Police surround entire park at #occupyboston. More cops just keep coming.

[sce56]

Source: twitter.com

Retweeted by Occupy Boston 4 mins ago: "Heads up!! RT @zackyoungren Very large police meeting going on inside south station. @Occupy_Boston" ~RL http://twitpic.com/6ymyia
Occupy_Boston Occupy Boston


If we are all arrested tonight, it will be the biggest mass arrest in Massachusetts since a huge 1968 Vietnam protest. #occupyboston
3 hours ago
Matthew Filipowicz
MattFilipowicz Matthew Filipowicz
Police surround entire park at #occupyboston. More cops just keep coming. twitpic.com/6yn9pb
5 minutes ago
Anonymous
YourAnonNews Anonymous
Hey everyone in Boston, pictures and video, take and know your rights... #OccupyBoston
6 minutes ago
Anonymous
YourAnonNews Anonymous
19 white vans and riot police walking in formation to kettle the park from all sides #occupyboston cc @AyeshaKazmi
6 minutes ago
Occupy Boston
Occupy_Boston Occupy Boston
Veterans For Peace beat down to the ground, flags falling all over, people being dragged away. #occupyboston
7 minutes ago
Nadeem Mazen
nadeemtron Nadeem Mazen
10 paddy wagons and 10 paddy vans, 25 cops in front of 530 atlantic, 75 at purchase and pearl. Riot gear and plastic cuffs. #occupyboston
15 minutes ago
Matthew Filipowicz
MattFilipowicz Matthew Filipowicz
Police have surrounded the park at #occupyboston twitpic.com/6yn5xm
17 minutes ago
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Occupy Boston
Occupy_Boston Occupy Boston
Atlanta won, they stood their ground and won. Stand strong. #occupyboston
18 minutes ago
Dig Boston
DigBoston Dig Boston
"We have a permit, it's called the constitution." #occupyboston
53 minutes ago





Read more: http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23OccupyBoston

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Well this is in Contrast to LA where the LAPD dropped off supplies to Occupy LA today!

Occupy Los Angeles
Heard some of the LAPD dropped off 3 crates of supplies: hygienic products, snacks, sunscreen,etc. for Occupiers! -M.K.

[Firebrand Gary]

1. The livestream shows the surrounding of the park. Holy cow!

[sce56]

2. ? did you rec this or are the paid unrec shills out on it already?

[Firebrand Gary]

4. I did rec it.

[chervilant]

27. Me, too. K&R n/t

[sabrina 1]

29. Rec'd it also.

So the Boston cops are trying to make the movement grow the same way the NYPD did? I wonder who is giving the orders?

Pretty stupid thing to do now when more and more mainstream people and orgs are endorsing this movement.

[gristy]

43. It doesn't matter

Focus on the topic of the thread. Not on the perceived injustice of unrec vs. rec. Serenity Now.

[joeglow3]

46. Who cares?

It is not like you get bonus points in life if people rec your threads.

[elocs]

47. The old, "How dare anyone UnRec MY OP!!" The DU obsession with Rec/UnRec continues.

Kicking a thread means way more than a Rec because you can do it multiple times, day after day.

[ooglymoogly]

64. But if the un wreckers succeed in keeping the rec's below five;

that can keep an important post off the front page. I have seen as many as 50 un wrecks (and there are probably more) on a thread, keeping it at zero. So it IS an important subject to comment on. Un wrecks can be and are a form of censorship and if mounted for that purpose is cynical and unhealthy to say the least. To imply that they do not matter is a bit empty headed or worse.

[awoke_in_2003]

70. if it is a good OP....

then it will get its fucking recs, and if not it won't. Constant whining about unreccers is terribly annoying, especially when you look back and see that this thread now has 187 recs.

[ooglymoogly]

74. Me thinks thou dost protest too much..nt

[awoke_in_2003]

99. since I don't usually make original posts...

it doesn't affect me, but it gets tiring when, 1 minute after a post is made someone cries about the unreccers. It ranks right up there on the annoyance scale with the "first post" phenomenon a few years back.

[sce56]

72. +1

Thanks for the support.

[tavalon]

104. relax, they didn't

They never do.

On the actual topic, the oligarchs really are as stupid as I thought they were!

[Hissyspit]

23. VIDEO Here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x623744

[truedelphi]

26. Thanks for the video link - Scary.

And meanwhile the Lame Stream Media buzz on Hannity is that we are "the mob."

[chill_wind]

28. MMFlint Michael Moore

"Over 8,000 (at 3 in the morning!) watching #OccupyBoston livestream: mmflint.me/njLDHc #OWS"

[Hissyspit]

32. Down to 3,000 now because...

[chill_wind]

33. Yes. Just one hour ago, 15k

OccupyWallStNYC #OCCUPYWALLSTREET
15K people watching @Boston_Police beating and arresting peaceful protesters in #OccupyBoston #TheWholeWorldisWatching
1 hour ago

[starroute]

65. More, because the OWS stream in New York also had it

I switched over to the Boston stream because it was larger, but I believe the New York one was close to 4000 watchers at that point. And some of the other cities with livestreams may have had it as well.

So somewhere in the vicinity of 20,000 at a guess?

[ooglymoogly]

75. And goodbye Thomas Manino.

Sayeth Thomas Manino: "Ve vill not tolerate ze zivil dizobedienze"....zitizens must be obedient or beaten up and zent to ze jail.

[Submariner]

109. Call Mumbles Menino tomorrow, I am 617-635-4500

I could not understand how this happened until I read Mumbles bio. He is one of the draft dodging cowards of my generation, so of course he has no respect for veterans.

[cui bono]

60. So 3,000 stoners are watching color bars.

And thinking "what a great movie!"

[anamandujano]

87. As long as they're not in CA, I guess it's okay.

:)

[roguevalley]

56. they will never learn. making martyrs just makes things grow

and Boston of all places? One if by land, two if by sea ...

[cyberpj]

69. Can't WAIT to see what WILL PITT writes about THIS FIASCO in his home base. nt

[Raksha]

81. You're not the only one - I was thinking the same thing.

I'm sure we'll get Will's first-person account as soon as he has time. I'm looking forward to it.

[robinlynne]

110. link? hte links in the OP dont go there. would like to see.

[red dog 1]

3. Veterans For Peace Beat Down to the Ground?..That does not sound good.

[JDPriestly]

5. Thank you, LAPD.

That is the way to treat these particular protestors: with respect.

They are protesting to secure your pensions and jobs as well as hopefully someday, theirs.

Wall Street sold bogus investments to cities, counties and states not just in the US but overseas.

Every city in the US should support these protestors. They are patriots protesting for fairness and good government.

Get corporate money out of government. Let good guys like the members of the LA City Council govern us.

[sce56]

73. There either has been a severe change in the ranks due to leadership change or as always a few bad

Don't spoil the whole bushel.


A far cry from what the Pocho hour played on them after the Mayday Police Riot a few years ago.

Went like this "LAPD to the rescue first we kick your ass then we arrest you" in a rap beat.

[PatrynXX]

86. LA went thru a riot they aren't likely to want another one

Boston however is trying to provoke one. I'd be thinking glad that city can afford the damages they are going to do to themselves. I hope it doesn't happen, it would make them right. However if someone sues that'll be a problem.

[coalition_unwilling]

6. I wonder who gave the orders to those cops. Largest mass arrest since

the Vietnam War. Pretty soon it will be time for the cops to decide whose side they're on: the 99% or the 1%.

[No Elephants]

13. Who? Please see Reply 12.

I'm thinking the head of the police departmentk the and the Governor would have conferred over this, maybe even before the occupation started, and certainly since it started.

[Joey Liberal]

41. Great sign! nt

[Muskypundit]

7. Sometimes I wonder how the hell those cops wake up in the morning.

Throwing veterans on the ground like they are toy soldiers, dirt compared to the almighty police officer...

Sometimes I think NWA said it best.

[chill_wind]

8. "This is not what democracy looks like"

Lockean David House
Dump trucks are crushing personal property; media is barred from area; protestors hit with batons, digital media confiscated.. #OccupyBoston
7 minutes ago

Anonymous
YourAnonNews Anonymous
#BPD just shut down #OccupyBoston live feed. livestream.com/occupyboston Now they can beat people w/o world watching. EXPECT US

http://www.livestream.com/occupyboston

"live shot from second camp from above".

[Tx4obama]

11. Here's a live stream link WITH AUDIO

http://www.rentadrone.tv/global-revolution/

and

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[sce56]

18. Tinamen Square w/o the Tanks!

[AlbertCat]

59. "This is not what democracy looks like"

But it is what Satyagraha looks like.

This scenario has been played out several times since Gandhi started it in South Africa in 1906

[AllyCat]

9. The elites are really getting scared, methinks. Stand strong Boston.

You are heroes...the revolution will not be televised, but it will be tweeted...thank you for the posts.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

10. The mayor wasn't bluffing. They really are busting heads.

It'll just give the movement more publicity.

[No Elephants]

12. Boston Mayor Menino (D) did warn a couple of days ago that the occupiers were not going to be able

to stay indefinitely.

[Ed Suspicious]

14. Oh well, that's ok then!

Carry on BPD! Boston Mayor Menino DINO said so!

[coalition_unwilling]

15. Way past time for a general strike that shuts the city down. Fuck

Menino and his goon squads. NO BUSINESS AS USUAL. Workers of the world unite!

[libmom74]

22. +1000

[Pacifist Patriot]

55. I really do think it has to come to that.

[chill_wind]

20. So they wait until the wee hours of the night

to make their move..

[jwirr]

84. Our cameras do not work as well in the dark to record their abuses.

That is also why they are crushing personal property with trucks. Hiding the evidence of their own crimes.

[sabrina 1]

31. Why not?

Did he say why? And all this will do is make them more determined, and get even more people involved.

[chill_wind]

62. Shrubs

A local conservancy had just improved the area with $150,000 worth of shrubs, according to here:

http://anonops.blogspot.com/

[Fire Walk With Me]

16. The park has been completely cleared and the garbage trucks have left.

http://www.livestream.com/occupyboston has just gone offline.

[Name removed]

17. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Hissyspit]

19. Looks like Seattle and Dallas are next:

@kristika87@KeithOlbermann U watching @OccupyDallas, looks like they're next. Police notified act 2 b searched! #OWS #OccupyWallStreet
3 seconds ago via web

[UnrepentantLiberal]

21. They're saying on twitter that Dallas, Boston, Seattle, Atlanta and St Louis

are all being raided tonight.

[Hissyspit]

24. Apparently Seattle mayor said no arrests tonight, but, yes, no coincidence here.

[Voice for Peace]

25. Albuquerque was last night

today they've been regrouping.

[oldhippydude]

30. great!!

i am 65 years old in ill health.. but ill get down if i can... i heard you were on silver somewhere right?

[Voice for Peace]

107. Right now they're still on UNM Campus, in Yale Park (Yale & Central)

as far as I know they still don't have permission to stay overnight, so I'm not sure what plans are. Some people are just staying up all night on the sidewalk.. but I fear burnout. Kids need sleep. You're likely to find people there, just look for their signs, 24/7.

Every night at 6pm they have a General Assembly open to all. I've only been peripherally involved -- helping with supplies when I can, & communications, but not often there in body. Strongly there in spirit. Have been wanting to attend more of their assemblies but have had other commitments.

They need all the support & encouragement & inspiration they can get. You can also follow on facebook, I think even if you don't have a FB account: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Occupy-Albuquerque-Official-Burque/131057133662928

[sce56]

34. From Occupy Los Angeles.. Lets DU This

Occupy Los Angeles
Just saw this tweet!! ROFL!! -- "Boston Mayors office just told me I would be arrested if I call again. Yeah right, 617-635-4500 CALL NOW " -WB

[sce56]

35. I spoke my 2 cents worth to the mayors office and suggested he take a page from Mayor Viallgrosa

and embrace the protestors not deny their right to free speech and assembly to air their grievances against the Government...

[Fire Walk With Me]

36. ...

:thumbsup: from a fellow LA'er

[No Elephants]

38. I'm fairly certain Mayor Menino could care less what any of us say.

His re-election is pretty much guaranteed for as long as he wants it.

Or so it would seem.

[Raksha]

98. Maybe his re-election isn't so guaranteed after today.

There is going to be a major shitstorm over this exercise in thuggery.

[ooglymoogly]

111. The mayor cares a bunch what the voters think.

He has already begun the whitewash. He offended a lot of factions last night and the voters of Boston are not so keen on statements like: "we will not tolerate civil disobedience".

We stand proud of a long history of civil disobedience and outright revolution, underlined with the Tea Party and a war for independence.

[defendandprotect]

58. Thank you -- called --- got an actual person -- sounded fairly friendly ... !!!

Said that the "lawless" are not the protesters -- there is a right to free

assembly --

that the lawless were corporate/fascists -- and that the protesters should be

released --

and above all treated humanely -- !!!

[PatrynXX]

37. and just to show how brainwashed my brother is

replies to me just now. when will these neo hippies get a job or join the military. what a close minded idiot. do'h.. brainwashed. :( already taken two in the family :( dads worse than he is. ) thats anti american bullshit...

[rasputin1952]

39. Up until this point, BPD has been decent...

very little "damage" had been done...until the BPD went in and trampled bushes and flower beds. This is on the BPD, not Occupy Boston.

I'm on my way down to get facts...I am hearing, (local news) some Vet's for Peace were "beaten down to the ground". No verification of this at this time. 100 reported arrested.

I'm out the door in about 5 minutes...will get report in as soon as I can.

Peace

[secondwind]

40. WE LIVE IN BOSTON -- THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP THE BRIDGE OPEN. NOT SCREAMING!

[Douglas Carpenter]

42. the whole world is watching

[Dystopian]

44. Pigs beating our Vets...

Heartbreaking.

peace~

[lonestarnot]

54. Unfortunately, vets are used to it.

[Enthusiast]

45. Kicked and recommended! nt

[myrna minx]

48. K&R n/t

[ccavagnolo]

49. This will insight greater numbers to join

AND IN BOSTON! That city is overrun by colleges, there should be a massive walkout scheduled across the board. Those are some of the most expensive schools in the country. This is terrible to hear but I do think it will help in the long run. STAY STRONG! Continue the fight.

[Courtesy Flush]

50. K&R

[Fla Dem]

51. Links to this mornings Boston TV news reports of arrests.

http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/12005602115661/police-arrest-scores-of-protesters-on-boston-s-greenway/

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/10/11/police-arrest-about-100-%e2%80%98occupy-boston%e2%80%99-protestors/

http://www.necn.com/

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/index.html

[Voice for Peace]

90. this one has a poll needing some occupation

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/10/11/police-arrest-about-100-%E2%80%98occupy-boston%E2%80%99-protestors/

[ccavagnolo]

52. THEY ARE BACK!

BOSTON IS BACK ON!!!!

[matmar]

53. Cops don't get it that the OWS movement is protesting on their behalf too?

Pensions, middle-class jobs, job security etc., etc.

[Odin2005]

57. The vets are being attacked? JESUS!

:grr:

[lovuian]

61. they can not build enough Prisons to hold the Protestors

the amount of time it takes to process and bring to trial will be huge
and how do you fine poor people

the government fascists are making futile attempts to keep in power

[Dont call me Shirley]

80. There's plenty of prison space for the corporate plutocratic oligarchial criminals though.

[lovuian]

63. God Bless the LAPD

good going guys and gals

[hue]

66. Thanks for standing strong!! k&r

[bergie321]

67. More Suppression

Of our first amendment rights.

[SoapBox]

68. Ah yes...an out of control, Police Militia...paid for with the TAX dollars of the 99%.

...seems mighty twisted to me.

Looks like it's big time for the 99% to start voting in some politicians that will represent us for a change.

[janet118]

76. Boston cops suck . . .

they have no civilian oversight and a lot of them are macho a$$holes - the ones who aren't just keep their mouths shut while the bully boys prevail. They usually aggravate any situation they become involved in. It's like they cruise around the city with "Bad Boys" playing real loud on their CD players and crime movies playing on a loop in their heads. Sick culture. I'm sure they enjoyed this little foray immensely.

[Fire Walk With Me]

78. #OWS is shining light upon things that must change. Let's build something better!

[Voice for Peace]

89. first we must ensure that voting is honest, and nobody's left out of the process.

[Lars77]

71. I visited Boston last week, and i was surprised at the large police presence in the city

It was strange, there was cops absolutely everywhere. Never really seen anything like it except in Tbilisi, Georgia...

[workinclasszero]

77. The 1% will not let us protest their crimes peacefully it seems

Here it comes again, never thought I'd see cops beating up kids again like the 60's.

Who will they martyr first...

[truedelphi]

93. The first person they martyr - and it's over -

Doesn't anyone in Homeland Security remember what happened after Kent State? Someone should lend them a few news reels...

And one other thing - the stupidity of this Administration knowing no bounds - last week was the week that the Feds decided to get "tough" on medical marijuana her in California?!?

Are you fucking kidding me?

If they wanted to see an entire state take to the streets, this is the perfect way to toss some gasoline on the fire.

Even the City Councils, and the mayors of cities in Humboldt, Lake and Mendocino California are happy about medical marijuana - the clinics and their taxes are PAYING FOR THE budgets used to employ public servants! The frigging Federal Government is too busy paying for Wall Street bonuses and for its un-ending, non-winnable wars to pay for state and county and city workers!

[tcaudilllg]

79. Looks like somebody's gonna get fired.

Bring out the beast in the bastards!

[Yavin4]

82. Entering the "Then they fight you" Stage n/t

[Amonester]

91. +1 and en route for the next stage, the final one: "Then you win"

The Whole World Is Watching. In Boston, no less!

Rooting for us 99 percenters! :thumbsup:

[TBF]

94. Gotta be ready - any unions helping us here?

Time to shut the whole city down.

[virgogal]

95. I don't think shutting the whole city down would help get

the message across.

Bad idea.

[TBF]

97. Seriously? Why is that? You'd rather the police just push peaceful protestors around?

nt

[virgogal]

103. The topic was "shutting the whole city down". It would accomplish

nothing positive and just cause great inconvenience for the average working stiff.

Like it or not,that's the way it is.

[Amonester]

106. The more the police will push peaceful protestors around, the more...

the peaceful protestors (and the 99%) win.

That is the whole point. Shutting down the whole city would not do anything good to prove that point. The peaceful protestors will be back. Again, again and again. Nobody's going to be able to silence them. Not the police (99 percenters themselves...), nor the mayor (who made a BIG 'mistake').

The Whole World Is Watching.

[Homer Wells]

83. Kick for FREEDOM n/t

[Deep13]

85. Next time we should only send a quarter of our people out.

When the cops surround them, the rest of our people should surround them. It would be a good visual display of relative numbers and symbolic power, especially since our people would be nonviolent. It would also communicate to individual cops that they are on the wrong side.

[Mosaic]

88. Peaceful Protest Wins

The bigger the fight, the bigger the win for the people. I just hope when this is all over we have a country we can truly be proud of, ready for the growth and challenges of the 21st century. Democracy enhanced.

[certainot]

92. cops egged on by RW radio blowhards - if they can blast the insults and distortions

from 1000 radio stations and NO one ever protests at those stations or their sponsors it becomes more acceptable to beat protestors.

[janet118]

96. Poll on New England Cable News

Were police justified in removing protesters from park?
Scroll down - poll on right

Support OccupyBoston!!!

[katty]

100. yeah the LA cops here in LA, so far so good

[unionworks]

101. deja vu

S...all over again. Do you ever feel like we are fighting the same battles over and over? It's because weare. They are like zombies.

[unionworks]

102. the courage of these protesters

Just defies belief. There are no words...

[RoccoR5955]

105. Welcome to the Police State of America

Where the police do not have to obey the law, because they ARE the law!

[unionworks]

108. just called boston mayors office

Told them I saw their cops beating veterans, and please excuse me while I go cry and vomit.