Wednesday, September 26, 2012

12-09-26 Misc news of the abuse...


Intimidation, Assault, false arrest, NYPD's attack on the 4th estate during the weekend of S-17


MOments before Areest of five Journlaist on S-15 in front of Trinity Church by Cory V. Clark
New York, NY September 17, 2012-The rights of journalists' have, for the course of this country's history, been one of the most sacred institutions.   Even when everything else had gone wrong we were free to talk about, photograph, or video it. We may have been beaten and abused in a lot of ways; however, we did our jobs without fear of arrest, so long as we didn't legitimately break the law.
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Promoted to Headline (H3) on 9/26/12:One Third Of Athens Businesses Shuttered

Quicklink submitted by Sheila Samples

Greece's deep recession has forced almost a third of businesses in the capital's commercial district to close down as shrinking incomes and frequent strikes drive Athenians away. Tens of thousands of small businesses, which make up a big chunk of the struggling economy, have shut since Greece secured a 110-billion-euro bailout package in 2010 in exchange for promises of painful austerity measures.



Disturbing: Cops Tase Scared Old Woman to Evict Her (Video)

Just appalling.

Lilly Washington, a Romanian woman who was being evicted from her home--while she tried to appeal the mortgage payment in court--was tasered repeatedly. Here's the news report from the local CBS station, followed by the video of the incident. The video is hard to watch - Washington, from Romania, the mother of a soldier overseas, getting tased during her eviction.
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Footage of NYPD's Brutal Raid That Ended 2-Month Occupation of Zuccotti Park Released

This release of the footage is the first major public documentation of the raid on November 15, 2011, when the police arrested an estimated 200.
 

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