Occupy Wall Street
Publisher: newser
28 Jan 2012
DC to Occupy No More Camping – The National Park Service will enforce rules beginning Monday
One of the Occupy movement's longest-standing camps will soon no longer be a place to lay your head: Occupy DC protesters will be banned from camping in the two parks they have occupied since October as of noon on Monday. The National Park Service has alerted the demonstrators they must stop camping in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, both blocks away from the White House, reports Reuters. There are as many as 100 protesters currently living in McPherson Square.
Publisher: LA Times
25 Dec 2011
L.A. might sue Occupy L.A. protesters for financial damages
Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is considering a lawsuit against Occupy L.A. protesters to reimburse the city for damage caused during the occupation of the City Hall lawn. "The city is contemplating any and all of its options," said William Carter, Trutanich's chief deputy. The two-month encampment cost the city at least $2.35 million, not counting repairs to the lawn and fountain outside City Hall, according to a report issued Friday.
Publisher: GlobalPost
23 Dec 2011
Occupy Wall Street – Where did all the money go
In between facing off with riot police over tent cities and disrupting port traffic along the West Coast, Occupy protesters have managed to rake in some serious cash. But as protesters nationwide are evicted and cold weather sets in, recently released data from Occupy Wall Street in New York shows donations there have begun to dwindle. That could suggest public support is waning without the visible reminder of a public campsite to keep people engaged.
Publisher: WestWorld
Author: Keith Olbermann
21 Dec 2011
Occupy Denver: Ben Meyer recounts the raid of the encampment and outlines what’s next for the movement
For every violent overreaction by authorities at Occupy Wall Street, or Occupy Oakland, there have been many Occupy camps that were met with understanding and respect for the protesters' First Amendment rights. It appears that understanding and respect have a shelf life of two months. The city of Denver ignored peaceful negotiations with the protesters there and instead resorted to what turned out to be a fiery raid.
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Author: NY1.com
19 Dec 2011
Protesters Arrested While Seeking New Camp
More than 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested Saturday while trying to take over a new public space in TriBeCa for their movement. Elsewhere, about 200 marchers made their way up Seventh Avenue under a heavy police presence. The arrests came during an all-day protest in city-owned Duarte Square to mark the three months since the movement started. The protesters want to set up camp in an adjacent fenced-in lot owned by Trinity Church.
Publisher: LA Times
19 Dec 2011
Occupy protesters arrested; is this their last push until spring
More than 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters reportedly were arrested Saturday as they tried to make a vacant lot adjacent to New York's Duarte Square into their new Zuccotti Park. At least one report says this could be the movement's last hurrah before spring. Hundreds of Occupy protesters were on the march Saturday. They were stopped by police after using a wooden ladder to climb over a chain-link fence into a lot owned by Trinity Church, Reuters reports
Publisher: The Washington Post
18 Dec 2011
As Occupy D.C. movement grows, so does tension
Occupy Wall Street went down last month. Then came Philadelphia and Baltimore. As officials shut down Occupy encampments across the country, protesters streamed into the District, eager to join the movement in the nation s capital, which has so far enjoyed protection from supportive local and national police.
Publisher: latimes.com
1 Dec 2011
LAPD too violent, some Occupy L.A. protesters allege
Los Angeles police are being praised for their planning, outreach and judicious use of force in ousting the Occupy L.A. encampment Wednesday morning, but a few protesters are reporting more physical confrontations with some of the 1,400 officers. In a KCAL 9 video, now posted on YouTube, Tyson Heder, 25, was taking pictures of the eviction, when a police officer shoved him away. The video showed Heder then standing up, yelling at the officer, then being forced to the ground by several policemen.
Publisher: nytimes.com
27 Nov 2011
For Occupying Protesters, Deadlines and Decisions
"Cooperative" is the word usually used here to describe the relationship between the campers of Occupy Philadelphia and the city, a birthplace of the constitutional right to free speech and assembly. The arguments and arrests that have occurred at protests in New York and other cities have been largely absent. Mayor Michael A. Nutter even visited the encampment on its first night and pledged to work with the movement when possible. But the limits of that cooperation are about to be tested. Following the example of other cities that have taken steps to evict the Occupy camps, Mr. Nutter, citing health and safety concerns and an imminent construction project, said the protesters must pack up and leave the steps of City Hall by Sunday evening.
Publisher: latimes.com
27 Nov 2011
Occupy L.A: Mayor, LAPD won’t discuss tactics for removal
L.A. officials have not revealed details -- or tactics -- of their plan to push out the Occupy campers on the City Hall lawn beginning Monday morning. At a press conference Friday, neither Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa nor Police Chief Charlie Beck would say whether police were prepared to use tear gas or rubber bullets to clear protesters who refuse to leave, tactics officers in other cities have turned to while clearing Occupy encampments.
Publisher: The Washington Post
16 Nov 2011
In Occupy movement, more trouble or change
The movement began as a protest of major economic and political issues, but lately the most divisive issue has become the protests themselves. The Occupy Wall Street encampments that formed across the country to spotlight crimes committed on Wall Street have become rife with problems of their own. There are sanitation hazards and drug overdoses, even occasional deaths and sexual assaults.
Publisher: Reuters
16 Nov 2011
Protesters converge on Berkeley, organizers vow to set up camp
Publisher: NYTimes.com
7 Nov 2011
Occupy Wall Street Protest Reaches a Crossroads
THE signs seemed to point toward the end of Occupy Wall Street. The day after the city stripped the protesters encamped in Lower Manhattan of their generators and fuel, the Northeast was hit with a bone-chilling snowstorm that blanketed their tents and tarps with sleet and ice, and left at least one protester hospitalized for hypothermia. Yet the encampment at Zuccotti Park endured.