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Fifth Column
SF Occupy to go after police
2012-02-03
Protesters arrested during an Occupy Oakland rally Saturday said they were abused by police, subjected to illegal mass arrests and suffered a litany of human rights violations while held at two county jails - which only strengthened their commitment.

Organizers held a news conference outside Oakland City Hall on Wednesday to denounce police and restate their goal to move into a vacant building. Members called for another demonstration Saturday night, the latest in what Occupy activists have dubbed "F- the police" rallies, as well as a march to a courthouse Monday.

"Even the people who suffered the most traumatizing experiences are back out here," said Caitlin Manning, an Occupy Oakland member. "Santa Rita (county jail) spawns rebels. People who go through that don't come out broken; they come out strengthened."

Earlier Wednesday, Police Chief Howard Jordan said he had assigned a team of investigators to look into Occupy protesters' allegations of police abuse.

"We take allegations of abuse seriously," he said.
He has to say that...
"Obviously, this is a very volatile situation that needs to be addressed immediately. We are not shying away from these allegations."
They'll just dismiss them...
On Saturday night, hours after police turned back Occupy activists seeking to take over the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center, hundreds of protesters were arrested outside the YMCA on Broadway. Police said the protesters had ignored dispersal orders, but Occupy activists said they never heard any such order.
Since they were screaming at the tops of their lungs at the cops...
Noah Zimmerman, 31, an information-technology consultant from Richmond,
Whoa! A guy with an actual job at the Occupy? That twitched the surprise meter. Or maybe 'consultant' means '90% unemployed'...
said he would have left the area had police given him the chance. Instead, he was arrested and spent 24 hours in jail.

"I did not hear an order to disperse because there was no order to disperse," Zimmerman said. "I had no intention of going to jail."
Most lawbreakers don't, you know...
On Sunday, Jordan said his officers had made the dispersal orders and "rightfully conducted the arrests."

Once detained, protesters said they had waited in plastic handcuffs for hours before deputies processed them into two county jails.
That's what happens, of course, when a large number of people are arrested at the same time...
Sgt. J.D. Nelson, a spokesman for the Alameda County Sheriff's Office, said that with more than 350 bookings, it was the busiest day in nearly 30 years. He said he was unaware of any complaints filed against the jails.

Nelson said officials had planned to send most of those arrested to Glenn Dyer Detention Facility in downtown Oakland, but protesters gathered outside the building and forced drivers to divert buses carrying 250 people to Santa Rita Jail in Dublin.

"Their own actions caused their own slowdown," Nelson said.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  Virginity tests? With these clowns?

Why bother? You know in advance what the answer would be....
Posted by: Barbara   2012-02-03 16:00  

#6  "The pigs turned us all into newts!"
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2012-02-03 15:21  

#5  These people don't understand the Dems have determined they are no longer useful. With that said harsh measures to silence them could be used with minimal media coverage. Either that or they are gonna be beaten and it will be claimed retroactively that they are Tea Party protestors.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-02-03 14:49  

#4  ...I suspect the virginity test has been 'outsourced' at the lockup.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-02-03 14:25  

#3  Boy the quality of 'Brown shirts' sure isn't what it used to be.

I mean having to wait in plastic handcuffs for a couple hours - Oh WHERE's THE HUMANITY!

Maybe they would prefer the Egyptian police instead. But then we would have the Police'es human rights offended (horrible image alert!) for having to perform virginity tests on them.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2012-02-03 14:21  

#2  Some crucible they've been through. If that's the most traumatic thing any of them have been through I think they've got some surprises coming.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2012-02-03 13:36  

#1   People who go through that don't come out broken; they come out strengthened."


That problem can be fixed ya know.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-02-03 10:38  

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