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In reply to the discussion: Catholic Church Evicts Homeless [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)80. OWS was set up to protest churches?
This looks cheap and shabby:
http://sfappeal.com/news/2012/04/occupy-sf-remains-in-888-turk-press-conference-yoga-planned-for-today.php
George Wesolek, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, said the building belongs to Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory High School. He said the building has not been used for classes in about 18 months.
As to why the police acted like they did:
http://sfappeal.com/news/2012/04/occupy-sf-takes-to-streets-to-support-75-arrested-at-888-turk.php
Officers saw protesters on the roof with chairs, buckets of paint and piles of bricks and were concerned that these items would be used as weapons against police, spokesman Sgt. Michael Andraychak said.
One protester leaped from a second story window onto a Gough Street sidewalk where he was detained by officers, Andraychak said.
Andraychak said police discovered graffiti on the interior and exterior of the building that read "Burn It Down," "New Social Order" and "Kill Cops."
One protester leaped from a second story window onto a Gough Street sidewalk where he was detained by officers, Andraychak said.
Andraychak said police discovered graffiti on the interior and exterior of the building that read "Burn It Down," "New Social Order" and "Kill Cops."
If OWS' new agenda is really to protest churches not giving OWS the use of their property, then OWS is not going to have broad public support. If OWS retains the agenda of protesting WS excesses, the shifting of the resultant losses to the taxpayers and ultimately to the more vulnerable of the public, a seemingly intractable Congressional habit of handing billions to corporations and squabbling over millions to those who are hungry, then OWS has broad public support.
This should be a simple question to decide.
Read the whole article. OWS spokesmen said the building was already damaged before they got there, the bricks were already there, etc, also that they didn't paint that graffiti. I no longer know who to trust.
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Asking for shelter and being refused is not the same as breaking in and being thrown out.
badtoworse
Apr 2012
#148
I'm sure Jesus would've been quite chuffed to learn that squatting is legal under ancient common-law
Leopolds Ghost
Apr 2012
#151
How some can twist things around. The Diocese ordered the building cleared because they were
demosincebirth
Apr 2012
#2
No link. If you were watching the local evening news KGOTV in the Bay area you would have heard
demosincebirth
Apr 2012
#141
Catholic Charities in San Francisco are not allowed to have Catholic rules
Luminous Animal
Apr 2012
#137
What do you call keeping a building vacant when the homeless are enduring sickness and cold
EFerrari
Apr 2012
#8
The trouble that some folks see anything outside of the status quo as antagonizing. nt
sudopod
Apr 2012
#111
Vacant or not, who does the liability fall to if someone's drunk dog bites someone in that building?
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#99
There is a reason why even the big corps have to settle when there is an injury in their stores. nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#105
The parents and perhaps the hospital. My original question once again.
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#117
Not to mention several posters have told the story of what happened in Atlanta.
sudopod
Apr 2012
#97
Where do you see in the article that there were homeless staying in the building?
cbayer
Apr 2012
#73
Didn't know of your personal relationship with OP and completely understand your
cbayer
Apr 2012
#81
"Activists said they chose to take over the building because they believed it has been vacant...
Brickbat
Apr 2012
#19
I was specifically addressing this point that was made in the post to which I replied...
Luminous Animal
Apr 2012
#26
uh, it's quite obvious from readingthe thread that a headline was fabricated...
dionysus
Apr 2012
#67
Sounds like a comprehensive facility. I would love to see a joint effort between the church and
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#98
For which the city pays them. In fiscal year 2008-2009, St. Josephs received
Luminous Animal
Apr 2012
#136
Doesn't sound like the Catholic church owns it just yet. Sounds like they got the property for a
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#133
Since it's Easter Sunday, I figure a Gospel Verse might be appropriate. *aahahem*
Leopolds Ghost
Apr 2012
#152