“Produce fiscal disruption in local and state governments…create a climate of militancy…drain local resources indefinitely…” (Piven and Cloward, 5/2/1966, The Nation). “Protesters in (Occupy DC) have been issued a permit to stay in downtown D.C. until February 28″ 2012.
8/29/11, “FOP: Crime in District Up Because of Occupy DC,” NBCWashington.com
“FOP sends scathing letter to Mayor Gray”
“The union representing D.C. police claims crime in the District is up, in part because officers are being pulled from neighborhood patrols and reassigned to monitor the Occupy D.C. protests.
Kristopher Baumann, chairman of D.C.’s Fraternal Order of Police wrote a letter to Mayor Vincent Gray stating violent crime is up by 17% and overall crime is up by 14% since protesters moved into the city 3 months ago.
The letter scolded Mayor Gray saying, “Your failure to warn District residents about a double digit spike in violent crime is inexcusable. The public has a right to know when crime is increasing and public awareness can facilitate crime prevention.”
Baumann referenced Mayor Gray’s December 15 interview with NewsTalk’s Bruce Deputy in the letter, saying the mayor’s comments about the number of MPD officers redeployed to police the Occupy protesters was misleading. According to Baumann, crime has risen around the city because neighborhood police officers have been diverted to the political protests.
Gray did say during the interview that he’d like the federal government to chip in to pay for the cost of added security surrounding the political protests that have been encamped in the city since October….
Revolutionary Dems
Elizebeth Warren via Crossroads
Yup Obama-I Can`t Tell the Differance
Occupy Oakland ~ After Smashing Wells Fargo Bank Windows ~ Deposits $20,000 With Them
Why this is important (transfer money day):
Occupy Oakland has voted to deposit $20,000 with Wells Fargo Bank — just days after Occupy protesters shattered windows of one of the bank’s downtown Oakland branches during the group’s attempt to stage a general strike in the embattled East Bay city.
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Some members of the assembly, during the meeting, raised concerns about using Wells Fargo for the group’s bank.
“I understand that people aren’t comfortable with that, but this is a time sensitive issue,” one of the leaders of the general assembly stated, according to the minutes.
Occupy Oakland has pilloried Chase Bank, Citibank, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank and other major American financial companies for triggering some of the nation’s economic ailments.
“It takes time to transfer funds to a credit union,” one of the general assembly members stated, according to the minutes posted on the website. “We need to help people in jail now.”
Here’s the actual vote:
A Pacifist Shows What Utopian Thinking is All About
`Ax the 1%-Fight for Communism`
Jew Hating Anti-Military Vet Hit By Projectile from Fellow Protestors, NOT[!] the Oakland Police
(As emotive as the above picture is… the “You” in Scott’s brothers sign are the goons that stood with Scott)
Thank You Gateway Pundit!
Confirmed: Leftist hero, Jew-basher and founder of “I Hate the Marines.com” website Scott Olsen was not injured at the Oakland riots by local deputies. Olsen was hit by a projectile thrown by the protesters. The Occupy Oakland protesters already admitted that they started throwing rocks and bottles at police before the police took action.
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Today the the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department announced that it was not their deputies who injured Scott Olsen. Spokeswoman Eileen Hirst said 35 of the 37 Sheriff’s Department personnel on site for the raid were not carrying projectiles, and the two who were equipped with them did not fire. Sorry libs.
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The Mercury News has more.
The only nonlethal weapons San Francisco sheriff deputies brought to Oakland were two Anti-Riot Weapon Enfield rifles that fire 37 mm nonlethal rounds, similar to a roll of quarters. However, no deputies shot those weapons Tuesday night, Hirst said. Asked if someone from another department could have fired a deputy’s weapon, Hirst said, “No, we can’t use equipment we’re not trained in.”
Here is an example of some recent “peaceful” protests at occupy Oakland:
Flyer at occupy Oakland calls for violence:
A.C.O.R.N. Paying Homeless to Camp Out At O.W.S.
Via BigGovernment:
`Hitlers` Rising from O.W.S.
Occupy Iowa Organizer & Socialist Considers Obama Royalty, Even Calling Him `His Excellency`
On the count of three Founding Fathers and Mothers…*one*…*two*…*three*: Roll!