30 Occupy Protesters Arrested in Oregon for Refusing to Leave Park
- Posted on October 30, 2011 at 8:30am by
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Portland, Ore. police arrest an Occupy Portland protester early Sunday morning, one of 30 arrests made. (The Oregonian)
PORTLAND, Ore. (The Blaze/AP) — Police arrested about 30 anti-Wall Street protesters in Portland early Sunday, dragging and carrying them to waiting vans, after they refused to leave a park in an affluent district.
The arrests followed clashes between police and protesters in Denver Saturday, where officers used pepper spray and rubber bullets to break up similar demonstrations after Occupy Denver participants tried to storm the Colorado Capitol building.
Protesters, one wearing Halloween face paint, react as police move in for arrests in Portland, Ore., early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
The Oregon arrests came after protesters from the Occupy Portland movement marched to the Pearl District, with some saying they viewed its residents as part of the wealthy demographic they’re protesting.
Dozens of them gathered in Jamison Square Saturday evening to defy a midnight curfew to vacate.
As police moved in around 2 a.m. most of the protesters backed off but a core group of 27-30 sat in a circle in the park and awaited arrest.
An Associated Press photographer said most of the protesters went limp and police carried or dragged them away. There was no violence during the arrests, which took about 90 minutes.
The protesters – all appearing to be in their 20s and 30s with many were wearing Halloween-style face paint – were handcuffed before they were place in police vans and driven off.
“We are the 99 percent,” one arrestee continued to chant.
The crowd of supporters thinned out around 3:30 a.m. as the last arrests were made.
A protester is forcibly removed from Jamison Park in Portland, Ore., early Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
Police said they arrested more than two dozen people on charges that included criminal trespassing, interfering with a police officer, and disorderly conduct.
The showdown came in the shadow of high-rise condos in the middle of the Pearl District, with some residents watching the events from their balconies.
At a meeting earlier in the evening, about 30 Occupy Portland protesters decided they would intentionally violate the curfew and face arrest.
Shortly after midnight police on horseback, on bicycles and on foot who had been at the perimeter of the park began moving closer to the group of protesters.
The demonstrators who had decided to risk arrest were seated on the ground. They were encircled by other protesters who walked around them chanting “Whose Park? Our Park!“ and ”Make No Arrests.”
Police eventually pushed the supporters of those being arrested to the park perimeter.
Saturday afternoon, dozens of protesters marched through downtown, across the Willamette River and back, some of them carrying sleeping bags, saying they planned to camp out in the Pearl District park.
Some protesters said they want to camp in the Pearl District because they view its residents as part of the wealthy demographic they’re protesting.
Police have allowed the demonstrators to remain in the adjacent Chapman and Lownsdale parks since Oct. 6 despite policies outlawing camping. The parks are surrounded by office buildings, mostly for the government.
But Mayor Sam Adams said last week he would not allow the demonstrators to take over any more parks. In a letter to demonstrators, Commissioner Randy Leonard said it would be inappropriate to expand the demonstration into a neighborhood park.
“We – the entire city council – are your friends… at present,” Leonard wrote. “However, our friendship and support are now being unreasonably tested by the decision to occupy Jamison Square.”
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Thevoice
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:17amConservative Joe here …With the morning message to OWS …….Obama encamptment dwellers…Well hope that cooler weather in the Northeast has dampened your spirit… Yes it looks now like you are loosing your Oregon encamptment …You should have listened to the “Green for all” division leader of your movement and placed your Oregon encamptment high in a tree top. Well at least that is what one would think when you think of Oregon. Yes ….and word is spreading out of the mother Obama Hope and Change encamptment in New York that everyone in the collective should wear their Zombie costumes and face paint tomorrow. Starting at 10 am Monday you will be going trick or treating collecting candy and then dividing it up amongst the collective. Results are in and the homeless Robin Hood group didn’t seem to do the job. Yes you have been in your encamptments now for what four weeks and the Stars and Strips still wave. But Have no fear while you sleep on the cold ground in your filith Your fearless progressive communist leaders live the lap of luxury .Also there will be a online meeting this afternoon where ideas of why you are out there will be kicked around . Don’t miss out we hear Bill Ayres and Van Jones are going to give you a uplifting message .and that Chairman Obama may even come out and throw you a government bone..To get you through the dependency of government for the day. Encamptment dwellers ..We capitalists will be thinking of you eating chicken and drinking
Report Post »coindexter
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 12:13pmthe ,so called, protests are becoming ridiculous. marching for a cause is noble and American…camping out in public places for weeks on end in order to disrupt the peace and freedom of others is not the American way. the crybabies should put this much effort into finding a job and paying bills, taxes etc… try paying for the entitlement big government that you desire. you will look at things quite differently after 10-20 years of WORKING and paying into the system. tax the poor!
Report Post »Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 12:16pmThis is the culmination of many years of planning. The police have known this kind of stuff was coming. This has been engineered at the highest levels (spiritual wickedness in high places) and well funded. They plan to win the election by making sure that there is no election. Couple this with whatever “man caused disaster” is coming down the pike, and “Voila!”, Martial Law, suspended constitution, and thus, no elections. Not exactly rocket science, ladies and gentlemen.
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SILAS
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:13pm“We are the 99……..ah…………HUNDRED” lol (in a country of over 300 Million) You do not speak for me and never will. signed…..“The Individual”
Report Post »Marci
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 3:47pmThis is becoming ridiculous.
Report Post »jens63
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 3:57pm“You” are maybe 1%? of the 99. lol.
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 4:47pmHey Voice…I’m from Oregon…I knew they were talking about Portland…bunch of yahoos live up there…please don’t lump us all together!…there are decent people that live here too!
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 5:20pmWhat is particularly humorous, at least to me, is that they want to try and pretend that this is some kind of spontaneous, world wide simultaneous, uprising.
If that’s the case, how is it that it took them about 3 years to realize the banks were bailed out? You mean to tell me they all sat there, for 3 years, didn’t even notice the bank bailouts, then woke up, again simultaneously across the globe, and said “oh, right, we better get out and protest that!”. And the other “complaint”, what is it, “greed”? For real? People all woke up, again at the same time across the world using the same slogans and calling themselves the same Occupy-Whatever name, and said “Wow, greed, didn’t realize that existed, better get out and protest”.
It’s rather embarrassing to me that there are people out there who are dumb enough to think everybody else is as idiotic as they are.
Report Post »sueacworth
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 5:23pmExcellent!! Bravo, and Hooray
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 12:24am@thevoice
Report Post »Unfortunately, the protestor have proven that some people ARE stupid beyond belief. They are proving it everyday. I doubt that there is enough brain power between all of them put together to know that it is getting cold. Besides, if anyone does start to get a thought through the emptiness in their heads telling them that they might be cold, they will just go out and rape a woman or two to warm up and then they can go back out and start chanting about how wall street and rich people are evil and don’t care about the innocents of the 99%ers. All I can say about that is that the actions on both sides clearly point out which side the most evil is situated. All we have to do is go out and speak to the rape victims and the other victims of the 99%, half a million dollar rich kids perverts.
Van Damage
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:17amEnough of this foolishness. Move in and end this miniscule protest. You have 20 or 30 anarchists disrupting the peace for everyone. Give them a taste of what anarchy looks like. Move in boot stomp them into a mud puddle and don’t worry about arrests. It’s hard to protest with your jaw wired shut.
Report Post »EL ZORRO
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 12:35pmThe actions of this so called 0.0099% of Obamas/Soros encampment dwellers speak volumes about the intelligence of the “protesters/rented mob”, working for the Democrook Party/socialist party; who could worry about knowing were are in the hands of brilliants minds such as this “fine” gentleman’s/ladies; The future is so bright under socialism, just think of Cuba, Venezuela, China, North Korea and on and on….the trick of this psychopaths is make us believe that EVIL come from others.
Report Post »EL ZORRO
thegodfather
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:06amAgain…I’ve asked The Blaze to clearly identify these protests, since they look exactly like the Tea Party Rallies. I can’t tell them apart. It’s so confusing. I’m not sure which group is throwing brinks, spray painting cop cars, getting clubbed , crapping on cars, getting arrested and raping women.
Report Post »rambosharley
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:26amI totally agree……please clarify! I get the two mixed up!
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:39amThe Blaze doesn’t have to clarify anything you asked them to do because the Tea Party never did anything like what you described . The difference between the two groups is so obvious and that if you removed the politics and the signage you would still see a huge difference as the Tea party is bathed, respectful, mature, well behaved and actually love this country. Your preferred group is poorly informed, not bathed, uncivilized , full of hate, brainwashed, and are being used by part of the one percent they claim to hate.
Report Post »Pouncing Porcupine
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:52amHey, uh, Jim…I’m fairly certain that there is hyperbolic sarcasm involved here. Unclinch, buddy.
Report Post »zen2nite
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:59amGodfather – are you on crack? When did you anything like this at a Tea Party gathering. You can try as hard as you want to twist things to suit your delusional fantasy but it’s not working. Anyone with a sober mind knows the difference. You on the other hand show no signs of sobriety or intelligence.
Report Post »zen2nite
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 12:15pmGodfather – my apologies! I missed your sarcasm – rough night plowing 2 feet of snow has me a bit frazzled and I am so tired of all this OWS crap. I wish we would unite, have the cops take a break and clear the camps once and for all. Enough is enough.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:16pm@THEGODFATHER ….. LOL .. yes can’t tell them apart ..at least the MSM CAN’T! Lamestream media OWS – Good … TEA Party – Bad … oh I guess they can tell the difference!
I HOPE THE OWS NYC is freezing their butts off!
TEA!
Report Post »mficentral
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:46pm@GODFATHER….(I don’t think so..find another name)
Report Post »If you have to have the Blaze clarify between the OWSmob and the TeaParty people then you must still be smoking something or drinking the Lib KoolAid. Your mom told you your brain would shrink but you didn’t listen. You really are that stupid arn’t you????
Channel3
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 2:50pm@MFICENTRAL;
It is called sarcasim. Step back and read GODFATHERS post looking through the lens of sarcasim.
Who is the fool?
Report Post »Marcia
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:00am“We – the entire city council – are your friends… at present,” Leonard wrote. “However, our friendship and support are now being unreasonably tested by the decision to occupy Jamison Square.”
Mr, Leomard, this is not what the OWS extremists want at all. They wan anarchy and mayhem. You, sir, just get in the way of their goal.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:36amI’ll say the same thing about these protestors:
Yeah, right, the whole world is watching, and we’re pretty disgusted right about now. Just pack up your little Bol-Shove-it Revolution and gto back to your mama’s basement, so you can blog about it….OWS Bowel Movement is nothing more than the dregs of society, drug addicts, homeless, activist students, and communist (union) agitators. Yes – trumka is a communist, so if you stay with the unions, you are communist too – pick your sides carefully people.
That one lady crying, I saw people get hurt today – really now – I wonder why that is ma’am? Go figure it out for yourself – but breaking the law kind of sets you up for this type of thing to happen. Storm the castle my arse – go back to playing dungeons and dragons, or whatever it is you bottom dwellers play. This is not a game! I support the police and the rule of law.
God Bless America
Report Post »Viva TEA
AzDebi
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:53amThey are all wasting their time…Americans DO NOT RIOT over politics…NOW…make them hungry and you WILL see a different scenario play out …guess it is about time for Obummer to instigate Phase III of his “Destroy America” dream!
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:08ami’m surprised that our “beloved leader” barrack HUSSAIN obama the community organizer has not lashed out at the police(“acting stupidly”) or sent his crony the ag to press charges against the police officers. wait that day is coming. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENDS WHEN YOU SPEND AND SPEND AND ARE A COMPLETE FAILURE AS A ADMINSTERION. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW SO YOU DIVERT PEOPLES ATTENTION TO LOOK HEY IT’S THEIR FAULT. BUT REMEMEBR POINT ONE FINGER THERE ARE THREE COMING BACK AT YOU. the thought this guy might win again,can you imagine what the America would look like?
Report Post »rox
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:58amI would also think that taking away their food would work. Is it legal to cook outside in the parks?
Report Post »What about the FDA? Where are they? I’m sure the food is unsanitary with all the garbage laying around.
ares338
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:30amIt’s true that Gandhi used non violent peaceful resistance in India but they had an actual reason! Most of these current protestors are spoiled middle class kids who have never known a moment of hardship in their pampered lives. I doubt they would remain steadfast against the sort of treatment Gandhis’ followers endured. These people are paper tigers. They should save all of this enthusiasm for when the Socialists try to take over this country. As much as they would like to believe, they would not be part of the new power structure! In other words ……GROW UP!
Report Post »Channel3
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:37pmWhat I would really like to know is; How many of these protesters are property owning tax payers?
It is my opinion that if you don’t pay a Property Tax, Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax, you don’t really have a dog in the fight.
It is the tax payer in this country that has lost representation by our government.
These fools have nothing to gripe about.
Report Post »TELITLYKITIS
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:25amMy POST was for TH30PHILUS
Report Post »boca_chica
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:07amAs most have probably noticed, the ows is in cities that are progressive….and they are demonstrating against their progressive rulers as well as others…so it becomes self-correcting. Demonstrating against your own rulers is great-just like anti-war demonstrations against LBJ ( a progressive) in the 60′s for starting the war in Vietnam.
Report Post »Red Meat
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:13amAre you smoking OWS dope” They are not protesting the progressive machine, they’re radical leftists and are attempting to start riots and/or a Kent state type of incident.
Report Post »Mannax
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:33amI believe what Boca meant was that like in the 1960′s the protesters are protesting about something that their own side is doing and not even putting it together that they are. They are protesting about how the progressive‘s economic policies are hurting them and most of them couldn’t even tell you how it is hurting them.
Report Post »Ne_FAL
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:02pmRedmeat Yes they are protesting their own progressive politicians for not being leftist screaming politicians who are striving for a socialist utopia. What they have never been taught by the education system is that mans quest for utopia always ends up as open mass graves . This lack of knowledge is not by accident but on purpose. Make your plans /preparations accordingly & keep your powder dry.
Report Post »4loveUSA
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 4:52pmAm I the only one who knows all of this was a plan from back in June?-There were offer’s to pay them $600.00 per week-thats been scubed-Look up all the move-on .org plans-Working American Family’s ect, etc-very sick and tired of this-call their Mama’s , tell them to box their ears and get back to school or get a job-
Report Post »TPartyXpress
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 5:40pm@ Ne_FAL — Socialist Utopia. A classic oxymoron.
Report Post »Seede
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:01amMeanwhile Obama and the DC gangs have all the money while these dummies get a couple of bucks for causing a ruckus. The poor stupids don’t even realize that it is Obama and the DC gangs that gave the rich bankers all of the loot in the first place. Obama and the DC gangs then hire these stupids to cause a ruckus to divert the attention away from what they caused in the first place. What a bunch of stupids who don’t even understand who or why they are there for. That’s why this nimrod POTUS smiles all the time. At first I thought that the nimrod had high hips but now I realize that its the money belt thing.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:51am“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour’s.” ~ GOD
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:12amThat is because he is a jealous God, and does not want to share you with the Satan. Look at the occupiers and see what becomes of children whose parents covet their neighbor, and their neighbors belongings. The children covet that much more.
Report Post »captaincameron
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:19amWhat about coveting thy neighbor‘s wife’s ass?
Report Post »TELITLYKITIS
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:20amWOW ! You are right on….Excellant Post.!
Report Post »JDF10487
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:49amFrom Verum Serum:
Video: Oakland Occupier Admits Protesters Were Throwing Rocks, Bottles at Police
http://www.verumserum.com/?p=31747
Report Post »Nunyunuwi
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:43amAnd thus history does Repeat itself again, and again, with these Socialist, Communist, Soros Funded, some paid Protesters or as Che, Lennin, Stalin, Hitler, Mao call them. Useful Idiots. You Teachers & Professors involved look into history, after the leadership of these secret combination’s gain their power Who are the 1st to be murdered? YOU! then the zombie idiots…then millions of others. They want the $$ others have Earned by the sweat of their Brows, by their Capital investments in Business, Job Creation, product invention, ideas that were a success. You wish to Steal their success, kill them because of their success as it is better than yours. Is this Sane? I say not. The Father of all Hate, lies, behind ideology such as Communism / Socialism, etc. is Lucifer, his goal is to Destroy, depopulate, enslave, mis guide, mentally corrupt & destroy as many of the Family of Adam as possible before he is sent into oblivion. Why join the lost cause of Chaos and a fallen one such as Lucifer, Why follow the beliefs of one who has been Banned from the Heavens for behavior such as what you see in these protests, riots, OWS and others, do you not know Lucifer lusts for your destruction and yet you willingly for your own GREED!, Lusts for Power and Media attention and control of others, to take what you have not justly earned (STEAL) for your self. This only historically ends in Blood shed & misery for the Human family. Awake to your awe full sense of your Danger. God Bless The U.S.
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:38amPortland has always raised a bumper crop of PINHEADS !!!!!!! in that knotsberry farm state??
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:56amWell what do you expect, they are doing herion in 5th grade out there.
Report Post »amagaux
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:31amPerhaps; however, any city that elects “Sam Adams” cannot be all bad!
Report Post »I’ll drink to that.
Duckhead
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:34amPearl District… that’s funny. I garantee that none of the 1% live in the Pearl. Well off? yes. 1%? NO WAY. Morons.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_District,_Portland,_Oregon
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:05amI heard on a radio show that in order to qualify for the top 1%, all you have to earn is $300,000 a year. That would include every professional sports player and every hollywood actor/actress. And if you include those who are worth millions, you would have to include Congress, including the self-proclaimed communists, marxists and socialists.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:25amI’ve wondered what would happen if one of the so called 1% walked up and handed the keys to their house to one of these protesters. Here ya go buddy, it’s yours.
Do you think the protester would:
A = Put the place up for sale, allowing media full access to the entire process & pledge to distribute all the money equally
B = Move in & invite all their friends & family – conveniently forgetting that owning the place makes them part of the 1%
B = Move in & forget all their friends & family – thinking why should I support them
D = Move in and welcome other protesters to camp out on the lawn, trash the property, turn it into a health & sanitation hazard, set up soup kitchens (only for the protesters-don’t want to share their food & stuff with anyone else), run any number of gas guzzling air polluting generators, chant & drum all hours of the day & night and shout obscenities at the neighbors. Would they provide bus parking for shipped in comrades and invite the 1% celebrity supporters they know & love to give inspirational speeches before they zipped off in their private jets?
And how would they pay the bills? Electricity, Gas, Water etc. Pretty steep on a place like that.
I‘m betting it wouldn’t be Option A
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:38amCorrection: I‘m betting it won’t be Option A or D
Report Post »horsefeathers99
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:49amSome of us call the Pearl area “Yuppieville”, an area of older remodeled homes, along with small shops, resaurants, and galleries, not our style. Was not always “The Pearl”.
Report Post »The ponytail gangs hang out in other areas or closer to the river.
walker1812
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:27amThey are the .5 %.
Report Post »Just_Bubba
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:59amNot even at that high of a %. They have a serious problem wth orders of magnitude and if they could do math they would realize that they are barely.01 % of our population. In cities of 5 million plus people thay can get a couple thousand people on a weekend and a few hundred during the week. The gathering in DC on 9/12 had more people than all of these pukes added up and multiplied by 10.
They are living in an enabled fantasy and are now legends in their own minds, just like their wannabe protester parents that claimed that they ended the war in the late 60s.
Report Post »THIS GENERATION
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:24amSEMPER4EVERSEMPER, Herd mentality. Thats what the mob bosses want, obedient little socialist ….
Report Post »‘Do as I say’
Darla_K
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:24amHalloween should be a blast for these people, as crazy as they are. Keep our police officers safe. :)
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:42amAgreed, let the officers be kept safe in their doing of a difficult job as it is.
Report Post »mjhillalabama
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:24amSo what are these fools flaunting the laws going to do when they need the law. Does their attitude allow anyone with a like mind to accost them and relieve them of any valuables they might have on their person? Will they then want the police to track down and arrest the felons?
Report Post »mrunner
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:22amIf all of these protesters were to just vanish from the face of the earth- the country would recover more quickly. These are the leeches of society. I feel certain that most have paid no substantial taxes- yet their entitlement attitude has them convinced that they have the right to occupy (and trash)parks that they have contributed nothing to maintain. Worthless, weak, whiney spoiled brats. Their enabling ******* parents must be so proud!
Report Post »SLEUTH
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:32amright on the money MRUNNER. also this is what we get when we elect progressive liberals …. lawlessness. if we just enforce the current laws, they would be in warm beds at night, at home or in jail.
Report Post »mrunner
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:35amMaybe it is time for “No Representation without Taxation”?
Report Post »Mil-Dot
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:53amIsn‘t the Blaze great with their NAZI censors just waiting to put asterisks in place of words that they don’t like? Like the people reading these posts are children or something. Don’t you like being treated like children?
Report Post »mrunner
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:10amI wouldn’t mind so much- but what they replaced with asterisks was nothing vulgar. It was just the common contraction combining the terms Liberal and ******. Oh well, it is good to have a forum and I would rather they keep civil. Civility is something the left does not understand.
Report Post »KusoJiJi
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:14amThe claim that they represent the 99% is pretty laughable. They are at best 1-2% diehard socialists working on Obama’s reelection campaign. The media is once again intentionally asleep at the switch in support of Obama.
Report Post »HumbleCitizen
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:11amThe rules should have been enforced from day 1. People, as a species, need clear guidelines. Once you begin blurring those lines confusion and chaos begins. The park closes at midnight and at midnight they should have went home.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:45amExactly!
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 11:09amKind of like illegals being in this country illegally. The laws should of been enforced from day 1. Thankyou…
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:02amAt least they will get a bath and clean clothes in JAIL.
What I want to know is, why are law abiding citizens being denied access to public parks by those who have effectively stolen the parks from the public. This is taxation without representation. We are taxed so you can have exclusive access to a public park WE paid for?
Report Post »YOU are allowed to break laws because you claim it is a political protest? So, how about others who just start claiming “political protest” when they get caught speeding? Robbing banks? Raping? Murdering?
Nope. Every city needs to review their laws and ordinances to assure they have strict dusk to dawn laws in place for their parks, as well as loitering / vagrancy laws. Then, every city needs to enforce those laws – at all times – for all people – regardless of their stated “purpose.” It doesn’t matter WHY you break a law. You break a law, you get arrested, tried, convicted, and punished. Even if you are “RIGHT” you can still be punished when you break laws.
DADA
Posted on October 31, 2011 at 3:12amYeah, but if you drop the soap, don’t dare bend over to pick it up.
Report Post »Sicialian Eyeball
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 8:59amThat’s GREAT! I own stock in a company that manufactures mace. I now have “HOPE”! Gotta go. I have to buy some stock in a rubber bullet company.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on October 30, 2011 at 8:52amAlthough it‘s fair to note that in nation’s whereby the people feel as if the laws only apply to those who can afford or have the influence to be protected by the law – those nations usually end up falling apart. And indicators of people knowing that they are not protected by the law begin appearing in their willingness to violate even the smallest of traffic laws. That’s why governments deserve the people they get and the people deserve the governments they get.
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Posted on October 30, 2011 at 8:56amThat’s why they can put up all the city-cams they want to, but they can not with-stand billions of people who know the laws don’t protect them.
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Posted on October 30, 2011 at 8:58amDid I ever tell you that John the Baptist baptizes with water?
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Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:16amI know what all the hypocrites are thinking. They are thinking, “Oh yeah, John the Baptist places people under the H2O, and they are Baptized.” No, that’s not it. John the Baptist baptizes people with the Waters that bring you down off the bad-wine – a bad way of life.
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Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:49amAnd all people will not like coming down off their bad-wine. And they will call good evil, and evil good.
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Posted on October 30, 2011 at 8:45amOh well. The thing about almost all parks is that they usually close at sun-down. And that’s when law-abiding people leave.
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