occupy rochester: 32 protesters arrested 22
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it was a long morning in court for protesters arrested during friday night039s occupy rochesterquotwe made sure we were prepared for it it039s what i expected it to bequot said owen arthur protesterin all 32 protesters were arrested and arraigned in city court friday night many posted about a 200 bail pleaded not guilty and were issued a next court datequoti don039t know why it was such a problem to be there we weren039t trying to cause any harm to anybody it was a peaceful protest trying to get our message outquot said arthurmost who were arrested felt it was unfair for the city to enforce its 11 pm curfew at washington square park during their protestquotit039s kinda frustrating that rochester is the first city in new york to expel peaceful protesters from a park in this situationquot said alex white protesterquoti039m calling out mayor richards right now he needs to get on board with this because he has been the first mayor in new york state to forcibly evict and occupationquot said dj krause protesterrit photojournalism student jonathan foster was also hauled off to jail he was cover the event for his school039s magazinequoti tried to make it very apparent i wore the shirt for the magazine i work for over my jacket it says 039reporter039 across my chestquot said foster quoti was acting within the range of other media actions there and i was treated that wayquotbefore friday night039s protest the city released a statement reiterating its code and policy city officials say while they support first amendment rights they have a responsibility to ensure demonstrators respect the rights of all citizens to have access to public facilities and that health and safety of all citizens are protectedcity of rochester responds to protest arrestsstatement by mayor thomas s richards on protest arrests saturday oct 30 2011 - i would like to commend police chief james sheppard and the men and women of the rochester police department for their professional and courteous management of the situation at washington square park last night enforcing the law especially among large crowds is a difficult task as we stated yesterday the city supports our citizens039 first amendment rights and we have always provided many opportunities for the safe exercise of those rights we always try and work with those who want to use city streets and public areas for demonstrations and marches whether by issuing permits or providing safe passage for such activities last night we reached out to the demonstrators to communicate the city039s cooperation with their protest march and to reiterate the city039s code policies and laws regarding usage of the park we issued a public statement to media we posted the law and ordinances on oversized signs at each entrance of washington square park those signs were torn down and destroyed we then handed out flyers with the same information to those in the park chief sheppard personally addressed the individuals in the park several times informing them of the city039s intent to enforce the law before any enforcement activity took place the chief again warned those in the park and gave them ample time to vacate we wanted to ensure that anyone in the park had clear information of what would occur those who chose to stay chose to be arrested to their credit it was an orderly process with chief sheppard personally making the arrests as mayor it is my responsibility to ensure that demonstrators respect the right of all citizens to have access to public facilities and that the health and safety of all citizens is protected the laws and ordinances of the city of rochester prohibit camping and establish the hours of operation in our city parks those policies and regulations have been developed over time to ensure that public health safety and very importantly public access to such areas is maintained a march on public sidewalks must still allow for other pedestrians who have every right to use the sidewalks traffic devices must be obeyed as those using our streets have a right to pass through our city public areas are meant for use by the entire public and not for the few washington square park was meant for public use and enjoyment and not to be covered in tents or to be lived in selective enforcement in other cities has lead to confusion and confrontation the city will continue to welcome the first amendment activities of citizens who want to voice their concerns to their government however we ask in turn that those who engage in such activity respect the rights of others and respect the free access to public spaces for all of our citizenshttp:occupyrochesterorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

occupy seattle: police pepper spray protesters raw video
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several hundred occupy seattle demonstrators protested in the rain wednesday night outside a hotel where a bank official was speaking - as tense police in riot gear surrounded themthe protesters were demanding an apology from jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon for bank practices they say have caused hardship and suffering for americansat least two people were arrested during the nighttime protest witnesses saidthe protesters chanted in the rain outside the downtown sheraton hotel where dimon was speaking inside at a university of washington foster school of business leadership celebrationoccupy seattle demonstrators say dimon is an example of an overpaid executive responsible for foreclosures and questionable corporate behaviorsome protesters reportedly were trying to force their way inside the hotel so they could speak directly with dimon - but they were unsuccessful and dimon never came out to speak to themthe rally and protest outside the sheraton hotel came a few hours after six occupy seattle protesters were arrested when they refused to leave a chase bank branch on capitol hillwitnesses said the earlier incident began around 2:15 pm when protesters marched from seattle central community college and set up at the corner of east thomas street and broadway in front of a chase bank branchseattle police blocked the bank entrance - but a few managed to get inside they were laying on their backs with their arms locked together blocking customers from reaching tellersan occupy seattle press release sent later in the afternoon stated that their intent was to quotinterrupt business as usualquot and promote their views on corporations and bankssix protesters who refused to leave were arrested but when police tried to take them away other protesters stormed the street - blocking police carsa confrontation ensued and police spokesman jeff kappel said officers had to use pepper spray on the crowdhttp:occupyseattleorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

occupy oakland: protesters make their voices heard at city council meeting abc7
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hundreds packed oakland city hall for an emotional and loud city council meeting on the occupy protests meanwhile members of the movement disavowed themselves from thursday morning039s violencehttp:occupyoaklandorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

uc davis protestors pepper sprayed
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friday nov 18th at 4:54 pmpolice pepper spray students who refused to move out of the way

quotron paul seems to be the only one talking about the occupy wall street protestquot
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october 09 2011 cnn http:moxnewscom

quotthis is voter suppressionquot wisconsin state senator lena taylor
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may 20 2011 msnbc http:moxnewscom

occupy raleigh: police arrest 8 protesters camera 1
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police arrested eight occupy raleigh members thursday after they refused to move off of the sidewalk in front of the state capital buildingthey are charged with second-degree trespassing and as members try to raise bond to free those who were arrested supporters have been protesting their arrestsaccording to police the protestors were blocking the sidewalk with chairs signs and debris but protestors say it039s their right to be therequotthe public sidewalks and the capitol the lands that belong to the people belong to the people and it039s unjust for them to be ordered off the sidewalk to shutdown freedom of speechquot protestor eddy samara saidamong those arrested was margaret schucker a woman who says she is disabled and she has a handicap decal she says she has chronic lower back pain and she refused to get up from her chair and was removed by officersschucker was charged and released hours laterquotas a handicapped person i believe that i had a right to sit on a chair and if it wasn039t legally wrong it was at least morally wrong for two officers to drag me out of the chairquot she saidcapitol police say they gave her the opportunity to move and officers took the correct actionquotwe expressed to them the general rule that the sidewalk be cleared of any chairsquot chief scoot hunter said quotand of course they refused to move and was arrested there were no obvious signs of handicap that would keep them from moving or walkingquotthe latest round of arrests related to the occupy raleigh movement comes after 20 people were arrested outside the state capitol on october 15 protestors say they039re not giving up their fight for economic justice some say they are returning to the state capitol fridayhttp:occupyraleighorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscomoriginal video uploaded by http:wwwyoutubecomreasontorecord

occupy seattle: protesters target chase ceo
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several hundred occupy seattle demonstrators protested in the rain wednesday night outside a hotel where a bank official was speaking - as tense police in riot gear surrounded themthe protesters were demanding an apology from jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon for bank practices they say have caused hardship and suffering for americansat least two people were arrested during the nighttime protest witnesses saidthe protesters chanted in the rain outside the downtown sheraton hotel where dimon was speaking inside at a university of washington foster school of business leadership celebrationoccupy seattle demonstrators say dimon is an example of an overpaid executive responsible for foreclosures and questionable corporate behaviorsome protesters reportedly were trying to force their way inside the hotel so they could speak directly with dimon - but they were unsuccessful and dimon never came out to speak to themthe rally and protest outside the sheraton hotel came a few hours after six occupy seattle protesters were arrested when they refused to leave a chase bank branch on capitol hillwitnesses said the earlier incident began around 2:15 pm when protesters marched from seattle central community college and set up at the corner of east thomas street and broadway in front of a chase bank branchseattle police blocked the bank entrance - but a few managed to get inside they were laying on their backs with their arms locked together blocking customers from reaching tellersan occupy seattle press release sent later in the afternoon stated that their intent was to quotinterrupt business as usualquot and promote their views on corporations and bankssix protesters who refused to leave were arrested but when police tried to take them away other protesters stormed the street - blocking police carsa confrontation ensued and police spokesman jeff kappel said officers had to use pepper spray on the crowdhttp:occupyseattleorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

foo fighters sing to westboro in counter-protest
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westboro baptist church received a unique counter-protest friday a serenade from the foo fighters in front of the sprint center in kansas city mo

felonious munk presents: stop it b occupy wall street we already do
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munk039s thoughts on occupy wall street and the response to the protests http:stopitbcom

occupy wall street: arrests at duarte square
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12172011the occupy wall street movement today marked its three-month anniversary by storming another new york park in an attempt to find a new homehundreds of demonstrators members of the clergy and elected officials descended on duarte park in the west soho neighbourhood of new york using a wooden ladder to scale a chain-link fence leading to a church-owned lot they039re eyeing as a new campsiteat least 50 people have been arrested thus far in duarte square park on the three month anniversary of the movement police said the park is owned by trinity wall street churchhttp:occupywallstreetorghttp:occupywallstorghttp:occupytogetherorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

occupy wall street: arrests at duarte square raw video
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12172011police arrest occupy wall street protesters attempting to take over an empty lot in manhattanhttp:occupywallstreetorghttp:occupywallstorghttp:occupytogetherorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

occupy oakland: city press conference on port shutdown
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12122011http:occupyoaklandorghttp:leaksourcewordpresscom

police brutally arrest occupy riverside protesters
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riverside police brutally arrested 11 quotoccupy riversidequot protesters near city hall on sunday afternoon november 6 courtesy frank barilone jrhttp:wwwyoutubecomuserfbjr222

dennis kucinich quotthis is freedom this is america this is something we ought to celebratequot
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october 05 2011 news corp http:moxnewscom