Occupier: What Happened to Me in the Police Raid and Arrest of 141 Peaceful Protestors

[HomerRamone]

"We decided in a General Assembly style mass meeting to occupy and hold this second park square, which was merely the logical and geographical dimension of the expansion of our peaceful protest movement. The director of the Rose Kennedy Greenway(RKG) told the Assembly that they respected freedom of speech, and that the North Square had recently undergone renovation of the grass and gardens that she wanted preserved. She implied that if we would respect the greens, and work to restore them later if necessary, then there wouldn’t be a problem.

"But the Mayor had a problem: he doesn’t want our movement to grow and expand in any way shape or form. His office reportedly said that if we didn’t leave by midnight, then he would arrest everyone in the square. This was apparently to happen regardless of whether we had permission from the RKG and regardless of our right to freedom of assembly and our peaceful nature.

"Waiting till cover of darkness and minimum public scrutiny, the police began their attack at around 1:45am. I watched as they marched into the front line of our peaceful perimeter, which was composed of mostly-elderly war veterans from Veterans for Peace, who were all wielding white flags with a dove and olive branch on them. Some were tackled to the ground, others choke-slammed before being hog-tied with plastic and thrown in the wagon. See with your own eyes in the videos below.

"I was arrested shortly thereafter (around 2am), luckily not roughed up, or thrown on the ground, or scratched in the face in the way that many others I saw were. They put me in a wagon and took eight of us to a holding station in West Roxbury. After about 6 hours, I did get half a cup of water and one phone call but they took my shoes before I re-entered the cell after booking. Then I was confined to a cold cell with no food and, now, no shoes for another 7 hours. Though it doesn’t compare to conditions in Guantanamo Bay, being confined in a cold cell with no food for 13 hours seems to me to be rather cruel and inhumane treatment for peaceful protestors."

MORE: http://occupyboston.com/2011/10/13/occupier-what-happened-to-me-in-the-police-raid-and-arrest-141-of-peaceful-protestors/

[Dawson Leery]

1. Remember Don Menino does NOT want any "disobedience".

[HomerRamone]

3. Tom Menino, or were you making a Mafia joke? ~(_8^(I) nt

[vets74]

4. Mafia, yes. Joke, no. Remember always that #Occupy is an anti-crime protest.

The Great Recession of 2008 was caused 100% by crime/corruption eating the heart out of America's economy.

[Dawson Leery]

6. Menino is doing the bidding for the powerful, so yes

he is acting in a manners similar to a mobster.

[defendandprotect]

2. Agree -- they are frightened at how greatly this movement may expand ....

Waiting till cover of darkness and minimum public scrutiny, the police began their attack at around 1:45am. I watched as they marched into the front line of our peaceful perimeter, which was composed of mostly-elderly war veterans from Veterans for Peace, who were all wielding white flags with a dove and olive branch on them. Some were tackled to the ground, others choke-slammed before being hog-tied with plastic and thrown in the wagon. See with your own eyes in the videos below.

"I was arrested shortly thereafter (around 2am), luckily not roughed up, or thrown on the ground, or scratched in the face in the way that many others I saw were. They put me in a wagon and took eight of us to a holding station in West Roxbury. After about 6 hours, I did get half a cup of water and one phone call but they took my shoes before I re-entered the cell after booking. Then I was confined to a cold cell with no food and, now, no shoes for another 7 hours. Though it doesn’t compare to conditions in Guantanamo Bay, being confined in a cold cell with no food for 13 hours seems to me to be rather cruel and inhumane treatment for peaceful protestors."


Agree this is inhumane treatment -- and in the case of others very brutal and violent treatment.

Amazing -- you had permission -- and yet this very strong attack on a peaceful assembly!


Shame -- !!

[Tsiyu]

5. Veterans

Sickening


K&R

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. OBEY. SLEEP. OBEY... Don't forget that Bloomberg says he'll try again...

The more we see how wrong America has become, the more passionate we become about changing it for the better!