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Outrage erupted among a group of veterans at the Occupy Wall Street protest last week after Iraq War veteran Kayvan Sabeghi said police clubbed him during a Nov. 3 standoff between officers and supporters of Occupy Oakland.
On Friday, fellow former service members plan to march in Oakland to denounce police brutality that they say was the cause of Sabeghi’s ruptured spleen and the injury suffered by another Iraq War veteran and Occupy Oakland protester, Scott Olsen, who witnesseses said was hit by a police projectile on Oct. 25.
“No one should be treated like that whether they’re a veteran or not,” said Michael Thurman, who helped spearhead Friday’s march, which leaves from Frank Ogawa Plaza at 4 p.m.
The veterans’ injuries and their engagement with the Occupy movement have an infamous precedent that resonates with events continuing to unfold in the center of downtown Oakland.
In May 1932, about 15,000 veterans, many unemployed and destitute, descended on Washington, D.C. They demanded immediate payment of future bonuses promised them by the government. Many of the men, as well as their wives and children, set up camps around the Capitol when President Herbert Hoover refused their demands. The occupation ended in bloodshed after police descended on the Bonus Army, as they came to be called. Cavalry and tanks sent in to rout the camp were followed by soldiers with bayonets who hurled tear gas at the men and their families.
The camp was left in flames, and thousands were wounded.
The Bonus Army’s treatment hasn’t been lost on the veterans who plan to march Friday.
I might not go so far that all 400 are just being greedy. They are often quite charitable. Even so, who needs $1 billion, let alone $50 billion?
(via inothernews)
(via inothernews)
That’s right… a second veteran has been injured, pretty severely at Occupy Oakland. Kayvan Sabehgi, who has served with the Army in Iraq and Afghanistan, was apparently beaten by three or four policemen after being told to move (and having nowhere to move to). He was arrested and jailed, despite being in poor medical condition and a considerable amount of pain. He is currently in intensive care with a lacerated spleen, let out on bail 18 hours after his arrest.
Read the story at the Guardian.
(Above photo of police forming a line at Occupy Oakland. Credit: Kimihiro Hoshino/AP)
But the protestors are the ones at fault, right? They’re the ones causing all the trouble because of some splinter group claiming to be protestors who decided to run around and break windows and spray graffiti. Meanwhile, I think these assholes are the ones trying to cause violence and make the protests look non-peaceful. I think someone’s scared. Stay focused. Stay foolish.
(via inothernews)
Men’s Warehouse In Oakland
Wow.
Wow, indeed. Wow. I’d like to see more of this happen.
Here’s what they did:
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A day of demonstrations in Oakland that began as a significant step toward expanding the political and economic influence of the Occupy Wall Street movement, ended with police in riot gear arresting dozens of protesters who had marched through downtown to break into a vacant building, shattering windows, spraying graffiti and setting fires along the way.
About 3,000 people converged on the Port of Oakland, the nation’s fifth-busiest harbor, in a nearly five-hour protest Wednesday, swarming the area and blocking exits and streets with illegally parked vehicles and hastily-erected, chain-link fences.
Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Peaceful-Occupy-protests-degenerate-into-chaos-2249933.php#ixzz1ce2ZGDDnSo that’s glorious and honorable, right?
I agree with this conclusion from my favorite Tumblrer. It was a splinter group and not the main protest. Probably like the nefarious people being paid to infiltrate the original Wall Street protest at Zuccotti Park a week or two ago. Keet it peaceful. Keep it real.
Men’s Warehouse In Oakland
Wow.
Wow, indeed. Wow. I’d like to see more of this happen.
(via agirlcalledchris)
“As they vowed earlier this week to do, Egyptian pro-democracy protesters marched from Tahrir square to the U.S. Embassy today to march in support of Occupy Oakland—and against the type of police brutality witnessed in Oakland on Tuesday night, and commonly experienced in Egypt.”
the common humanity of absolutely everyone
(via inothernews)
