Activists at Occupy Wall Street have issued a call to thousands of protesters across the US to reoccupy outdoor public spaces to mark the movement’s three-month anniversary. The Occupy movement has stalled in recent weeks after a wave of evictions swept away a raft of encampments, including the largest in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and New [...]
Tag: riot gear
December 9, 2011
November 30, 2011
US police raid two Occupy camps
30 November 2011 Last updated at 15:01 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Police arrested a number of people as they moved in to clear the site US police have raided Occupy Wall Street camps in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, arresting over 200 people and tearing up tent cities. In Los [...]
November 30, 2011
Occupy LA protesters evicted
Police in riot gear close in on anti-Wall Street activists in Los Angeles early on Wednesday. The eviction came after after LA’s mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, announced last week that he wanted protesters to leave by Monday or face forcible removal. Hundreds of Occupy LA activists crowded the area around City Hall as police moved into [...]
November 30, 2011
‘Occupy’ protesters prepare for LAPD raid
November 30, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis ‘Occupy’ protesters prepare for LAPD raid –More than 1,000 officers staged for operation outside Dodger Stadium –Someone played the national anthem on a horn as helicopters circled overhead. 30 Nov 2011 Los Angeles police began surrounding the Occupy Los Angeles encampment Tuesday night, nearly two days after a deadline [...]
November 30, 2011
Los Angeles police dismantle Occupy protesters’ tents
November 30, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Los Angeles police dismantle Occupy protesters’ tents 30 Nov 2011 More than 100 Los Angeles police officers, including dozens in white protective suits, surrounded the Occupy L.A. camp on the City Hall lawn early Wednesday and began to dismantle tents and other shelters. Officers in riot gear and armed [...]
November 29, 2011
Police hold off on eviction of Los Angeles Occupy camp
November 29, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Police hold off on eviction of Los Angeles Occupy camp 28 Nov 2011 Police in riot gear closed in before dawn on Monday on anti-Wall Street activists in Los Angeles who defied a midnight deadline to vacate a camp outside City Hall, but stopped short of clearing the encampment. [...]
November 28, 2011
Occupy LA defy eviction deadline
28 November 2011 Last updated at 09:40 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. LAPD commander Andrew Smith: “A lot of folks have left the park area – so far it’s been non-violent” Occupy Wall Street protesters camped outside City Hall in Los Angeles have defied an eviction deadline, with some 1,000 [...]
November 21, 2011
US pepper spray police suspended
20 November 2011 Last updated at 22:27 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. An officer appeared to spray the protesters at close range A US university has suspended two campus police officers over the use of pepper spray on students at a peaceful protest on Friday in support of the Occupy [...]
November 20, 2011
US campus pepper spray outcry
20 November 2011 Last updated at 11:47 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. An officer appeared to spray the protesters at close range A US university says it is launching an investigation into the use of pepper spray by riot police trying to clear a demonstration. Video of the incident at [...]
November 17, 2011
Scuffles at New York Occupy march
17 November 2011 Last updated at 16:24 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The BBC’s Laura Trevelyan says the situation around the New York Stock Exchange was tense before the opening bell Dozens of people have been arrested in New York as hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters attempted to march [...]
November 16, 2011
New York Police in Riot Gear Clear ‘Occupy’ Protesters From Zuccotti Park
November 16, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis New York Police in Riot Gear Clear ‘Occupy’ Protesters From Zuccotti Park 15 Nov 2011 New York City police in riot gear swept into a Lower Manhattan park early today to remove Occupy Wall Street demonstrators who had been camping there for more than eight weeks to protest income [...]
November 15, 2011
Police dismantle Oakland camp, protesters on march
November 15, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Police dismantle Oakland camp, protesters on march 14 Nov 2011 Police forcibly evicted protesters from an anti-Wall Street camp in downtown Oakland on Monday, setting the stage for a possible showdown with demonstrators who later marched in the street and vowed to dig in. Throngs of protesters headed back [...]
November 15, 2011
Camp cleared at Occupy Oakland
14 November 2011 Last updated at 22:22 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Police dismantle Oakland Occupy tents in Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza Police have shut down a camp set up by Occupy protesters in Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza, dismantling tents and arresting 32 people. The raid comes after police issued [...]
November 14, 2011
Cities struggle to deal with occupy movement
San Francisco (CNN) — Police in riot gear moved into the Occupy Oakland encampment Monday, tearing down tents and arresting some protesters, the latest effort by city officials across the country to gain control over a movement that some leaders say has become a public safety and health threat. Oakland, California, police, aided by dozens [...]