Posts Tagged ‘Protests’

Protesting Now Illegal in the “Land of the Free” – America

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

New York City police are investigating death threats made against staff through the phone and on twitter. This after officers forcibly arrested more than 70 people during an Occupy Wall Street protest. Since the start of the movement, nationwide protests have faced numerous cases of police brutality with batons and tear gas often used to disperse crowds. As the movement continues, so too does Washington’s desire to silence the American public, as RT’s Marina Portnaya explains.

Outlaw Occupy: US set to strangle protests with jail threats

MARINES TO OAKLAND POLICE: ‘You Did This To My Brother’

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

MARINES TO OAKLAND POLICE: ‘You Did This To My Brother’

by Robert Johnson and Linette Lopez

Marines around the world are outraged by the injuries inflicted by police on Scott Olsen at Tuesday’s Occupy Oakland protests. Olsen is in a medically-induced coma after getting hit in the head by a police projectile.

The following picture is taken from the Reddit thread “How I feel, as a United States Marine, about what occurred in Oakland.”

This man is not alone. In the five hours since the thread went up there have been over 600 comments.

MARINES TO OAKLAND POLICE: 'You Did This To My Brother'

Image: http://i.imgur.com/

 Check out this video of Scott Olsen moments before he was struck down >

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/marine-to-police-you-did-this-to-my-brother-2011-10#ixzz1bzyQTWf7

Wall St. Police Thugs Attack Peaceful Protesters at Time Square

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Severe police action as thousands of Occupy protesters fill Times Square


Tens of thousands of people in hundreds of cities around the word have been venting their fury against the greed of the big banks – and the debt management inflicted by their governments. Inspired by the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement in Manhattan, protests took hold in Europe, Asia, and around the U.S. – with some turning violent. In New York, there were dozens of arrests as police moved to contain the rally. Here’s RT’s Lucy Kafanov.

More video of Occupy London protest scuffles, arrests

Police in London thwarted protesters’ efforts to set up camp outside the Stock Exchange. Several hundred activists heckled officers for preventing more people from joining the rally. Thousands of protesters nicknamed “the indignant” marched in major European cities on Saturday as demonstrations against corruption, capitalism and austerity measures went global. Demonstrations that began in New York linked up with long-running rallies against government cost-cutting and failed financial policies in Europe.

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Massive standoff at Occupy Times Square NY

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

Thousands of protesters gather at NYC Times Square to support the Occupy Wall Street movement. Confrontation with the police lead to numerous arrests of peaceful demonstrators. Tens of thousands of people in hundreds of cities around the word have been venting their fury against the greed of the big banks – and the debt management inflicted by their governments. Inspired by the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement in Manhattan, protests took hold in Europe, Asia, and around the U.S. – with some turning violent.

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