Occupy Wall Street Sues NYC Over Confiscated Books, Computers

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Occupy Wall Street sues NYC over confiscated books

NEW YORK | Thu May 24, 2012 3:02pm EDT

By Joseph Ax

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Occupy Wall Street filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against New York City, claiming authorities destroyed $47,000 worth of books, computers and other equipment confiscated from the protesters' encampment in lower Manhattan last fall.

Police conducted a surprise overnight raid at Zuccotti Park in November, clearing scores of protesters who had set up tents at the plaza near Wall Street and dealing a significant blow to the movement's potency.

As part of the sweep, Occupy claims, police officers seized approximately 3,600 books from the "People's Library" that had been donated to the movement. The protesters claim only 1,000 were returned, 200 of them in unusable condition - including a copy of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's autobiography.

"To this day, OWS has not been told by the City of New York what happened to the missing books and the Library furnishings and equipment," according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Manhattan federal court.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE84N1FI20120524?irpc=932

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[Dont call me Shirley]

1. Keep on keeping on OCCUPY!

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.

[freshwest]

3. Good for them. Need to get punitive damages if they don't agree to stop stealing from Occupy.

And whatever happened to that van? Anyone know?

[EFerrari]

4. Great! Push back!

[intheflow]

5. Excellent and about time!

That night was a disgusting, egregious abuse of power. NYC needs to be held accountable.

[RufusTFirefly]

6. What sort of authorities would destroy books?

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Didn't you post the DU threads on the damage to the Library?

Thank you again. I hope they win big big big.

[Brooklyn Dame]

8. There's still so much work to be done...

...and the movement shouldn't die down because some factions aren't focused. Holding authority accountable is a way to get back on track.

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/05/un-occupied-chicago/

[JitterbugPerfume]

9. distroying books is a sin

[LACarMan]

10. I dog ear my books

While my wife likes to bookmark.

Am i "distroying" books?

[awoke_in_2003]

11. are they still usable?...

then, no.

[JitterbugPerfume]

12. uhhh no

[countryjake]

13. K&R!

I love it that the Occupy librarians had cataloged and documented every single book! And I remember those disgusting dumpster piles after the raid had happened, with the guards snickering and gloating over their booty as the sanitation workers sorted it out. The only "due process" I saw in those videos was the methodical way that the authorities turned people's property into garbage.