Father Monk (with a birthname of “Monk,” it was destiny) speaks some very powerful and truthful words at a recent City Council meeting in Pensacola FL. His demeanor is nothing but passive, yet passionate. Apparently, the words he spoke were offensive to some on the council (damn, the truth hurts sometimes), and he was asked to leave. Here is the description of the incident from the video: More…
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#occupyburque The Death and Wake of our First Amendment | Photos Oct 29 2011 Reply
Occupy / (un) Occupy Albuquerque protesters put on a wake Saturday in honor of the death of our First Amendment rights to Free Speech and Peaceful Assembly after the UNM denied renewal of their permit, and Administration banned the group from protesting on the campus – else face arrest.
Here are a few photos from the wake. Full photo gallery available on my photo site Motley Photos.
Occupy Albuquerque | UNM Administration provides a “compromise” | #occupyburque 4
After a tumultuous week here in Albuquerque at the Occupy / (un) Occupy Albuquerque base camp called Coyote Camp, the UNM Administration has provided the group a “compromise”:
UNM will open the park from 7:30 AM to 2:30 PM, Monday through Friday, and 11:00 AM to 3 PM Saturday and Sunday.
Occupy Albuquerque Oct 25 2011 | Police move in #occupyburque #ows 6
After President Schmidly, UNM, declared they would not renew the permit that has allowed Coyote Camp to function, several of the protesters formed a circle and stood their ground. There were too many Albuquerque Police, State Police and SWAT team members that arrived to count. Fully armed on unarmed, peaceful protesters. The circle was peacefully arrested, but later in the night, the police used their “strong arm” to break up the 99% crowd which refused to leave.
Here is some footage from last night. The first video is the circle singing before the arrival of the police. The second video is the group chanting “Down with Schmidly.” Then the next two are the police and SWAT team which arrived and pushed the crowd back into the street. Next, originally uploaded by WallStreetZombies, looks to appear to be the police pepper spraying the crowd in the street. Last video, by MichaelFilmaker, shows the arrests of those in the circle.
Update: Wednesday afternoon, October 26th, 2011: Occupy Albuquerque has been told today by UNM that we are NOT allowed to protest on the UNM campus else face arrest. Not even during normal hours of 7 AM to 10 PM.
A few photos below the videos. Full set of photos available on here on Motley Photos.
NM State Rep Brian Egolf Jr pens letter to UNM Pres Schmidly to allow protesters to remain #occupyburque #ows Reply
After a very emotional today on the UNM campus, President Schmidly officially denied the permit to allow the Occupy Albuquerque protesters to remain on campus. Just a short while ago, State Representative Brian F. Egolf, Jr. penned a letter to President Schmidly requesting that he allow the protesters to remain on campus. Reply from Schmidly has not yet been received at the time of posting.
