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http://www.businessinsider.com/miami-police-union-dolphins-players-national-anthem-protests-2016-9

The International Union of Police Associations, Local 6020 in Miami has asked the Broward County Sheriff's office in Florida to stop escorting Miami Dolphins players because of their national anthem protests, according to the Miami Herald.

Zucotti Park

nintai: "Here’s every punk album cover for the next five years taken last night during the violent arrests at Zucotti Park."

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Occupy Des Moines Vows To Shut Down Obama Offices

Occupy Des Moines activists on Saturday vowed to shut down President Barack Obama's campaign offices and set up a camp outside they plan to maintain around the clock.

"We have every intention to keep this place closed down until we are satisfied," said Frank Cordaro, an activist and founder of the Catholic Worker group in Des Moines.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/18/occupy-des-moines-vows-obama-office-shutdown_n_1156072.html

Just saying!!!

Elizabeth Nichols, Occupy Portland Protester Pepper Sprayed In The Face, Identified (PHOTO)

Elizabeth Nichols, Occupy Portland Protester Pepper Sprayed In The Face, Identified (PHOTO): "In recent days pepper spray has become almost synonymous with the Occupy movement.

Most recently this photo, which is quickly becoming an iconic image from the movement, has gone viral. It shows Occupy Portland protester Elizabeth Nichols getting hit directly in the face with pepper spray by Portland police. The shot was taken by Randy L. Rasmussen, a photographer for the Oregonian, during Thursday's protests."

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Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis–video

University police tore down tents at UC Davis yesterday afternoon, arresting 8 students in the process, Xeni Jardin of Boing Boing reports.

At one point, to clear a path to reach students that they had already arrested, they pepper-sprayed a line of seated, quiet protesters.

This video, which shows the pepper-spraying, is going viral. This comment, from venture capitalist Chris Sacca, sums up what lots of people who watch it are thinking:

Seriously. Right now. Stop what you are doing, watch this video, and reflect on what it means to be American:

Here's the video. The pepper-spraying happens right at the beginning. More context and photos below.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/police-pepper-spray-seated-protesters-at-uc-davis-video-2011-11#ixzz1f1QTwqKc

Dorli Rainey, 84-Year-Old Occupy Seattle Protester, Pepper Sprayed In The Face (PHOTO)

Dorli Rainey, 84-Year-Old Occupy Seattle Protester, Pepper Sprayed In The Face (PHOTO): "Dorli Rainey, the 84-year-old, pictured in the photo below, has been an activist since the 1960s and even ran for mayor of Seattle in 2009, according to the Atlantic Wire. She ultimately dropped out of the race saying, "I am old and should learn to be old, stay home, watch TV and sit still.""

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Army veteran Kayvan Sabeghi injured by police during Wednesday's 'Occupy Oakland' strike | abc7news.com

Army veteran Kayvan Sabeghi injured by police during Wednesday's 'Occupy Oakland' strike | abc7news.com: "There are fresh charges of police brutality against a war veteran arrested near an Occupy Oakland demonstration.

The veteran, 32-year-old Kayvan Sabeghi, underwent surgery on Friday for a ruptured spleen. Before he went into surgery, Sabeghi told his sister that he was walking to his home near Frank Ogawa Plaza when he was stopped by police, hit in the abdomen four times and then arrested and taken to jail where he could not receive medical treatment."

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Now Veterans Are Marching On Wall Street -- They're Mad About Scott Olsen, Benefit Cuts And 20% Unemployment

Now Veterans Are Marching On Wall Street -- They're Mad About Scott Olsen, Benefit Cuts And 20% Unemployment: "Veterans are coming together to beef up their presence and stature at Occupy Wall Street following last week's injury of one of their own.
Scott Olsen's head wound, suffered in Oakland last week, has caused vets ranks to swell in the Occupy protests. In response, organizers have planned a march from Vietnam Veteran's plaza to Zuccotti park in New York today. At the park, veterans will voice their concerns over declining benefits, lingering postwar trauma, and unemployment rates of over 20 percent for 18 to 24-year-old vets."

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From Our Archives: Police Violence Shocks Activists, Others at Port of Oakland Protest | Common Dreams

Oakland Police Critically Injure Iraq War Vet During Occupy March

Oakland Police Critically Injure Iraq War Vet During Occupy March: "The Oakland Police Department fired tear gas on Occupy Oakland demonstrators Tuesday night as they marched through downtown, determined to reclaim the camp that officers destroyed that morning. As the marchers zigged and zagged in search of safe ground, authorities bombarded and barricaded the activists into a drawn-out stalemate that resulted in further arrests.

The local police's use of force seriously injured an Occupy activist and Iraq War veteran.

Scott Olsen, 24, remains sedated on a respirator, in stable but critical condition at Oakland’s Highland Hospital after being hit in the head with a police projectile."

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Occupy Oakland: Iraq war veteran in critical condition after police clashes

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"Jesus is with the 99%"

24 “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

update - OWS

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Hey, Protesters, Want To Stay Popular? Throw The Jew-Haters In The River

Hey, Protesters, Want To Stay Popular? Throw The Jew-Haters In The River: "Just as the Occupy Wall Street protest was starting to gain some momentum and support from mainstream Americans, we get some anti-Semitic bastard holding up a sign like this (see right):
That's despicable."

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Finally! The Protesters Have Drafted A Set Of Demands For The Jobs Crisis

Finally! The Protesters Have Drafted A Set Of Demands For The Jobs Crisis: "We demand a massive public works and public service program with direct government employment at prevailing (union) wages paid for by taxing the rich and corporations, by immediately ending all of America's wars, and by ending all aid to authoritarian regimes to create 25 million new jobs to:
Expand education: cut class sizes and provide free university for all;
Expand healthcare and provide free healthcare for all (single payer system);
Build housing, guarantee decent housing for all;
Expand mass transit, provided for free;
Rebuild the infrastructure—bridges, flood control, roads;
Research and implement clean energy alternatives; and
Clean up the environment."

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Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Shamar Thomas on Occupy Times Square, veterans’ rights - Countdown with Keith Olbermann // Current TV

Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Shamar Thomas on Occupy Times Square, veterans’ rights - Countdown with Keith Olbermann // Current TV: "Marine Corps veteran Sgt. Shamar Thomas on Occupy Times Square, veterans’ rights"

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Tonight on 'Countdown': Occupy Times Square participant Marine Sgt. Shamar Thomas - Countdown with Keith Olbermann // Current TV

Tonight on 'Countdown': Occupy Times Square participant Marine Sgt. Shamar Thomas - Countdown with Keith Olbermann // Current TV: "“I took an Oath that I live by. am NOT anti-NYPD. I am anti-Police Brutality. I am no longer under contract with the USMC so I do NOT have to follow military uniform regulations. I DON’T affiliate myself with ANY GROUPS or POLITICAL ORG. I affiliate myself with the AMERICAN PEOPLE that’s it. I REFUSE to affiliate with anything that SEPARATES. There is an obvious problem in the country and PEACEFUL PEOPLE should be allowed to PROTEST without Brutality. I was involved in a RIOT in Rutbah, Iraq 2004 and we did NOT treat the Iraqi citizens like they are treating the unarmed civilians in our OWN Country. No one was brutalized because our mission was to ‘WIN the hearts and minds.’ why should I expect anything less in my OWN Country.”"

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Check Out The Moment Huge Police Reinforcements Were Called In To Contain Occupy Times Square

 

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/occupy-times-square-october-15-2011#straight-out-of-the-subway-stop-the-crowds-were-immense-as-police-struggled-to-keep-traffic-flowing-1#ixzz1awkYvUan

Message from the 1%!