BREAKING: Boston PD gearing up for an assault

[OKDem08]

on Occupy Boston. Here's the link for live feed:

http://www.livestream.com/occupyboston

[Contrary1]

1. Chat Room here:

http://irc.lc/indymedia/occupyboston

[CoffeeCat]

2. Someone on the live feed said...

...that they were on the ground--and there were eight ambulances, in addition to the police cars.

I can't verify that this is true. This was just one of the comments from someone who was supposedly
there, on the ground.

If true, sounds like major intimidation tactics. I live in Des Moines, and they used dogs on our protesters
last night, and they pepper sprayed many, one person who was in zip-tie handcuffs.

[OKDem08]

3. per irc chat

those listening to police radio transmissions are referring to protesters as

'anarchists'

[YellowRubberDuckie]

52. LOL

That is a word no one seems to understand the actual definition of.

[Marrah_G]

4. 20 cops moving towards second encampment now.

[flamingdem]

5. LAPD and Portland police need to have a word with the Boston cops

LA and Oregon are supporting the occupy protests with material aid etc.

[ButterflyBlood]

11. Minneapolis too

nt

[flamingdem]

16. nice

now we know where the cool cops dwell!

[Dawson Leery]

21. Austin TX.

[Lint Head]

6. Somethings happening now. Lots of people in the street! On the live feed.

[midnight]

7. K&R....

[rollin74]

8. cops definitely moving in now

watching the livestream

[OKDem08]

10. shit just hit the fan in Boston

[JCMach1]

9. Looks like police are having a major crackdown...

monitoring Twitter at #occupyboston

[Lint Head]

12. Paddy wagons are lined up.

[Contrary1]

13. Lots of camera flashes...

I hope it's peaceful.

[Warpy]

45. Those aren't all camera flashes

They did that to us, too. The flashes of bright light are meant to disorient protestors so they can be scooped up a little more easily.

[Marrah_G]

14. It's on like donkey kong now...

My thoughts are with our DUers there.

[Contrary1]

17. Cops are lined up and going in. n/t

[Marrah_G]

23. Reports of cops beating on Veterans of Peace members.

[catabryna]

15. Sending positive peace vibes... nt

[midnight]

20. Very good idea....

[Kennah]

18. Looks like the cops are forming up lines and closing in on two sides

[Lint Head]

19. I see the swat teams moving in! My thoughts are with them. Stand firm folks.

This is worth it.

[Kennah]

22. Now looks like cops now lined up on 3, maybe all 4 sides

[OKDem08]

24. that's riot formation with billy clubs in hand

[midnight]

25. I hope there is a news agency on the grounds there...

[Contrary1]

27. Reports are that media was ordered to leave. n/t

[TygrBright]

26. They are beating up on VETERANS.

Whoever's brilliant idea this was is gonna be so, so, so sorry...

amazedly,
Bright

[Contrary1]

28. Are you in the chat room? I keep getting disconnected. n/t

[TygrBright]

36. I'm watching globalrevolution live feed:

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

Latest: Protestors sitting down now.

interestedly,
Bright

[coalition_unwilling]

49. Beating up on Veterans for Peace members, no less. Time for

a general strike to shut Boston down. No more business as usual. Shut down Harvard, Boston U., MIT and all the other academic centers and get the students out in the streets.

[Canuckistanian]

29. Looks like a lot of flash pictures are being taken

Document everything.

[Kat45]

30. Is that true? Are the cops beating some Veterans for Peace?

A couple of DUers who are Veterans for Peace have been at the protests all along. I have to wonder if they're there tonight. There's no excuse for the cops to beat anyone, but I'll be even more pissed if it's people I know.

[Tx4obama]

31. Live stream video with AUDIO

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

and

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[Kat45]

34. Thanks for the feed with the audio.

I couldn't tell what was going on with just the video feed.

[Contrary1]

32. I think law enforcement is wanting a riot to discredit movement. n/t

[rollin74]

33. Boston police scanner feed

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=6254

some protest related radio traffic

[midnight]

41. Governor Patrick is a graduate of Harvard College, the first in his family to attend college, and of

and of Harvard Law School. Following law school, he served as a law clerk to a federal appellate judge before joining the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund as a staff attorney. In 1986, he joined the Boston law firm of Hill & Barlow and was named partner in 1990, at the age of 34.

In 1994, President Clinton appointed Patrick Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, the nation's top civil rights post. At the Justice Department, Patrick worked on a wide range of issues, including prosecution of hate crimes, and the enforcement of employment discrimination, fair lending and disabilities rights laws.

In 1997, Patrick was appointed the first chairperson of Texaco's Equality and Fairness Task Force where he led a company-wide effort to create a more equitable workplace environment. The Governor later served as Texaco’s Vice President and General Counsel, leading the company's global legal affairs, and as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of the Coca-Cola Company, a member of the company's senior leadership team.

Diane and Deval Patrick have been married for more than twenty-five years and have two adult daughters.http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=gov3utilities&sid=Agov3&U=Agov3_Deval_Patrick_welcome_msg

[Lint Head]

35. here it is.

[Kat45]

37. This sucks. The cops were being cool until now. n/t

[Contrary1]

38. Phone number for Mass. Governor: 617-625-4005 / 888-870-7770 n/t

[Kennah]

39. The 888 number doesn't appear to work outside MA, or they took it down

[Kennah]

42. 617 number "is not in service"

Not sure if it's being overwhelmed, or was taken down.

[Modern_Matthew]

40. State-level operation. A Democratic governor signed off on it. Shame. nt

[Kennah]

43. Looks like live feed on the ground here

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[Warpy]

44. This is sickening

and yes, I faced the same kind of goons in much the same place 40 years ago.

The excuse last time: blocked traffic. The excuse this time: a newly renovated park.

These are the guys they keep in the basement of the District 4 cop shop and feed on raw meat.

We need people to keep getting arrested, overwhelm the system. It's the only way to stop scumbags like Menino.

[Kat45]

46. I hope our Veterans for Peace DUers are ok.

They've been at the protest but I don't know if they're there tonight. And apparently cops beat some Veterans for Peace.

[Marrah_G]

47. I hope we hear from them soon.

[Kat45]

48. Me too. I just sent them PMs to be sure to hear from them. n/t

[rasputin1952]

50. I'm just now gettting ready to go down...

one local station stated, "Veterans for Peace" beaten to ground...not sure about the truth in this, but will have more later.

Peace

[rasputin1952]

51. I'm going to ask people to hold back on specualtion...

I am going down to Dewey Square to get facts.

At this point, I left last night at 1030, things were tense, but nothing had happened. The flower beds, (an area of contention), a had not been damaged, (but from what I saw on a short video, the BPD did a job on the flower beds).

I know for a fact, that early on in the Occupation that donations were asked for to reseed/sod the Occupation site, because occupiers knew damage would ensue. I do not know how much was collected, but last Friday I saw a half gallon jar pretty well fulled w/cash of various denominations, to include quite a few $20's. The Occupiers are being exceptionally diligent on keeping the area as clean as possible and are well prepared to do what's necessary to bring it back to it's former state.

Needless to say, once the BPD went in, all bets were off as to keeping the area decent. This is BPD's fault, no one elses.