Forum Post: Death threat at Zuccotti Park OWS
Posted 12 years ago on Oct. 25, 2011, 9:42 p.m. EST by OccupyDC
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From the NY Daily News ....
"Three men are wanted for threatening to kill a 24-year-old Occupy Wall Street protester because she was pressing charges over an assault at the group's Zuccotti Park encampment.
The young protester was roughed up at the Downtown sit-in by a man named Garfield Leslie, 19, police said Tuesday.
Leslie offered to sell the woman drugs, and when she declined that offer and his romantic advances, he punched her in the face and dished out more blows to two friends who had come to her defense, police said.
The woman filed a complaint with police, and Leslie was arrested at Zuccotti Park about 8 p.m. on Saturday.
Then, on Monday, the trio of young toughs paid the woman a visit at the park, threatening her with retribution.
"You got our friend arrested. We're gonna kill you! Watch you back!" they warned her, police said.
Police on Tuesday released grainy surveillance camera images of the three punks."
"The assault and the watch-your-back threat were far from the first signs of criminal troubles within the Occupy Wall Street ranks.
On Oct. 11, David Park, 27, of Conn., was arrested after police say he sexually assaulted a 26-year-old protester inside a sleeping bag. He had previously been collared for disorderly conduct during a march by protesters, police said.
And last month, a man was arrested inside Zuccotti Park for burglarizing a nearby office building, police said.
Police have made a total of 966 protest-related arrests since the movement started in September." .......................................................
There is trouble brewing at the animal farm.
Good. I hope they catch those jerks.
Animal farm? Go to he'll d.c. A woman gets attacked by some NYC drug dealer and it's her fault. 966 arrests protest related. 966 free speech violations. Burglary of an office building?? U see how OWS is being treated by the media?? I thought they were descent til now??? I know where my attention is going.
I never said it was her fault. Nothing of the kind. Don't put words in my mouth.
It is kind of like the book Animal Farm up there at the park ... "Some animals are more equal than others".
Sorry I'm just kinda pissed off
Don't apologize to this puke.
Pissed off about what?
Thought u were calling OWS a bunch of farm animals. I posted more of my issue in a personal message.
How is that within the ranks a guy from the outside comes into to sell drugs and is declined so he assaults her. Then they go back and threaten her life so it is OWS fault fuck the media. They are as corrupt as the rest.
The article makes them out to be a bunch of miscreants, which is completely false. There are a few creeps, but they are the exceptions rather than the rule.
that is very few arrest
so the 3 punks haven't been arrested
Not yet.
The Security Working Group down there better get their act together or someone is going to get murdered.
wow that sounds like a veiled threat
The threat was made by those 3 thugs.
What is going to happen to this movement if she is murdered walking to a nearby business to use the bathroom?
You don't think those thugs won't be looking out for her? Or some of their other friends whose faces haven't been caught on the cameras at the park?
If you are there at the protest, you better get the Security team to keep a close eye on her, and never let her leave the park alone.
Good advice. I think the security team has been doing well, overall. When I was there I heard of two thefts stopped and three people that had lost property had it returned. The majority of the people there are awesome. Hopefully they can keep up the good work.
what is her name ?
what is the name of the origonal man that she accuses ?
There is a link at the top.
Vee need der OWS Polizei!
Stuff like this will happen. I hope OWS can strengthen internal security because although inevitable it's bad.