Occupoopers raise stink in Calgary
CALGARY - The protest ongoing at Olympic Plaza is more about occupooping than occupying, if tickets being issued by police and bylaw officers are any indication.
Bylaw head Bill Bruce said officers have handed out around two-dozen tickets so far during the month-long occupation, including some for urinating and defecating in public.
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Occupoopers raise stink in Calgary | Canada | News | Toronto Sun
Occupy Harvard: Nation's most exclusive tent city
The
Occupy Wall Street movement, which has spread from one tent city to another across this country, has finally arrived at
Harvard University.
And because this is Harvard, the encampment has turned into the most exclusive
Occupy protest in the nation. Students have pitched tents in the university's Harvard Yard, but you can't join the protest unless you possess a Harvard ID card.
The occupiers had no intention of turning
Occupy Harvard into a clubby experience. Harvard's administration, however, decided to post police at the entrances with instructions to keep all outsiders away.
One protestor, who is a junior, lamented upon the heightened security to a reporter for the
Harvard Crimson: "I think it's absurd. Do we really need eight guards per gate?"
In a statement released Friday by
Occupy Harvard, the group complained that the lockdown has "reinforced the institutional exclusivity and elitism that
Occupy Harvard seeks to change."
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Occupy Harvard: Nation's most exclusive tent city - CBS News
Justifying OWS Philly Rape?
The horrific and violent crime of rape should never be minimized, justified or accepted. One rape within any society is too many.
However, when a rape was
reported in the Occupy Philadelphia camp and the news of that rape was posted on the Facebook page of 53%-er Kevin Eder, it prompted a strange reaction from a DC-based feminist organizer named Abigail Collazo.
Here’s the initial Facebook post from Eder;
The post drew comments as well as “likes” from FB members. But, it was the first comment that seemed strange;
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Alleged rape reported at camp - Philly.com
Rape in Occupy Philadelphia | TheBlaze.com
Occupy Crackdown: Beginning of the End for Protests?
The tension is mounting outside Oakland's City Hall after police issued three eviction notices to anti-Wall Street protesters over the weekend, telling demonstrators they do not have the right to camp overnight.
Still, 150 tents remained today in Frank Ogawa Plaza.
Though authorities have not said when or if they plan to raid the encampment, protesters are bracing for a crackdown when the sun goes down.
Oakland police issued similar warnings to Occupy Oakland before raiding the campsite on Oct. 25. More than 80 protesters were arrested and the clashes turned violent. Police used tear gas and bean bags, seriously injuring an Iraq war veteran in the process. He was reportedly released from the hospital, but his friends say he still has trouble speaking.
But the movement that garnered support around the country, is now facing backlash from city governments nationwide.
Police in many cities say they have run out of patience and officials are raising concerns about what they call unsanitary conditions, even a growing number of crimes at some camps.
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Occupy Crackdown: Beginning of the End for Protests? - ABC News
