Arrests Made At Occupy DC After Protesters Build Barn-like Structure
- Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:28pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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(The Blaze/AP) U.S. Park Police have arrested several Occupy D.C. protesters who refused to dismantle an unfinished wooden structure they built in a park overnight.
On Sunday morning, police told them they would need a permit and gave them an hour to disassemble it.
When the protesters failed to comply, officers arrested several protesters. After an hours-long standoff which drew as many as 200 people to watch, an inspector posted a notice on the structure and later more protesters inside it were arrested.
Legba Carrefour with Occupy D.C. says about two dozen people had been arrested. By late Sunday, six protesters who had been on the roof of the structure came down aboard a cherry picker. No protesters remained in the building.
The structure in McPherson Square was donated by a father-son architect team, and one of the Occupy demonstrators told CNN that it was built as a place where protesters could stay warm in the winter and hold their daily general assembly meeting.
Earlier in the day police put up barriers around the structure and cordoned off nearby streets with yellow tape as protesters chanted “This is a nonviolent movement,” and, “Put the pepper spray away.”
WTOP reports that D.C. police SWAT officers arrived in the afternoon to help Park Police remove the occupiers who had taken up camp on or inside the wooden structure. According to WTOP, park police officers pulled out a Taser as they slammed to the ground and arrested 21-year-old homeless veteran Micheal Patterson, from Alaska. WTOP also reports that some protesters were calling the building of the structure a “barn raising.”
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Comments (160)
vonMises
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:46pmWhile it is fitting that they are building a barn to live in (as has been noted before) I wouldn’t entrust any decent animal to anything those fumbling incompetents had a hand in building.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:53pmThey had union help
Report Post »vonMises
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:11pmLike that’s better?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:31pmNo, that‘s why it wasn’t completed on time and the Police had a chance to stop them. It was those mandatory 15 minute breaks.
Report Post »vonMises
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:54pm@Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra.
That’s more or less what I was thinking. Has anyone ever seen a project using union labor finish on time?
Btw, I LOVE Klingon opera.
Report Post »YoungBloodNews
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:00amId just burn that mofo down.
Report Post »AnAppealToGod
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 1:04amThey can’t even build a proper structure. Losers…..
Report Post »db321
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 2:04amI think the Police should leave the barn up and use it for target practice – I bet the NYPD can’t hit the broad side of a barn – go ahead officers, pull out your weapons – I challenge each and everyone of you to start shooting and see if you can hit the Barn.
Report Post »coindexter
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 2:17amwhy not just work for a living???
Report Post »Obama Been Lauding
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 5:32amThis structure was built to house the Obama army.
Report Post »You know the one that allows sodomy, and beastiality(sex with animals).
If you didn’t know, the Senate passed a bill that legalizes sodomy, and beastiality in our ‘real’ military.
ishka4me
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 6:49ami was watching the live feed. Their intention was to build a chapel and have the police tear it down.
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 7:30amwere they Amish???
Report Post »Resist We Much
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 7:52amI hope they remembered to create an “inspector” position in this new society they are forming. The inspector needs to come in and make sure everything is up to code. I wouldn’t want anyone to get hurt!
Report Post »Outlaw_Josey_Wales
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 8:54amWas tax payer money wasted on this building, cash for caulkers?
Report Post »Dutchracer
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 10:49amWhy did they, (the police) even allow these idiots to even start building this thing in the first place?
Report Post »They should have stopped them when they saw pieces of wood being brought in.
Is everyone there just really stupid or incompetent!
This would have never got any traction if the Keystone Cops would have done their job in the first place.
Sometimes I wonder if the police are occupiers as well!
MIBUGNU2
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 2:04pmBO will grant them a Permit……..
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 2:24pmAll candidates for Jonestown, Guyana !!!
Report Post »One way of thining the herd………..
Rats56
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:41pmwonder what would happen if the BSoA wanted to camp a few nights in a city park?
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 6:51amThe same thing that would happen if 10 Tea Party Members decided to set up lawn chairs without a permit in a public park…THE PADDY WAGON IN 15 MINUTES!!!
Because the BSofA and the Tea Party has money to pay their fines … these occupy “people” have spent their allowances on “pleasures of life”!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 2:06pmI can’t even get a Bldg. Permit to Build a shed on
Report Post »my own Property..
digitalist
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:37pmSo they whine and cry that the government doesn’t give them enough tax payer dollars to waste while they waste their wellfare checks to purchase building materials to build an illegal structure on public property? Is this another example that these people receive plenty and just lack the ability to prioritize their own investments of both time and money? I think so.
Report Post »todogeorge
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:25pmdon’t be ignorant.. the structure and labor was donated off site by helpful and compassionate individuals.
Report Post »don’t worry.. they didn’t use any of there “welfare checks”
Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:28pmYou einsteins totally misunderstand what’s going on.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:00amDo you really think that they used their own money? Didn’t someone notice this was being done? So what if it was in the middle of the night? There had to be construction noise. I loved the union comments. Lol :)
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:02am@todogeorge,
After several months of this, it is not about welfare but about the ideas of Social justice (which is a non-sense) and Socialism that most of these kids have no clue about. 1) because they were not even born when the wall came down 2) have been lied to by the Department of Education at the highest level right down to the Socialists teaching in the schools.
In fact my 11 year old stated “that right and wrong are a matter of a point of view”. I blew a cork and said that the liberal teachers have lied to her. Right and wrong is not a view it as an absolute.
Report Post »becca_leigh
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:38amThis has nothing to do with who’s money was used…..what kind of a moron comes up with the brilliant idea to just start building a barn in the middle of DC on land that wasn’t even theirs?!?! LMAO!! Then that one moron gets a bunch of people with even lower IQs to go along with it!!! If only I knew where you people (or your parents) lived so I could go build a barn in their front yard!! LMAO!! This is pure comedic gold!! You vermin are a threat to the gene pool!!
Report Post »What_Did_I_Miss
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:39amDon’t underestimate these fools. Worry about the funding that paid for this. It came from well funded organizers that intend to use these useful fools for what ever they have in mind. If they achieve what they want they will discard the useful fools like used toilet paper but everybody will be hurt in the long run as the organizers take the reins.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 6:40amAre you kidding? These are rich spoiled brats and homeless people. You have to have an address to get a welfare check, and the rich kids just want to play fort away from mommie’s basement.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:36pmIt was manufactured by “Slap-Up Squats” of Yankachain, China.
Report Post »I swear I didn’t make this up.
well…..maybe just the first and last parts…..and the middle.
Californiasodbuster
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:53pmYou’re almost right, it was made by the choke chanters of the jerk a rope tribe of Mexico.
Report Post »Not too many people know this.
000degrees
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 7:36amNo No No…did you not see the goat???? They are Amish
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:36pmAnimal Farm… the sequel!
Report Post »PKama
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 2:45amNah..they just want a barn so they can bring in some of their animal friends. You know how those dopers love farm animals. Bahhhhhh !!! Bahhhhhh !!! Bahhhhhh !!!
Report Post »markthespark
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 7:10amWith the government dumbing down the masses it’s more like “1984” the prequel.
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:31pmSquatters.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:39pmNo, they were building the new capital building based on the novel of “animal farm.”
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:41pmCorrect, you have to squat to poop.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:31pmIt’s an interesting time to be alive and get to watch tens of millions of people get used and manipulated just like some tool. Really it’s quite entertaining.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:15pmit is entertaining, not only to us, but the rest of the civilized world as well, they are laughing at us i would think
Report Post »wordweaver
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:30pmGee, if we could all just build whatever we wanted in public parks, they wouldn’t be parks for very long. They’d most likely be slums.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:26pmOh darn, obama’s stoner-rioters didn’t get a chance to install the styrofoam Greek columns.
Uh, it‘s time to put a stop to obama’s idiotic little riot campaign.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:34pmWould they be stopped if they were erecting a statue of Obama and a worship stool. To hell with those zombies
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:21pmit’s true, it’s becoming beyond IDIOTIC to say the least
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:23pmWhat do you think would happen if they tried this in their communist utopia China ? Libbytards … the living paradox.
Report Post »Misha
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:18pmHow did they get that thing up w/o being stopped before they got that far? Ridiculous. They’re given a certain amount of slack then the PD act – seems to happen in all of the cities. “No tents” – the bottomfeeders ignore it, put up tents while the police watch and do nothing, only to have the police move in later and remove everything. Why let the morons even open one tent? That’s super frustrating to me. It’s like parents who say “No, Jr. don‘t cut the cat’s whiskers” and then read the paper while Jr. shaves the cat. What’s the point?
Report Post »Hickory
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:24pmHaven’t you heard? Laws and regulations were not written for leftists. After all, don’t you realize who they are? These pieces of dirt are going to cause a ruckus so bad that Obama will declare martial law and then………… all hell is going to break lose.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:30pmThey are kind of like ants, you come out and boom, there is an ant hill, you spray and clean it out. The next day, boom, another ant hill.
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:30pmRight on. The cops move in on me if i try to erect a bird feeder
Report Post »sandy21957
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:34pmThe thing should be torched. The grass underneath is dead anyway. They won’t build it again if it keeps getting torn down or burned. Losers.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:38pmBetter yet, create a HOA for the park, they will be cleared out within a week. The Yard Nazi’s will clean them up.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:10pmAh, but remember, THIS IS OBAMA’S NEW ARMY? Sounds just like my Dad described Basic Training for WWII, “Dig a foxhole, fill it in. Dig a foxhole, fill it in.” If you do it often enough, you can do it right and VERY QUICKLY when bullets are flying! JUST THINK OF THE COPS AS DRILL SARGEANTS, (whether they know it or not, they’re part of the training!)
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 6:47amI have to wonder what they do with all the tents when they tear them down? Do they take them all to the Police Department to be claimed? Do they throw them away? Do they donate them to homeless people? Hopefully they just destroy them, so that the OWS movement is out of money. People will stop donating tents if they just get destroyed. And aren’t tents made by big corporations?
Report Post »Unix
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:16pmWTH? A barn? what’s next, the Taj Mahal, get these critters out of our parks and cities!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:21pmThat’s what they want you to say.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:24pmI‘m looking at the left side of things and I don’t want to go over there, and I’m looking at the right side, and I don’t want to go over there either.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:03pm@Eliasim
Yeah. Making a decision and taking a stand requires the courage of one’s convictions. Keep working on it. There is no easy way out of this mess.
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:08pmChaos costs the city so much money. The libbytard attack on the economy continues. As the election gets nearer … a very large race related problem will be created … probably in Oakland or San Francisco. It will serve two purposes … to help Obamanation get elected … and to bleed the cities dry … like these animals building their barn.
Report Post »Liberalismsamentaldisorder
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:04pmThe “protesters” what a joke. Anybody have any idea yet what they’re protesting?
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:09pmanybody with money, apparently
Report Post »prage2001
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:15pmThey are protesting those overly rich people, like architects, that have so much money they donate whole buildings to useless organiz……..wait a second!
Report Post »FstEti
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:15pmSoap?
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:17pmThey are protesting the 1% while wanting to raise taxes on anybody making $200K and above … which is a higher percent … So their own ideals don’t even make any sense.
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:18pmThe high cost of building permits, and the raising of property taxes once the structure is completed.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:21pmThey are protesting all the people who bath and use deodorant. In other words, normal people.
Report Post »Californiasodbuster
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:33pmMaybe they are protesting why every 3rd world lowlife can come here, and erect their own bootleg addition on their house or garage, with no problems.
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:28pmre : any idea what they’re protesting?
Report Post »COMMON SENSE, INTELLIGENCE, GOOD HYGIENE, MORALS, CIVILIZATION, EARNING YOUR LIVING. “My name is LEGION” (Luke 8:29-30) Come to think of it, the covered behavior and that of the herd of swine does have similarities!
wellhangingchad
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:57pmOf course they raised a barn. Where else do u keep jackasses?
Report Post »kcinco
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:13pmGood one! LOL!
Report Post »PedalGirl
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:34amAwesome!! Laughed out loud!!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:56pmThey were just trying to build a nativity scene, or a place their sheep, er girlfriends, could sleep. Maybe it was going to be a pottery barn.
Report Post »FstEti
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:17pm“Sheep” and “girlfriends” is redundant, isn’t it?
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:22pmI guess I should have just said “Luuuuvers”
Report Post »FstEti
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:38pmThat’ll work. Pretty much covers all of the bases.
Report Post »Regarding the mob and the police, I’m kind of hoping for another “don’t taze me, bro” moment.
What a bunch of morons……….
Rayblue
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 12:03pmAnd after little “Ali” hammered his heart out on the 2×12′s. Shame.
Report Post »That’s him having a migraine in the first photo.
texanpatriot
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:54pmTear it down, move them off of the ODC park and get on with life. Has anyone up there heard about enforcing the law – other that Holder I mean?
Enough is enough, what are the Cops waiting for???
Report Post »Mil Mom
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:33pmTheir Union Bosses to say ,”GO!”
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:54pmBuilding a barn for filthy animals…how fitting….
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:49pmMy God, the Amish have joined the OWS movement, we are all Scr@wed now.
Report Post »Slowman101
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:45pm“Alpha two zero you are clear for a gun pass. Weapons hot.”
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:42pmThats it! When they start building without a permit then they have gone too far.
Report Post »FstEti
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:56pmYeah, and by non union workers too. Pull out the police and send in a half dozen union thugs; the park will be empty in fifteen minutes!
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:57pmLol … trying to avoid red tape Isn’t gonna fly. There’s gotta be hundreds of agencies and regulations being threatened here.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:21pmYes. Now…, if they had tried going through the permitting process to build something, then they would have a REAL right to protest. Then they could experience the code inspectors (assuming they could get them to show up). Wooo hooo, wouldn’t that have been an experience. The twerps are clueless about the problems that businesses and responsible people face in this country.
Report Post »Dalady
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:42pmThe occupoopers accepted the filthy lucre of the no doubt 1% father/son architect team? Gimme strength.
NOBAMA 2012
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:41pmAre these losers still at it. I thought that they had all gone home.It is good to know that it is ok to camp wherever you want in DC. I’ll bring my 45 cal and a tent next time I come with the family for a visit.Hotel rooms are too expensive.
Report Post »RamboTheDog
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:40pmPlease dear god, tell me Tea party rallies didnt do the “Human Microphone” mindless chanting?
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:53pmThey didn’t..they acted like civilized human beings.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:54pmThey do NOT!
TEA!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 10:48pmWe didn’t need to, because we got permits to use loudspeakers and stages.
Report Post »SLARTIBARTFAST
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:39pmHey, if I started slamming the USA and capitalism, could I get these guys to come out to my land and put up one of these barns? ‘Course I’d have to evict ‘em right away to make room for some clean animals…like goats an donkeys and such.
Report Post »mr.goodvibe
Posted on December 4, 2011 at 9:44pmI would’nt let those idiots pay me to build that peice of crap on my land.
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