Crackdown on Oakland’s Protesters Is Felt in Zuccotti Park

[PoliticAverse]

Source: New York Times

News from the West Coast began pouring into Zuccotti Park on Tuesday via telephone, text message and Twitter feed: the Oakland, Calif., encampment was being evicted.

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In Zuccotti Park, some protesters said they were worried that that the authorities in New York might try to oust them from the park, but in interviews on Wednesday several occupiers of the park said they thought it was unlikely that the police in New York would use the sort of tactics used in Oakland.

“I’m not concerned that something similar is going to happen here, because New York City is much too high profile for police abuse on that level to happen here,” said Nina Gilbert, 27, a social worker from Brooklyn Heights. “The more attention we draw, the less likely it is that the police will attack us.”

Senior police officials in New York have said in the past that the department does not use tear gas.

Read more: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/crackdown-on-oaklands-protesters-is-felt-in-zuccotti-park/

[Plucketeer]

1. I'm betting Oakland's mayor

is going to regret their actions in the not too distant future.

[fascisthunter]

3. yes, I believe the same

[underpants]

2. No it wasn't - bad headline