Well, it's just an everyday occurrence around here
November 10, 2011 8:37 PM Subscribe
Occupy Oakland protesters held a General Assembly meeting last night to debate whether to kick out the Black Bloc for their encampment. The resolution failed to meet the 90% threshold required for adoption. This followed a news conference held by 5 members of Oakland City Council which was swarmed by protesters who shouted down the council members.
Today,
a man was shot to death near the Occupy Oakland camp.
Protesters denied that there was any connection with the camp, but attacked a news cameraman trying to film the aftermath of the incident. Another report from the news crew, which happened to be present at the scene to document the one-month 'birthday' of the occupation. A third report. A local blogger attempted to film the scene but described being attacked as well (video). The celebration has been cancelled.
Coincidentally, a man fatally shot himself at Occupy Vermont camp; protesters said he was a veteran and that he seemed to be 'troubled.' Burlington city officials were reviewing the camp's status. Guns are prohibited from the city plaza by a local ordinance.
I originally posted this on the existing thread but that's over a week old, and right after posting it struck me that it might sink amid the day's other news so I flagged it and made an FPP instead.
Protesters denied that there was any connection with the camp, but attacked a news cameraman trying to film the aftermath of the incident. Another report from the news crew, which happened to be present at the scene to document the one-month 'birthday' of the occupation. A third report. A local blogger attempted to film the scene but described being attacked as well (video). The celebration has been cancelled.
Coincidentally, a man fatally shot himself at Occupy Vermont camp; protesters said he was a veteran and that he seemed to be 'troubled.' Burlington city officials were reviewing the camp's status. Guns are prohibited from the city plaza by a local ordinance.
I originally posted this on the existing thread but that's over a week old, and right after posting it struck me that it might sink amid the day's other news so I flagged it and made an FPP instead.
This post was deleted for the following reason: We've had a whole lot of OWS threads, it's okay to keep new stuff in one that's a few days old and still active. -- cortex
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