Occupiers Arrested Protesting NDAA, Denver Camp Burns

[zeljko67]

Last edited Tue Dec 20, 2011, 04:47 PM - Edit history (1)

Eight Occupy Iowa protesters were arrested Monday at the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters in Des Moines where they protested what the Washington Post vaguely terms "defense spending."

Specifically, the group demanded President Obama veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA,) which gives the president the authority to indefinitely detain persons (including U.S. citizens) without trial and to expand the scope of the War on Terror.

Unlike the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, which implies the president has the power to indefinitely detain individuals, NDAA explicitly expresses the president has the power of indefinite detention.

President Obama had threatened early on to veto the entire NDAA, but subsequently, and entirely predictably, reversed that decision.

Rest of artcile:
http://www.inthesetimes.com/uprising/entry/12451/occupiers_arrested_protesting_ndaa_denver_camp_burns/

[msongs]

1. America's police are terrorists, a bigger threat to our freedom than any bombers nt

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. Yes and not 'low level' terrorists either.

[pinboy3niner]

2. Denver Progressive posted a live thread on events there last night/early am

http://www.democraticunderground.com/100245915

After the eviction, Denver occupiers began marching through the streets. At one point, police blocked them and targeted one protester for arrest (a police lieutenant was heard saying, "Yeah, that's the one." )

From the livestream, it sounded like there were more arrests after marchers reached the 16th Street Mall.

Edited to adjust punctuation so it doesn't appear as a smilie--especially after mentioning an occupier's arrest.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. They're desperate to knock down any "leaders" the movement may have.

In so doing, they're simply creating more.