at least 20 people arrested in Raleigh

[barbtries]

i just got a phone call. i volunteered to be a jail buddy so am waiting for the next call to pick them up and give them rides when they are released.

[peacebird]

1. please pat yourself on the back for me! Jail buddy, wow - that is so awesome!

These folks are so totally organized! :grouphug:

[barbtries]

3. thanks

i've actually been feeling so guilty all day because i did not get down there. but now it looks as if i will be getting down there before the night is out after all.

[mmonk]

2. Hey, glad you volunteered.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

4. For what? Crossing against the light?

I've never seen such a polite crowd.

Oh, and here's a pic thread in case you missed it:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2124288

Thanks for volunteering!

[mmonk]

5. I left after the permit and no one had been arrested yet.

Of course when Stacie Borello announced about it being time to leave because of the permit time, some were chanting hell no, we won't go.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

6. Ah. I noticed the crowd moved further off to the side of the Capitol...

closer to Morgan Street. I guess that's when the "fun" began.

[barbtries]

7. i believe it will be trespassing

i got the call just minutes before posting. now nearly 10 pm and still waiting. i think i need to stay near the land line though i wonder if i shouldn't be at the jail. checking out your pictures now, thank you!

[WorseBeforeBetter]

8. Yep, trespassing. Just caught it on ABC 11 (or whatever that channel is).

"Growing civil disobedience in downtown Raleigh!" LOL Then they showed the "growing civil disobedience" around the world, including nasty ol' Julian Assange addressing the protestors.

You're welcome for the pics. Evidently Elaine Marshall spoke, but I *totally* missed her. Hmpfh.

[mmonk]

9. I saw the arrests on NC 17. They said some were still being processed.

[mmonk]

10. Raleigh arrests.

[slay]

12. Excellent pics

sucks the cops have so much power here in raleigh. everyone was afraid to stay - well most everyone. :(

[EFerrari]

13. These situations are fluid as people get more experience

figure out their rights, get some legal back up. Tomorrow may be different.

[mmonk]

14. Everything was organized well. There were legal observers

and volunteer pick up from jail after processing.

[slay]

11. YEP!

they sure were - although our local paper is reporting 19. nobody was allowed to stay. raleigh sucks that way - but good for them and it DID make the news here.