Sunday, October 16, 2011

70-plus Arrested in NYC Protest

Police say more than 70 people have been arrested in New York City during demonstrations against corporate greed, including 45 in Times Square. Two police officers suffered injuries and had to be hospitalized. (Oct. 15)

Friday, October 14, 2011

15 October - United for Global Change

FOCUS: Wall Street Occupation Goes Global Saturday

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NYPD attempts to stop Occupy Wall Street protesters as they walk on the Brooklyn Bridge. (photo: Occupy Wall Street)
Alastair MacDonald, Reuters
Alastair MacDonald reports: "For an October revolution, dress warm. That's the word going out - politely - on the Web to rally street protests on Saturday around the globe from New Zealand to Alaska via London, Frankfurt, Washington and, of course, New York, where the past month's Occupy Wall Street movement has inspired a worldwide yell of anger at banks and financiers. Only time will tell what a growing global social movement can muster, but the energy is discernible and the momentum remains in favor of a new kind of change."
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Live Coverage: Occupy Wall Street
Reader Supported News Special Coverage
The aim of #OCCUPYWALLSTREET is to draw protesters to New York's financial district in a non-violent protest to spark a mass movement against corporate dominance. While the corporate media ignores the protest, Reader Supported News will continue to report on the latest developments.
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Live Coverage: Occupy DC
Reader Supported News Special Coverage
The People's Uprisings seen around the world and in the United States have spread to Washington, DC. On Thursday, October 6, hundreds began a prolonged people's occupation of Freedom Plaza. Reader Supported News will provide special coverage of this event.
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Live Coverage: Occupy America
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The seed planted on September 17th in New York City has grown into a national and international movement. Occupy Wall Street has branched out into hundreds of groups organizing in their own communities. Reader Supported News will highlight some of the more significant actions from around the country here. Share this page with your friends and associates and come back often for the latest developments.
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Delay of NYC Park Cleanup Heartens Protesters

Owners of a NY plaza where protesters have camped out for a month decided Friday to delay cleaning it, sending up cheers from demonstrators who feared the plan was merely a pretext to evict them and said the victory emboldened their movement. (Oct. 14)

Controversial NYC Park Cleaning Postponed

The deputy mayor of New York City says a planned cleaning of the protest encampment in lower Manhattan has been postponed. The protesters had said the planned cleanup at 7 a.m. was merely a pretext to evict them. (Oct. 14)

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Salesman Turns 'Occupy Wall Street' Protester

Keith Hapip, Jr. is a young and successful car salesman from North Dakota who was so inspired by the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement he's joined protesters in New York. (Oct. 14)

Nation Waiting For Protesters To Clearly Articulate Demands Before Ignoring Them

October 12, 2011 | ISSUE 47•43

NEW YORK—As the Occupy Wall Street protest expands and grows into a nationwide movement, Americans are eagerly awaiting a list of demands from the group so they can then systematically disregard them and continue going about their business, polls showed this week. "The protesters need to unify around a shared agenda with precise policy goals so I can begin paying no attention to them whatsoever," said Tulsa, OK poll respondent Kaye Petrachonis, echoing the thoughts of millions across the country. "If they don’t have a clear power structure organized around specific demands first, then I'll never be able to completely tune them out due to a political conflict of interest or an inability to comprehend complex, detailed economic concepts. These people really need to get their act together." Once Occupy Wall Street has a concrete set of objectives in place, the majority of Americans said they would go back to waiting for the sluggish economy to recover while blindly accepting things the way they are.

A Videos Collage: Wall Street Occupy October 13

While I was videotaping interviews with protesters at Zuccotti Park, suddenly Dante's Inferno brought me to his times in Florence and what if he were here today, what he will write about Mayor Bloomberg flip floping about Wall Street Occupy. Probably he would have place Mayor Bloomberg with his head down in the inferno, as a symbol of a morally corrupt politician. Bloomberg would have served nicely as Dante’s prime antagonist in The Inferno. The following videos may be the last of Wall Street Occupy at Zuccotti Park.

Mr. Guerra is willing to be arrested if the NYPD by order from Mayor Bloomberg to actually bar him a a thousands of Wall Street Occuppiers tomorrow, October 14.


video by Rafael Martínez Alequín (Oct. 13-11)

NYS Assemblyman Guillermo at Zuccotti Park in support of the 99% of people protest at Zuccotti Park.


video by Rafael Martínez Alequín (Oct. 13-11)
An Al Jazzeera reporter from Wall Street Occupy

video by Rafael Martínez Alequín (Oct. 13-11)

The Chow Line At Zuccotti Park


video by Rafael Martínez Alequín (Oct. 13-11)

Fr. Bill Daniels, Episcopal Minister


video by Rafael Martínez Alequín (Oct. 10-11)

An activist from Southern California, Russell DelaCruz, reading his book at Zuccotti Park.


video by Rafael Martínez Alequín (Oct. 10-11)

NYPD Says Protesters Can’t Bring Belongings Back to Zuccotti Park After Cleaning

10/13/11 at 2:48 PM
NYPD Says Protesters Can’t Bring Belongings Back to Zuccotti Park After Cleaning

Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images

There's a face-off brewing between the city and the Occupy Wall Street protest, and it's less than 24 hours from boiling over. Last night Mayor Bloomberg made his first appearance at the demonstrations, alerting the occupants that they would be forced to temporarily vacate their home of nearly a month at the behest of Zuccotti Park owners Brookfield Properties. The group responded immediately, insisting that they would do the cleaning themselves beginning Friday morning: "If NYPD attempts to enter, we'll peacefully/non-violently stand our ground and those who are willing will get arrested." But the city's orders became even stricter today when NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly explained that, after the park is cleared and cleaned, protesters "won’t be able to bring back the gear, the sleeping bags, that sort of thing will not be able to be brought back into the park." That sure sounds like he's all set to end the occupation.

On their official website, the protest movement admits that "cleaning" has been used "to shut down peaceful occupations elsewhere," and acknowledges "that this is their attempt to shut down #OWS for good." In response, they've asked supporters to call Bloomberg to voice their support for a right to assembly, but they've also issued an emergency call to action, summoning sympathizers "to defend the occupation from eviction" beginning at 6 a.m. tomorrow.

In conclusion, they declare: "This is an occupation, not a permitted picnic."

Wall St. protesters will not be allowed to bring sleeping bags, tents back into park [NYP]
EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION: Prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street! [OWS]

We fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies

Thursday, October 13th 2011, 4:00 AM

Former Detective Stephen Anderson, seen here in 2009, is testifying under a cooperation agreement with prosecutors.
Willie Anderson/News
Former Detective Stephen Anderson, seen here in 2009, is testifying under a cooperation agreement with prosecutors.

Corruption scandal

A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas.

The bombshell testimony from Stephen Anderson is the first public account of the twisted culture behind the false arrests in the Brooklyn South and Queens narc squads, which led to the arrests of eight cops and a massive shakeup.

Anderson, testifying under a cooperation agreement with prosecutors, was busted for planting cocaine, a practice known as "flaking," on four men in a Queens bar in 2008 to help out fellow cop Henry Tavarez, whose buy-and-bust activity had been low.

"Tavarez was ... was worried about getting sent back [to patrol] and, you know, the supervisors getting on his case," he recounted at the corruption trial of Brooklyn South narcotics Detective Jason Arbeeny.

"I had decided to give him [Tavarez] the drugs to help him out so that he could say he had a buy," Anderson testified last week in Brooklyn Supreme Court.

He made clear he wasn't about to pass off the two legit arrests he had made in the bar to Tavarez.

"As a detective, you still have a number to reach while you are in the narcotics division," he said.

NYPD officials did not respond to a request for comment.

Anderson worked in the Queens and Brooklyn South narcotics squads and was called to the stand at Arbeeny's bench trial to show the illegal conduct wasn't limited to a single squad.

"Did you observe with some frequency this ... practice which is taking someone who was seemingly not guilty of a crime and laying the drugs on them?" Justice Gustin Reichbach asked Anderson.

"Yes, multiple times," he replied.

The judge pressed Anderson on whether he ever gave a thought to the damage he was inflicting on the innocent.

"It was something I was seeing a lot of, whether it was from supervisors or undercovers and even investigators," he said.

"It's almost like you have no emotion with it, that they attach the bodies to it, they're going to be out of jail tomorrow anyway; nothing is going to happen to them anyway."

The city paid $300,000 to settle a false arrest suit by Jose Colon and his brother Maximo, who were falsely arrested by Anderson and Tavarez. A surveillance tape inside the bar showed they had been framed.

A federal judge presiding over the suit said the NYPD's plagued by "widespread falsification" by arresting officers.

jmarzulli@nydailynews.com

At least a half-dozen poultry plants shut down or scaled back operations Wednesday and many other businesses closed as Hispanics in Alabama skipped work to protest the state's toughest-in-the-nation immigration law. (Oct. 12)

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Obama Seeks Approval Of 'Occupy Wall Street' Protestors By Punching Banker In The Face

October 12, 2011


President's Approval Rating Soars After Punching Wall Street Banker in Face

Early Polls Indicate 44% of Respondents Saying "It's about damn time" and 32% Wishing For A Kick Instead of Punch

NEW YORK, NY (October 12, 2011) - Apparently seeking to ride the wave of popular anger being expressed by the growing "Occupy Wall Street" movement, today President Obama punched an investment banker in the face.

The punch occurred during a White House meet-and-greet around noon. After a brief speech on tax reform, President Obama called investment banker Ron Milner to the podium and then, without provocation or warning, delivered what witnesses describe as a "haymaker" punch to Mr. Milner's jaw. "That's for ruining the economy, asshole," Mr. Obama remarked, then spit at Mr. Milner's feet and walked away.

Early polls indicate the President's punch is receiving widespread voter approval, with 44% of respondents telling survey-takers "It's about damn time one of those rich pricks got their teeth knocked in" and another 32% saying they wished Obama had kicked Mr. Milner in addition to punching him.

On-the-street interviews with "Occupy Wall Street" protestors also indicate broad support for Obama's action. "I personally do not condone violence of any kind, but come on, you gotta admit that was pretty sweet," activist Louis Cartwright, 32, told Onion News Network reporters. "Obama was all like 'Bam!' and that dickhead banker was like 'No, not my perfect face!' I mean, I would prefer to see Obama push for financial regulatory reform, but that was still pretty awesome."

The banker punch may have also been a boon for President Obama's efforts to pass his American Jobs Act. When asked if he still opposed the bill this afternoon, a visibly nervous Republican house majority leader Eric Cantor said, "No no no. I'll pass whatever the President wants. P-p-please don't let him hurt me."

For more breaking news, tune-in to The Onion’s TV show, “Onion News Network,” Tuesdays at 10/9 Central on IFC.

A Guide to New York City's 1%

By Adrian Chen

A Guide to New York City's 1%After weeks of literally protesting Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street has realized that billionaire CEOs actually don't live in lower Manhattan. So they're headed uptown! To help them, here's a map of where the richest of New York's rich live.

By camping out on Wall Street, the NYC residents that protesters have probably most inconvenienced are the small business owners whose bathrooms they've been befouling. Sure, there are rich people in the apartments surrounding Zuccotti Park, but no self-respecting billionaire CEO would live in the Financial District.

But today, protesters took a "millionaire's march," protesting outside the homes of News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch, billionaire republican David Koch, and JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Strangely the protests are occurring during the day when all these billionaires are probably out of the house, busy stuffing wads of $100 bills into burlap sacks.

A Guide to New York City's 1%Click here or on the image on the right for a map of where the most notable New York City 1%ers—including Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani and a bunch of Wall Street billionaires—live, for your protesting needs.

NYC Protesters March to Homes of Top 1%

Hundreds of protesters, emboldened by the growing national Occupy Wall Street movement, streamed through midtown Manhattan on Tuesday in what they called a "Millionaires March." (Oct. 11)

SPANISH REVOLUTION (English) Muse Uprising

They have power because they own the police, once the police see they are being used as well, they will have a choice, support the people or in years to come have to shamefully explain to their grandchildren why they let the rich take away all their rights

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Ex-Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer visit Wall Street Occupy

Former Louisiana Governor and Republican presidential candidate Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer visit Zuccotti Park to lend his support to the peoples at Wall Street Occupy.video by Rafael Martínez Alequín

Roemer says Americans deserve a president who is "free to lead." By that he means a president who isn't beholden to special interests. Roemer is pledging that he'll take no money from political action committees and no donation more than $100.

"Occupy" Movement Gets Settled in NYC, DC

The protests against Wall Street aren't going away soon. New York's mayor says the demonstrators can stay where they are, and protesters in Washington took a four-month extension of their permit to camp out near the White House. (Oct. 11)

Arrests in Boston Protest

Early Tuesday morning, more than 50 members of Occupy Boston were arrested for trespassing after they refused to move from a site across the street from their encampment. (Oct. 11)

Occupy Wall Street:

Congressman Charles Rangel support Wall Street Occupy. Call on the clergy to joint in support of the people at Zuccotti Park. He was there with the Rev. Sharpton and other elected officials.video by Rafael Martínez Alequein

Bellamy Nofsinger spend Colombus Day with his mother, with the Occupy Wall Street patriots. In this video Bellamy is playing along with the musicians at Liberated Zuccoty Park in lower Manhattan.


video by Rafael Martínez Alequín

At today an Wall Street Occupoir blend the Civil Rights revolution of the 60s with the Wall Street Occupy. Seating next to him is a 92-years old lady, wit a name tag as he lapel James. This lady have been at Zuccotti Park everyday. She should be the face of the 99% of this nation.
video by Rafael Martínez Alequín