this is very interesting. and from Business Week. On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 1:03 PM, c b <[email protected]> wrote:
> > http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-10-08/occupy-members-join-police-in-bid-to-save-ga-dot-home > > > ATLANTA (AP) — Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed > with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they're now protesting > alongside officers to help a retired detective avoid losing her home > to foreclosure. > > Activists joined current and retired Atlanta police Monday for a > demonstration and discussion at the home of retired Atlanta police > Det. Jaqueline Barber in Fayetteville, south of the city. > > "The police are in the 99 percent and when it comes down to their > economic struggles, we're going to be there to a shine light on those > and organize around those," said Tim Franzen. He and others who were > involved with Occupy Atlanta are now part of a group called Occupy Our > Homes ATL, which focuses on the housing crisis. > > Barber said she is under threat of eviction after her medical bills > mounted, partly because of a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a form of > blood cell cancer. > > "I know God did not bless me with this house for someone to just come > and take it," Barber, 62, said through tears on Monday. > > Representatives of Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank, which is involved in > the foreclosure proceedings, did not return phone calls and emails > from The Associated Press. > > Barber said she spent part of her 20-year career "kicking in doors" as > a member of a fugitive task force and also worked undercover in a > narcotics unit. She was later assigned to Atlanta's airport, the > world's busiest, before she was struck by a car and retired due to the > injury in 2001. > > She's now raising four grandchildren who range in age from 2 to 10, > she said. If she's evicted, she expects that she will be homeless. > > A Thursday court hearing in her case is planned. "If she loses, she > will be evicted," Franzen predicted. > > In November, Atlanta police on horseback and on motorcycles closed in > on Woodruff Park downtown, where Occupy Atlanta members had camped in > tents. Dozens of demonstrators were arrested in a series of clashes. > > Barber is the second police officer Franzen's group has tried to help > avoid foreclosure, he said. The first was a law enforcement officer > who ended up losing his Snellville home but is still involved in a > court battle over the property. > > Elsewhere, retired officers have joined Occupy demonstrators. A > retired Philadelphia police captain, Ray Lewis, was arrested while > wearing his old uniform during an Occupy Wall Street demonstration > outside the New York Stock Exchange in November. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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