> >Please straighten this terribly erroneous article with comments >galore or some online shit. The police lie. > >Free >The >Prisoners > ><http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/03/17/31676/surprise-occupy-protest-slaps-downtown-la-possible/#disqus_thread>http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/03/17/31676/surprise-occupy-protest-slaps-downtown-la-possible/#disqus_thread
> > >Arrests made at Occupy event downtown > > > >5:19 p.m. | KPCC ><http://www.scpr.org/news/2012/03/17/31676/surprise-occupy-protest-slaps-downtown-la-possible/#disqus_thread> > >0 > >Police say four people were arrested during an Occupy event downtown >on Saturday. The small gathering around City Hall was apparently >part of a celebration of the six-month anniversary of the Occupy movement. > >A <http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/21173203>stream of the protest >seemed to show a participant hopping the fence, a skirmish shortly >after, and others crowding a line of officers near the 47-minute >mark as police made arrests. > >LAPD Bruce Borihanh said, "[We] wouldn't even call them protesters. >Police arrested one guy for trying to jump over the fence, three >others for other things." He said he didn't have any more details on >the arrests. > >"There were no help calls, no field forces were required," said >Borihanh. "From a police department standpoint, this was nothing big." > >Sam Slovick, who has been supporting the Occupy movement, said he >felt the actions of police escalated an otherwise peaceful event to >celebrate the anniversary. It was "very hostile, very intrusive. It >was weird," he said. > >With contributions by Paige Osburn and John Rabe. > >-- >Peace, Love, and Solidarity, > >Ryan Rice > >Occupy Los Angeles ><https://twitter.com/#!/RyanRiceLA>@RyanRiceLA ><http://ryanricela.wordpress.com/>A Blog By Ryan Rice > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:la...@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/