Boston Police Arrest 50 from Occupy Boston

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

Oct 11, 3:37 AM EDT

Boston police arrest 50 from Occupy Boston

By LAURA CRIMALDI
Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) -- Boston police have arrested more than 50 protesters from the Occupy Boston movement after they ignored warnings to move from a site near their official encampment.

Police spokesman Jamie Kenneally said the arrests began about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday and were mostly for trespassing.

The protesters, part of the national Occupy Wall Street effort, had moved from Dewey Square to a second site across the street, along the Rose Kennedy Greenway. A local conservancy group recently planted $150,000 worth of shrubs along the greenway and officials said they were concerned about possible damage.

Boston police had warned protesters that they would have to return to Dewey Square and had issue leaflets saying they could not occupy the greenway.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WALL_STREET_PROTEST_BOSTON?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Boston mayor's phone number:

Tweet shared by #occupylosangeles on Facebook:

"Boston Mayors office just told me I would be arrested if I call again. Yeah right, 617-635-4500 CALL NOW "

[pacalo]

2. That's Boston's story: protecting the $150k shrubs from damage.

No mention of arrests in other cities -- Seattle, for one.

[TomClash]

3. Damage to shrubs?

That's hilarious.

[No Elephants]

4. Note: The plantings were at the expense of "a local conservancy group," not the city.

Another report I read said that about 100 had been arrested?

[Earth_First]

5. I'd like to see $150,000 worth of shrubs...

I work extensively in the landscape industry, and this price tag is extremely high for shrubs...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

8. Well, we did recently have a Shrub that cost taxpayers trillions.

Maybe $150K is getting off light? :shrug:

[AnneD]

12. Rummy....

:spank: How many times have I told you to keep your hands out of the crazy. Off to bed with you and NO supper.

[rasputin1952]

6. I was there until 1030 last night, I saw a single plant damaged...

I am on my way down to Dewey Square...damage to plants will have been done by BPD charging into the area. This is on BPD, not the Occupiers.

Occupy Boston has been very cautious as to treatment of the Greenway, even taking donations to reseed/sod the areas Occupied.

Will report back after I get facts on last nights action.

[w0nderer]

7. it has to be done: we are the knights who say 'NI' bring us...a shrubbery! n/t

[PotatoChip]

9. OK, maybe I'm mistaken but

I could've sworn that BPD had ordered people to leave Dewey and go to Greenway-- not vice versa as this and other articles are saying. :tinfoilhat:

Last night I had gone to the BPD's twitter page @ about 9pm and saw the warnings. I guess I must have got it backwards, but I really thought that was what was said. Went to bed after that therefore missed everything that occurred after.

I'm new to Twitter. Is there a way to go back to last night's tweets from BPD for a second look? Anyone know? I'm going to try now, but I'm guessing not.

[PotatoChip]

10. Found this from BPD (14 hours ago)

The mentioning of "returning to Greenway" is why I was confused about this... but it does say "original site" so I guess it's just me who doesn't 'get it'. Oh well. :shrug:


Boston_PoliceBoston Police Dept.
BPD requesting protestors return 2 original #occupyboston site on Greenway to continue peaceful protest. Thank you 4 ur cooperation.

14 hours agoFavoriteRetweetReply

[struggle4progress]

11. 129 arrests in Boston "Occupy" protests

(CBS/AP)

BOSTON - Several protesters from the Occupy Boston movement were transported to Boston Municipal Court on Tuesday to face arraignment for ignoring warnings to move off a plot of land in downtown Boston near where they have been camped out for more than a week.

Boston police reported that they arrested 129 people starting at about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, mostly for trespassing.

The Suffolk district attorney's office said 18 protesters were scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday, with 35 more expected to be arraigned in the next two days.

Nadeem Mazen and several other demonstrators who had not been arrested were in court Tuesday to show their support. Police were unnecessarily heavy-handed, said Mazen, 28, of Cambridge, the cofounder of a design firm ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/11/national/main20118461.shtml

[AnneD]

13. The more people that you arrest....

the more that will continue to show up. There are not enough jails to hold everyone.