Day of Rage

[maphdet]

Via: hxxp://www.occupytogether.org/

MIDWEST
Occupy Chicago
Occupy Cincinnati
Occupy Cleveland
Occupy Columbus, OH
Occupy Evansville
Occupy Indiana
Occupy Indianapolis
Occupy Kansas City
Occupy Michigan
Occupy Minnesota
Occupy OKC
Occupy Omaha
Occupy OSU (Stillwater)
Occupy St. Louis
Occupy Tulsa
Occupy Wisconsin
Occupy Youngstown


NORTHEAST
Occupy Albany
Occupy Binghamton
Occupy Boston
Occupy D.C.
Occupy Hartford, CT
Occupy Maine
Occupy New Haven
Occupy New Jersey
Occupy Norfolk, VA
Occupy Philadelphia
Occupy Pittsburgh
Occupy Providence, RI
Occupy Rochester
Occupy Vermont


SOUTHEAST
Occupy Arkansas
Occupy Asheville
Occupy Atlanta
Occupy Birmingham, AL
Occupy Charlotte
Occupy Chattanooga
Occupy Clarksville, TN
Occupy Columbia, SC
Occupy Columbus, GA
Occupy Daytona Beach
Occupy Durham
Occupy Florence, SC
Occupy Greensboro
Occupy Jacksonville, FL
Occupy Knoxville
Occupy Lexington, KY
Occupy Louisville
Occupy Memphis
Occupy Mississippi
Occupy Nashville
Occupy New Orleans
Occupy Orlando
Occupy Pensacola
Occupy Raleigh, NC
Occupy Richmond, VA
Occupy Sarasota
Occupy Tallahassee
Occupy Tampa
Occupy Winston Salem


SOUTHWEST
Occupy Albuquerque
Occupy Austin
Occupy Dallas
Occupy Houston
Occupy Phoenix
Occupy San Antonio
Occupy Santa Fe
Occupy Tucson


WEST
Occupy Boise
Occupy Colorado Springs
Occupy Denver
Occupy Eugene
Occupy Las Vegas
Occupy Los Angeles
Occupy Napa
Occupy Olympia
Occupy Portland
Occupy Riverside
Occupy Sacramento
Occupy Salem
Occupy Salt Lake City
Occupy San Diego
Occupy San Francisco
Occupy San Jose
Occupy Santa Cruz
Occupy Seattle
Occupy Spokane
Occupy Ventura


INTERNATIONAL
Occupy Adelaide
Occupy Brisbane
OCCUPY DEN HAAG (NL)
Occupy Finland
Occupy Frankfurt Germany
Occupy Hamburg Germany
Occupy Manchester | March on the Tory Party Conference
Occupy Melbourne Australia
Occupy Montreal
Occupy Perth
Occupy the London Stock Exchange
Occupy Toronto Market Exchange
Occupy Vancouver


I'm going to go to Occupy Tampa 10-6. For shits and grins. 

[moose]

Yeah Occupy Rochester is meeting tomorrow, probably for some preliminary planning. I figure why not check it out. Plus I got a couple hundred bizarro flyers for nonexistent support groups, events, and causes I've been leaving on the bulletin boards all over school, stuff like "rochester paper hat enthusiasts present the second annual erotic origami seminar" or "join our coalition to end the unjust American occupation of Disneyland" so I'm hoping I can at least throw some shit up on some bus stops if I get really bored. Oh, and Emily Good is attending, I think, the woman who was arrested here recently for videotaping the police while they were making an arrest (an unjustified one, as it happened, based on racial profiling) The last time the cops here heard about her getting together with other activists, they actually sent out a bunch of squad cars and cops went out on the street, pulled out rulers and measured the distance between the curb and people's cars  in front of their meeting place. They wrote dozens of tickets. I guess we suck at parking. And the cops suck at not sucking. And I suck at life. But I will bring my camera TOMORROW! Just in case anybody gets arrested. Because we can do that, dammit.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I saw a flyer near work for one in Boston.

:Checks internet:

Oh fuk, it starts at 6:00. Anyone not intending on being there, avoid South Station.

I would actually attend except... you know... wedding in 10 hours

Twid,
Childhood  is thoroughly dead

[Cain]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15140671

More than 700 people from the Occupy Wall Street protest movement have been arrested on New York's City's Brooklyn Bridge, police say.

They were part of a larger group crossing the bridge from Manhattan, where they have been camped out near Wall Street for two weeks.

Some entered the bridge's roadway and were met by a large police presence and detained, most for disorderly conduct.

The loosely-organised group is protesting against corporate greed.

They say they are defending 99% of the US population against the wealthiest 1%.

Occupy Wall Street called for 20,000 people to "flood into lower Manhattan" on 17 September and remain there for "a few months".

Several hundred remain camped at Zuccotti Park, a privately owned area of land not far from Wall Street.

A police spokesman quoted by Reuters said the arrests came "after multiple warnings by police were given to protesters to stay on the pedestrian walkway".

"Some complied and took the walkway without being arrested. Others locked arms and proceeded on the Brooklyn-bound vehicular roadway. The latter were arrested," the spokesman said.

Many were released again shortly afterwards, police said.

Some of the protesters said police had allowed them on to the roadway and were escorting them across when they were surrounded and the arrests began.

[Luna]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15140671

More than 700 people from the Occupy Wall Street protest movement have been arrested on New York's City's Brooklyn Bridge, police say.

They were part of a larger group crossing the bridge from Manhattan, where they have been camped out near Wall Street for two weeks.

Some entered the bridge's roadway and were met by a large police presence and detained, most for disorderly conduct.

The loosely-organised group is protesting against corporate greed.

They say they are defending 99% of the US population against the wealthiest 1%.

Occupy Wall Street called for 20,000 people to "flood into lower Manhattan" on 17 September and remain there for "a few months".

Several hundred remain camped at Zuccotti Park, a privately owned area of land not far from Wall Street.

A police spokesman quoted by Reuters said the arrests came "after multiple warnings by police were given to protesters to stay on the pedestrian walkway".

"Some complied and took the walkway without being arrested. Others locked arms and proceeded on the Brooklyn-bound vehicular roadway. The latter were arrested," the spokesman said.

Many were released again shortly afterwards, police said.

Some of the protesters said police had allowed them on to the roadway and were escorting them across when they were surrounded and the arrests began.

Thanks, Cain, interesting to see the angle it's reported from.  CNN has it with a different flavor:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/01/business/wall-street-protests/index.html?hpt=us_c2

Police have issued tickets to hundreds of protesters who occupied an iconic New York bridge during demonstrations against the nation's financial system.
The "Occupy Wall Street" protesters extended their rally to Brooklyn Bridge, where they were ticketed and summoned for blocking the roadway, authorities said late Saturday.
Protesters banged drums and chanted, "the whole world is watching" as police moved in.
"Over 700 summonses and desk appearance tickets have been issued in connection with the demonstration on the Brooklyn Bridge ... after multiple warnings by police were given to protesters to stay on the pedestrian walkway," said Paul J. Browne, deputy commissioner for the New York City Police Department.
Browne said authorities had warned protesters they would be arrested if they occupied the roadway.
"Some complied and took the walkway without being arrested," he said.

According to the article, bridge traffic was shut down for "several hours."  If I were driving, and got stuck in that, whether I agreed with the protests or not, I'd be at least mildly annoyed, I'd think.

[Cain]

Don't expect this to be reported, though

http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Home/article/ny-13.htm?TB_iframe=true&height=580&width=850

JPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple. The money will pay for 1,000 new patrol car laptops, as well as security monitoring software in the NYPD's main data center.

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon a note expressing "profound gratitude" for the company's donation.

"These officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe," Dimon said. "We're incredibly proud to help them build this program and let them know how much we value their hard work."

I'm sure this isnt just due to the protests and is part of a wider "understanding" between Wall Street and the NYPD (how many bankers get busted for excessive use of hookers and blow, for example?  Yet, we all know they're doing it.  In the documentary, Inside Job, it was even claimed escorts were invoiced directly to the banks).  And if J. P. Morgan are giving this much, how much are other banks, investment groups etc also giving?  The total NYPD budget is $4 billion, so this is only 1% of their whole funding taken care of, but similar donations from even only four other groups or individuals would mean 5% of their budget is paid directly by Wall Street.

[Triple Zero]

I just read about this in the context of the NYTimes changing their writeup 20 minutes after publishing to put the blame on the protestors:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/10/01/new-york-times-blatantly-edits-article-about-occupy-wall-street-to-protect-police-image/
(yes the site itself is a bit hysterical)

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Hah, I just posted a thread looking for opinions on the occupy everywhere movement. I should have checked this thread first.

[Triple Zero]

I didn't really realize they were two different things. I assumed there were people on DoR that stuck around to occupy Wallstreet, no?

Or did they go home first and think "hey that didn't work, we should go BACK, and then NOT go home again"

(because that would be kind of silly)

(nothing wrong with silly, of course)

[Telarus]

Yeah, I read that site. Interesting 'reports from the ground' about the police closing off the bridge in the first place, and then directing the mass of people onto the roadway section. I'm waiting on video, hopefully we'll get a better idea of what actually happened...

[Luna]

Yeah, I read that site. Interesting 'reports from the ground' about the police closing off the bridge in the first place, and then directing the mass of people onto the roadway section. I'm waiting on video, hopefully we'll get a better idea of what actually happened...

The only video I've seen, posted by people who said, "the police led us onto the bridge" cuts off before anybody sets foot on the bridge.

[Jenne]

Don't expect this to be reported, though

http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Home/article/ny-13.htm?TB_iframe=true&height=580&width=850

JPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple. The money will pay for 1,000 new patrol car laptops, as well as security monitoring software in the NYPD's main data center.

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly sent CEO and Chairman Jamie Dimon a note expressing "profound gratitude" for the company's donation.

"These officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe," Dimon said. "We're incredibly proud to help them build this program and let them know how much we value their hard work."

I'm sure this isnt just due to the protests and is part of a wider "understanding" between Wall Street and the NYPD (how many bankers get busted for excessive use of hookers and blow, for example?  Yet, we all know they're doing it.  In the documentary, Inside Job, it was even claimed escorts were invoiced directly to the banks).  And if J. P. Morgan are giving this much, how much are other banks, investment groups etc also giving?  The total NYPD budget is $4 billion, so this is only 1% of their whole funding taken care of, but similar donations from even only four other groups or individuals would mean 5% of their budget is paid directly by Wall Street.

I have GOT to watch that.  I think it's still showing on cable atm.