OCCUPY WALL STREET

[nowandthen]

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https://www.facebook.com/occupydenver

[ruffryder]

Originally Posted by Toughy

Wells Fargo is eliminating it's free checking accounts except for those with $5,000 balances starting Nov 15 (in CA for sure....don't know about the rest of the country). You can still get a free savings if you transfer $75 bucks a month from your (not free) checking to your (free) savings. Both used to be free if you had direct deposit to checking and transfered the 75 to savings.

not true in Fl where I am. In fact they said they won't be charging for users to use the debit card. The only requirement for a free account is to have a savings account also and have $1 go to that everytime you use the debit card which you can transfer the funds back to checking if you want.

At least 20 arrested in Denver Occupy. http://www.9news.com/news/article/22...epper-sprayed-

[atomiczombie]

[SoNotHer]

Great photos and stories, folks. Thank you for posting them :-)

This is some of the most disturbing footage I've seen from the protests and a longer look at what happened to Scott Olsen. As they carried Olsen away and out of the line of fire, the brave protesters yelled back at the police, "Cowards."


http://abcnews.go.com/US/us-vets-suf...ry?id=14841972

[ruffryder]

[atomiczombie]

Originally Posted by ruffryder

I think that pic was ripped from an old incident in Oakland that happened in 2003.

[Cin]

Bruise: Occupy Oakland protester Shamus Collins claims he was shot with a rubber bullet as he went to the aid of injured Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen at a new encampment in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1cGar7n00


Here's someone whose been shot in the face by a rubber bullet at Occupy Oakland:http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1...Rubber-Bullets

[nowandthen]

[atomiczombie]

Originally Posted by nowandthen

Fixed your links:

[Cin]

Excerpts from Article from Daily Kos - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1...via=siderecent

At the Occupy Denver rally, the Police decided to send out riot police to 'crack down' on the protesters and clear the square.
I filmed and photographed the people in attendance, people of all ages and walks of life - all there to peacefully protest and march. In fact as you can see in this video, the speakers spoke out forcefully about remaining non-violent. At the end of the video is a group of kids I included that were there to protest but also to have fun - expressing their freedom of speech and assembly -part of being a free American citizen.
I included them because, well, LMFAO is awesome, and these kids were near the front of the capitol where the Riot police were standing. I assume they were met with the same force. I hope they are OK.
And watch the people in the video, young and old, including mothers with infants and Vets - were these people deserving of this?



here was the police's reaction to the request to occupy the steps of the Capitol


Was that necessary for a lady wanting a job?


A vet?


A mother and child?


this dangerous mob of regular folks?


This is the guy who was trying to explain to the police that their permit included the Capitol Steps.


These regular cops were polite, and even when the first riot police arrived, it seemed innocuous.

I left the rally then, frankly because the speakers doing the Mic Checks were telling the people that there would be no march up the Steps and that everyone should keep protesting back at Veterans Park.
So what happened Denver Police - Tell me why these people deserved bully clubs, guns and riot gear?

[MsMerrick]

Sorry if someone already posted this ?
I heard this guy, this morning on Mark Riley's Show, Radio 1600 AM or http://www.wwrl1600.com/ . ANd had to check out the Youtube. Perhaps what was even more speical, in the interview, he explains how many generations of his family have been in the Armed Forces, including the Police Department..So, unlike me..who grew up in a Liberal Pinko Anti - War , kind of Household.. He comes from a very different background . This is teh full version, well worth sitting through all of it...

I guess i don;t have the embedding "thing" down exactly but .. I think you can access the link : )

[SoNotHer]

Sgt. Shamar Thomas has been on the thread, but it's worth a repost. He tells the police that 'this is not a combat zone and that there is no honor in hurting them (the protestors).' He's amazing. The link to the video works, but here it is again:

Originally Posted by MsMerrick

Sorry if someone already posted this ?
I heard this guy, this morning on Mark Riley's Show, Radio 1600 AM or http://www.wwrl1600.com/ . ANd had to check out the Youtube. Perhaps what was even more speical, in the interview, he explains how many generations of his family have been in the Armed Forces, including the Police Department..So, unlike me..who grew up in a Liberal Pinko Anti - War , kind of Household.. He comes from a very different background . This is teh full version, well worth sitting through all of it...

I guess i don;t have the embedding "thing" down exactly but .. I think you can access the link : )

[Cin]

Take Five Minutes of Your Day to Keep Wall Street Occupied With This Amazing At-Home Activism Plan

[SoNotHer]

Good videos and question. The more brutal and violent the police response, the more I realize how much we've lost en route to this place.

Originally Posted by Miss Tick

Excerpts from Article from Daily Kos - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/1...via=siderecent

At the Occupy Denver rally, the Police decided to send out riot police to 'crack down' on the protesters and clear the square.
I filmed and photographed the people in attendance, people of all ages and walks of life - all there to peacefully protest and march. In fact as you can see in this video, the speakers spoke out forcefully about remaining non-violent. At the end of the video is a group of kids I included that were there to protest but also to have fun - expressing their freedom of speech and assembly -part of being a free American citizen.
I included them because, well, LMFAO is awesome, and these kids were near the front of the capitol where the Riot police were standing. I assume they were met with the same force. I hope they are OK.
And watch the people in the video, young and old, including mothers with infants and Vets - were these people deserving of this?



here was the police's reaction to the request to occupy the steps of the Capitol


Was that necessary for a lady wanting a job?


A vet?


A mother and child?


this dangerous mob of regular folks?


This is the guy who was trying to explain to the police that their permit included the Capitol Steps.


These regular cops were polite, and even when the first riot police arrived, it seemed innocuous.

I left the rally then, frankly because the speakers doing the Mic Checks were telling the people that there would be no march up the Steps and that everyone should keep protesting back at Veterans Park.
So what happened Denver Police - Tell me why these people deserved bully clubs, guns and riot gear?

[theoddz]

I have to share this with you good folks.

It is really so true, and shocking.

It was on Facebook today, shared by one of my "liked" groups, "Americans Against the Tea Party".



~Theo~