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In the discussion thread: Eyewitness account from an SF Occupier to last nights vandalism (and he's not happy). [View all]

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Thu May 3, 2012, 12:40 AM

Luminous Animal (17,280 posts)

33. "one restaurant owner said officers even appeared to be "escorting" the group"

Yep.

Some business owners said that given the extent of the damage, the arrest total should have been far higher.

J.H. Kostelni of Farina restaurant on 18th Street said he had seen squad cars at the front and the back of a group of about 30 people who threw paint and eggs at his windows and overturned his outdoor tables.

"It looked like police were escorting them," Kostelni said. "They didn't stop them."

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37 replies	Author	Time	Post
Eyewitness account from an SF Occupier to last nights vandalism (and he's not happy). [View all]	Luminous Animal	May 2012	OP
When you have constant police surveillance and then it just stops, isn't that at all weird?	ck4829	May 2012	#1
I don;t know why anyone should be surprised at this	zeemike	May 2012	#2
If you let it happen, it's going to happen.You indicated it was obvious that the "leaders" were fake	saras	May 2012	#3
Plenty of people tried to stop them but the vandals threatened them with baseball bats	Luminous Animal	May 2012	#4
Smells....	AnneD	May 2012	#5
kick	HiPointDem	May 2012	#6
We need video and lots of it...	Bennyboy	May 2012	#7
Like I said, livestreamers were threatened with physical violence by the vandals.	Luminous Animal	May 2012	#8
ok so why didn't real occupy scatter? like in NYC?	StarsInHerHair	May 2012	#20
They did. Some hung back and cleaned up the trash from tipped over cans...	Luminous Animal	May 2012	#23
Not surprised but this is just un-freakin'-believable behavior	Roland99	May 2012	#9
Agent Provocateurs. nt	Javaman	May 2012	#10
Sure. It's always AP's.	greytdemocrat	May 2012	#13
Who do you think they were?	backscatter712	May 2012	#27
Why do you come here to hate on Occupy?	U4ikLefty	May 2012	#28
Awww...	Javaman	May 2012	#30
Somewhere there should be a cop who's brave enough to blow the whistle.	20score	May 2012	#11
Spread the word--BIG, LOUD, and OFTEN (endlessly, really).	tblue37	May 2012	#12
One vandalized business tweets in support of OWS...	Luminous Animal	May 2012	#14
k&r. .. n/t	annabanana	May 2012	#15
Sounds identical to what happened in Seattle	Generic Other	May 2012	#16
That is why it is so important to videotape all of the GAs. Every minute of them.	JDPriestly	May 2012	#17
A lot of people are unhappy.	joshcryer	May 2012	#18
How do you know those commenters live in the Mission?	Luminous Animal	May 2012	#21
They sound like they do.	joshcryer	May 2012	#24
That is a powerful report from someone who really knows all about this and has been working so hard.	freshwest	May 2012	#19
You're welcome, freshwest. There is a lot of rebuilding to be done.	Luminous Animal	May 2012	#22
Yeah they always do this. We need a strategy that works even in the face of this.	limpyhobbler	May 2012	#25
They do this because it works,	G_j	May 2012	#26
sorry, don't buy it.....	crazyjoe	May 2012	#29
Maybe not so much	limpyhobbler	May 2012	#31
Your not convincing me by a long shot. We can't just say	crazyjoe	May 2012	#34
Some people are planted to make trouble. It's been proven in the past at various protests.	limpyhobbler	May 2012	#35
Thank for not tarring the "anarchists" with this trouble-making.	U4ikLefty	May 2012	#36
+1	joshcryer	May 2012	#37
Thom Hartmann video just posted agrees with the OP account:	freshwest	May 2012	#32
"one restaurant owner said officers even appeared to be "escorting" the group"	Luminous Animal	May 2012	#33

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