TimCast... http://www.ustream.tv/timcast he also has other vids recorded throughout the day and evening
A couple of links that point to the raid. They were held and cuffed at gunpoint...that's a bit excessive and totally uncalled for. http://bit.ly/LmIhIr http://bit.ly/KtvMvZ -----Original Message----- From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:30 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest I saw that. I made a tinyurl for it here um Saturday or so. I am also not happy about the livestreamers who got hassled at gunpoint, not the way to treat journalists, Chicago, and yes citizen journalists do count. On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Plus, they did a preemptive raid, claiming that the people arrested > had incendiary devices. The "incendiary devices"...welll it was a > beer making kit. Occupy Chicago documented it early on and posted the > pics of what was confiscated (unfortunately, I only know of a FB page, > and FB doesn't seem to like this list for some reason. I did see the > pics and as someone who has done home brewing...it was a beer making > kit. They were also claiming they confiscated swords and shuriken... > These guys were well known in the protest community from what I have > been reading and not the violent types (aka they were not black bloc). > "Coincidentally", 4 days earlier, these guys were pulled over by cops > and threatened and harassed. Here is the video... > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudIyxxAboA (video of the harassment) > > If I find an outside posting of the pics of the confiscated stuff, I > will post > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:13 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > This reads as "we're protesting anything and everything that anyone > has ever been upset about". > > ...and I'm not saying that the police always act right, but the > Chicago Trib link that started this thread was primarily of peaceful > protests. I saw a few injuries oh unknown origin, and a protestor who > got punched in the face after hitting a police officer over the head. > > I guess I am not seeing the overwhelming police brutality angle. I am > definitely seeing the random "protest everything" angle. > > -Cameron > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > NATO Summit... protesting the war in Afghanistan as well as other > > military actions taken by NATO, plus all the other occupy stuff like > > income inequality, healthcare, etc... There was a big protest in > > front of Boeing HQ today "Healthcare not Warfare"... It's a shame > > the FB links are not working right. A friend of mine got some > > really good pics of it...plus a priceless one of someone who got > > booted and just took the tire off and left it and the Denver boot at > > the curb hehehe > > > > Lots of police brutality going on...I have a ton of pic pof people > > that were injured in the protest by police. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:351046 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
