered socialist government has launched power-sharing talks with the main opposition conservatives

greece battles video: clashes firebombs as thousands march in athens
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thousands of protesters on thursday took part in an annual demonstration in the capital athens to commemorate 1973 crackdown on a student uprising by the military dictatorship that ruled greece from 1967 to 1974 some 7000 police - about one for every demonstrator - were monitoring the protest which comes at the height of a vicious financial crisis that has seen many violent demonstrations

greece clashes: video of fire bombs tear gas at athens mass protest
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follow latest updates on facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews and twitter: http:twittercomrt_com greek police have fired tear gas at protestors attempting to block off access to the parliament in athens over 20 thousand angry demonstators were trying to prevent mps from voting on new austerity measures needed to secure more bailout cash from the eu