Police State Tactics: Coordinated National Program to Unoccupy Wall Street and Other Cities

[NorthCarolina]

Link: http://www.thiscantbehappening.net/node/900

by Dave Lindorff

The ugly hand of the federal government is becoming increasingly suspected behind what appears to be a nationwide attempt to repress and evict the Occupation Movement.

Across the country in recent days, ultimatums have been issues to groups occupying Portland, OR, Chicago, IL, San Francisco, Dallas, TX, Atlanta, GA, and most recently New York, NY, where the Occupation Movement began on September 17. The two most recent eviction efforts, in Oakland and New York, have been the worst.

The police attacks have had a lot in common. They have been “justified” based upon trumped up pre-textural claims that the occupiers are creating a health hazard, or a fire hazard, or a crime problem, generally on little or no evidence, or there has been a digging up of obscure and constitutionally questionable statutes, for example laws outlawing the homeless. Then the police come in, usually in dead of night, dressed in riot gear and heavily armed with mace weapons, batons, plastic cuffs and tear gas, or even assault rifles in some cases and so-called flash-bang stun grenades--all weapons to be used against peaceful demonstrators.

So violent has been the response that some returned veterans have condemned the police for using weapons and tactics that are not even permitted by occupying troops in war-torn countries.

Remember this image: it's the national police state on the march

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[xchrom]

1. recommend

[txlibdem]

2. Police forced the Occupy Dallas out of the park where they had been encamped

I heard it on this morning's news but I'm not sure if it was last night or the night before. They were a lot nicer about it than the NYPD, however.

[FloriTexan]

3. It was last night...

From the pictures it appears DPD had one mounted police for every protestor, two cars, a jillion motorcycles. it seemed more than a little over the top.

[txlibdem]

4. Don't forget the helicopters, they had those too (n/t)

[NorthCarolina]

5. This is far from the end of it. I suspect the protests will only grow larger. nt