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Posted 13 years ago on Sept. 25, 2011, 5:56 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

</iframe><p></p> <p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/29567140?title=0&color=f0000c" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/29567140"></p> </div> <p class="view-comments"> <a title="View Comments" href="/article/block-by-block-city-by-city/#comments"> 78 Comments</a> </p> </article> <article class="article " id="march-guidelines"> <h1><a href="/article/march-guidelines/"> March Guidelines </a></h1> <p class="info"> Posted 13 years ago on Sept. 25, 2011, 12:23 p.m. EST by <a title="View OccupyWallSt's profile" class="user" href="/users/OccupyWallSt/">OccupyWallSt</a> </p> <div class="words"> <ol> <li>Stay together and KEEP MOVING!</li> <li>Don't <u>instigate</u> cops or pedestrians with physical violence.</li> <li>Use basic hand signals.</li> <li>Empowered pace keeps at the front, back and middle of every march. These folks are empowered to make directional decisions and guide the march.</li> <li>We respect diversity of tactics, but consider how our actions may affect the entire group.</li> </ol> </div> <p class="view-comments"> <a title="View Comments" href="/article/march-guidelines/#comments"> 132 Comments</a> </p> </article> <article class="article " id="A-Message-From-Occupied-Wall-Street-Day-Eight"> <h1><a href="/article/A-Message-From-Occupied-Wall-Street-Day-Eight/"> A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Eight) </a></h1> <p class="info"> Posted 13 years ago on Sept. 25, 2011, 5:09 a.m. EST by <a title="View OccupyWallSt's profile" class="user" href="/users/OccupyWallSt/">OccupyWallSt</a> <br/> Tags: <a href="/tag/communiqu%C3%A9/">communiqué</a> </p> <div class="words"> <p>This is the eighth communiqué from the 99 percent. We are occupying Wall Street.</p> <p>On September 24th, 2011, the lie revealed itself. We live in a world where only 1 percent of us are protected and served. The following is graphic.</p> <p>This is a video of a white-collar police officer macing penned-in young women:</p> <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/moD2JnGTToA?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/moD2JnGTToA?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object> <p>This is a photo of a white-collar police officer reaching over a barricade and ripping a young woman's hair out:</p> <p><img src="/media/img/dQqP3l.jpg" alt="" title="Credit: Sean Conners for occupywallst.org - Hosted by imgur.com" /></p> <p>This is a video that shows a white-collar police officer tackle a young man for no reason (thirty-six seconds in).<br> Later, it shows a different white-collar police officer shoving two young women and a young man for no reason (one minute and two seconds in):</p> <object style="height: 390px; width: 640px"><param name="movie" value="https://www.youtube.com/v/uiraDbcx14c?version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="https://www.youtube.com/v/uiraDbcx14c?version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="360"></object> <p>This is a photo of two white-collar police officers arresting a young woman for filming them:</p> <p><img src="/media/img/6179538758_3790db5029_z.jpg" alt="" title="Credit: Peter Harris" /></p> <p><a href="https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/wall-street-protests-continue-with-at-least-5-arrested/">This is a September 19th article by New York Times reporter Colin Moynihan that reveals a white-collar police officer reached over a barricade and took hold of a protester without provocation, and then lied about the details.</a></p> <p>Here is a picture from the article, note the other two white-collar officers holding him up:</p> <p><img src="/media/img/19protest1-cityroom-blog480.jpg" alt="" title="Credit: Robert Stolarik for The New York Times" /></p> <p>This is a video from September 20th of two white-collar police officers throwing a protester face first towards the ground:</p> <iframe width="520" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hTJH4ZZU_oA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

We demand that Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly resigns.

We demand that this man is charged for maliciously spraying protesters and blue-collar police.

We demand jail time - for this man and others like him.
We demand that no blue-collar police is charged for the crimes of their supervisor.

We demand that Mayor Bloomberg address our General Assembly and apologize for what has occurred.

A message to blue-collar police:
Do not do what you are told. We are peaceful and you know this. We offer you coffee in the morning and water in the day. You always refuse and we know that's because they told you to.
Speak of the crimes of your supervisors. We will help you. We are expressing the same frustration that you feel. You are the 99 percent. Join us. Join our conversation.

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At least four arrested, one for shooting photos UPDATE: at least eighty arrested, five maced | RETRACTION: no tear gas used

Posted 13 years ago on Sept. 24, 2011, 8:11 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt

We have at least four arrests today during a community march, a fifth arrest is suspected but police will not confirm.

A legal observer attempting to contact an arrested member was not allowed to due to “an emergency situation,” we are currently unsure of what this means. At least one arrest was due to a protester taking photographs. At least one protester's possessions have not been returned.

Please call the first precinct, central booking and the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information and urge them to release these peaceful protesters.

First precinct: +1 (212) 334-0611
Central booking: +1 (212) 374-3921
Deputy Commissioner of Public Information: +1 (646) 610-6700
NYPD Switchboard: 1-646-610-5000

UPDATE: We are now receiving reports that at least 80 protesters have been arrested. The National Lawyer's Guild puts the number at around one hundred. Liberty square is currently full with an ongoing discussion on how to respond to this unprecedented level of police aggression. Police are currently surrounding the square. There is nearly one police officer for every two protesters.

Earlier today we had reports of police kettling protesters with large orange net, using tasers, at least five protesters have been maced.

UPDATE: @pulseofprotest was posting live from a police van. It appears as though he has stopped.

UPDATE: Some pictures http://twitpic.com/6pzd48
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Video: http://www.twitvid.com/ZCB5U

UPDATE: About 50 protesters marched two by two silently on Police plaza. Police have barricaded protesters from reaching Police plaza.

RETRACTION: Reports of tear gas being fired into the crowd turned out to be false.

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