Shot by police with rubber bullet at Occupy Oakland
YouTube – antiprocon
November 5, 2011
While filming a police line at Occupy Oakland after midnight on Nov. 3 following the Nov. 2 general strike, an officer opens fire and shoots me with a rubber bullet. I was standing well back. There was no violence or confrontations of any kind underway. At 0:31 seconds you can see a tall officer in the front raise his weapon and then fire. This is the full clip of the incident.
(hat tip: Activist Post)
Woman found dead at Occupy Vancouver
Josh O’Kane
The Globe and Mail
November 5, 2011
A woman died Saturday afternoon at the Occupy Vancouver protests on the grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
She is believed to be in her 20s. The cause of death is not known, but she was found unresponsive in her tent shortly after 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Vancouver Police Department spokesperson Jana McGuinness said in a statement. The woman was pronounced dead in hospital after paramedics were called to the scene.
Second veteran hospitalized due to police crackdown on Occupy Oakland protests
Madison Ruppert
Activist Post
November 4, 2011
Only a week after Scott Olsen, a former Marine and veteran, was hospitalized with a fractured skull after being struck in the head with a police projectile at an Occupy Oakland protest, yet another veteran has been placed in intensive care thanks to a brutish police response.
A veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan and a part-owner of a small business near Oakland, 32-year-old Kayvan Sabehgi is now in intensive care with a lacerated spleen after being beaten by police near the Occupy Oakland encampment.
According to the Guardian, Sabehgi was not able to reach a hospital until a whopping 18 hours later, despite the excruciating pain he was suffering through.
Sabehgi described a brutal assault to the Guardian which occurred on Wednesday night when police utilized more tear gas and “non-lethal projectiles” (which are far from harmless as you can see here) after protesters allegedly attempted to shut down Oakland.
However, Sabehgi, who left the armed forces in 2007, was far from the main area in which the clashes occurred when he was attacked by police.
Sabehgi told the Guardian that he was walking alone on 14th Street in central Oakland when a line of police appeared in front of him and instructed him to move.
“They told me to move, but I was like: ‘Move to where?’ There was nowhere to move. Then they were lined up in front of me.
“I was talking to one of them, saying ‘Why are you doing this?’ when one moved forward and hit me in my arm and legs and back with his baton. Then three or four cops tackled me and arrested me”, Sabehgi told the Guardian from his bed in the hospital.
Then Sabehgi was handcuffed and put in a police van where he remained for three hours before being transported to jail, by which time he was in “unbelievable pain”.
Sabehgi says he had his arms folded and was being “totally peaceful” before beating brutally beaten and arrested. Oakland police were not available for comment to the Guardian, although this incident will be a difficult one to spin.
“My stomach was really hurting, and it got worse to the point where I couldn’t stand up. I was on my hands and knees and crawled over to the cell door to call for help”, Sabehgi said.
Sabehgi’s torturous experience just gets worse. He was given permission to “crawl” into another cell in order to use the toilet, which ended up being clogged.
“I was vomiting and had diarrhea […] I just lay there in pain for hours”, he said.
He was in so much pain that even after his bail was posted in the afternoon he was not able to leave his cell.
Eventually an ambulance was called and Sabehgi was taken to Highland hospital where Olsen was also taken after his encounter with the barbarous Oakland Police.
He was scheduled to have surgery Friday to repair his ruptured spleen to prevent internal bleeding via a clot or patch.
As of writing this he is likely either undergoing surgery, recovering, or about to go into surgery. I will be sure to update with details when they emerge.
Interestingly, the Guardian says that police used flashbang grenades, tear gas and “non-lethal rounds” (likely meaning beanbag rounds and rubber bullets) to disperse a group of demonstrators that occupied an abandoned building on 16th Street around 10:30 pm.
The police have routinely denied using flashbangs in their attacks on protesters, although the video of Scott Olsen immediately after he was struck in the skull says otherwise.
In the video it appears that an officer deliberately throws a flashbang directly next to the downed veteran in order to break up a crowd of activists who are attempting to help the clearly injured Olsen.
Video has also emerged of Oakland Police attempting to conceal their name and badge number, likely in order to prevent identification in the event that they attacked protesters or engaged in other questionable or illegal activities.
We ask a OPD officer why he had his name badge covered…. from BLK PXLS on Vimeo.
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Raw Milk Freedom Riders – The Revolution Will Not Be Pasteurized
Adam Kokesh
Adam vs The Man
November 1, 2011
Occupy protesters to move for Remembrance Day
CBC News
October 31, 2011
Demonstrators are moving their tents out of Halifax’s Grand Parade for two ceremonies, but they vow to return after Remembrance Day.
Participants of Occupy Nova Scotia say they’re leaving out of respect for a Dignity Day ceremony on Nov. 9 and a Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11.
They plan to hold a rally and cleanup next Sunday and be in Victoria Square two days later.
Michael Anthony told CBC News they reached consensus after much debate. He considers the move a trade-off.
“We’re here, we’re established and people are supporting us, and a lot of people might not support us if we leave because they’ll see that as a compromise. But if we don’t leave, a lot more people won’t support us,” he said Monday.
Statement from Occupy NS – for immediate release
via Occupy NS:
OCCUPY NOVA SCOTIA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Sunday October 30th at 10:00pm
1. There will be a major Solidarity Rally and Great Grand Parade Clean-Up from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Sunday November 6.
2. The Occupation at Grand Parade Square will relocate temporarily to Victoria Park (Spring Garden Road at South Park Street in Halifax)by the evening of Tuesday November 8.
3. Occupy Nova Scotia will return to Grand Parade with a Solidarity Rally at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday November 12.
(between Barrington and Argyle Streets, just South of Duke Street, adjoining Halifax City Hall).
Thank you!
Video: Occupy N.S. protesters discuss moving for Remembrance Day
The Globe and Mail
October 28, 2011
Protesters at the Occupy Nova Scotia site in Halifax held talks with the mayor and veterans about moving before Remembrance Day. The protesters are camped out in front of city hall where crowds will gather on November 11.
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