October 15, 2011

Occupy Albuquerque The Protest Heard Around the World Oct 15 2011 #ows #globalchange #occupyburque ²

Activism, All, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #globalchange, #ows, 10/15/2011, Albuquerque NM, closing account, image, march, occupy albuquerque, Occupy Wall Street, occupyburque, October 15 2011, people, photos, protest, signs, Wells-Fargo

Today was a most phenomenal day! I arrived early at Coyote Camp and shortly before the scheduled noon protest at Wells-Fargo in Nob Hill, we gathered together to march as one to the meeting point. There were approximately 75 of us leaving from Coyote Camp. When the rest of the protest came into view, it was a glorious site… hundreds and hundreds had already gathered! It is difficult to estimate the size of a crowd constantly in motion, but I would estimate there were upwards to 800 people at peak time. All ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, etc. You name it, they were there! A perfect representation of the people today within the 99 percent.

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October 15, 2011

NYPD White Shirt KO’s an #ows protester… as he is walking away! Slow-mo video ^Reply

Activism, All, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallst, #ows, abuse, beaten, cold-cocked, commander, green shirt protester, hit, hit from behind, KO'd, Occupy Wall Street, white shirt NYPD officer

We have all seen some very dramatic footage taken of officers not playing very nicely with the protesters… the pepper-spraying incident for one. Here is another. A protester (wearing a green t-shirt) has his back to the NYPD White Shirt and is walking away from him, when the officer grabs him from behind and flat out KO’s him. Here are two different angles of the incident. One is very apparent that the protester has his back to the officer and is walking away. No, we do not see what “green shirt” did to provoke this, but regardless, the response of the officer is way out of line. Green shirt was not being aggressive at that time.