Occupy Salt Lake City Ordered to Leave After Man Found Dead in Tent
- Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:17pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Police gather evidence from the scene where a man was found dead in an Occupy Salt Lake City tent Friday morning. (Photo credit: Salt Lake Tribune)
Occupy Salt Lake City demonstrators have been ordered to leave a Utah park after a man in his 40s was found dead inside a tent Friday morning.
Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank said the man appears to have died from a combination of carbon monoxide poisoning and a drug overdose sometime around 2 a.m, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
His body was discovered during a routine tent check, according to the newspaper. He has been identified as a member of the Occupy group but his name has not yet been released.
Protesters have until sunset on Saturday to clear out of Pioneer Park and nearby Gallivan Center or face arrest. They have been camping in both locations for weeks.
Police investigate the taped-off Occupy Salt Lake City encampment in Utah Friday after a man was found dead in his tent. (Image source: KSL-TV)
“We can no longer have individuals camping on our streets,” Burbank told Salt Lake City’s KSL-TV.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, police were seen retrieving a propane heater and what appeared to be drug paraphernalia from the victim’s tent as they gathered evidence Friday.
A police dispatcher said a 911 call from the park came in at 10:11 a.m. local time that someone appeared to be dead in a tent. Police arrived and confirmed the man had died.
Burbank said the existence of the protest camps had become a public safety issue, according to the newspaper, and he questioned whether the dead man would still be alive if he had not been camping.
“That possibility, of him still being here [alive] is something we can’t overlook,” Burbank said.
Protesters will still be allowed in the park during the daytime hours, though they have indicated they do not plan to leave Saturday as ordered, according to the Associated Press.
This is the third death to hit the Occupy Wall Street movement in less than 24 hours: A man died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at the Occupy Burlington encampment in Vermont Thursday afternoon, and another man was shot dead near the Occupy Oakland encampment Thursday night.
(h/t Blaze reader Adam)
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Comments (145)
jessieH
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:46pmMakes me wonder what those three had in comon or what they might have discovered about the protesters.
Report Post »PorterRockwell
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:03pmAh they are all dead?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:11pmPerhaps bubonic plague? Spread by rats I believe .. maybe democRATS?
They better contain these contaminated people .. where is the CDC?
TEA!
Report Post »taxwarrior
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:14pmOBAMA’S ARMY is everywhere. Though they take a few casualties they will overcome. Remember they can camp out in any city park anywhere in the country without a permit. Don’t try this with your family reunion. Or heaven forbid a boy scout troup. Then you will need 27 permits from every agency and several thousand $$$ in cold hard cash.
OBAMAVILLES are exempt from any and all government regulations even in SLC.
Take care you radical hate filled non-violent Tea Partiers the peaceniks from OBAMA’S ARMY will bury you.
Report Post »jkjk
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:19pmWorthless in chief’s big plan seems to be headed down the wrong path. I can’t wait until 2012 ! The republicans better not screw it up again !
2012 Newt / Cain
Report Post »mwhaley
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:22pmThinning the herd.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:41pmSpace heater. What kind of idiot puts a space heater in a small enclosed space?
I mean, c’mon already. Really?
My teenaged son (currently working on his Eagle Scout rank) has more outdoor survival skill than the lot of these protestors combined, and I mean real outdoor survival, not camping out in a public park variety “survival”.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:51pmUm, GHOST, the Occutards aren’t exactly known for their intellect and sobriety. “Idiots” pretty much sums the crowd up. You are correct, though, they aren’t exactly roughing it. And….shhhh……don’t have your teenage son teach them city park survival skills. If these people are dumb enough or high enough to bed down on a cold night in a public park, protesting they know not what, with a space heater in their tent……….well, they made their bed, so to speak. (That’s a lot of commas in that there sentence. LOL)
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:00pmThere you go, the big failure of the Occupy movement, who cold have guessed it? This is exactly what we will get if Obama gets a second term…chaos, and disaster.
http://www.usgoldcoinauctions.com/gold-coin-blog/2011/07/the-rich-do-pay-their-fair-share/
ValiantDefender
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:09pmI live in SLC and covered a union rally last winter (the support against Wisconsin Gov Walker rally). I was shocked that Utah has Unions (right to work state), Communists, Anarchists and a planned parenthood group.
youtube channel ANewMessage. I interviewed them and they didn’t care that there were communist revolutionaries and anarchists there. Also, the planned parenthood girl was cute…but she didn’t know a damend thing about abortion. Had a LOVELY “****** Warrior” hat on.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:11pmNot surprising when you’re a druggie. Propane heaters in a tent is not really the brightest idea. If the CO didn’t get to him, he could’ve still burnt the tent down. And those tents are not the place to be in a fire.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 5:31pm@ JKJK,
Your idea of the perfect ticket has to be sarcasm. You want the new president to be a former speaker of the house who has proven he is not truly committed to individual Liberty and forcing the federal bureaucracy to stay within its constitutional boundaries and for the vice you’ve chosen a former federal reserve chairman. I won‘t even mention that he is a suspected sexual deviant because frankly I don’t think the accusations will pan out and even if he is, it doesn’t change his politics.
It is true that almost any politician would be better than Obama, but why settle? I’m voting Ron Paul whether you people like it or not.
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 6:15pmoverdose, murder, suicide, rape, diseases like tb, theft, assault, extortion; About time the ricco act is applied and all occupy locations are shut down and leaders locked up. Kids can’t wear an American flag t shirt in California, but we have to pay for these maggots to plan to overthrow our country.
Report Post »stage9
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:40pmAnd THIS is what Collin Powell considers as “American as apple pie”?
liberalism = criminalism
liberalism poses a clear and present danger to the security of the United States of America.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:46pmThey keep going at this pace and in a few months there won’t be any occupiers left…
Report Post »drago
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:38pm@Cessna152
Report Post »Lets all hope so…….
MIBUGNU2
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:42pmI see Violence. Rape, Murder, OD and Aspyxiation.. Not My idea
Report Post »of a Camp Out…Pelosi said “There Young, Spontaneous, Grassroots
and Effective.. Ya,AhHUH !!!
Dump this Corrupt Administration !!!!!! ……….. NOBAMA-2012
gmoneytx
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:40pmWOW, what a surprise!?!?!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:29pmWOW, OWS, The Obama, Pelosi backed “MOVEMENT” !!!
Report Post »Lord_Frostwind
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:39pmFunny thing about Salt Lake, in the winter it gets COLD. Any boy scout would tell you to at least come prepared to deal with low temperatures, snow and ice. And it isn’t like winter gear is hard to get, every wal-mart from Nephi to Hill AFB sells the stuff.
I‘m asking them exercise common sense again aren’t I? I should have learned the first time that there is none to be had.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:48pmIts “uncommon sense”. ;-)
Report Post »tersky
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:49pmPot makes people stupid.
Report Post »john luther
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:26pmWalmarts what is wrong with you a true occuhadist would never support that evil corporation
Report Post »KeithOlbermann
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:39pmEXACTLY like the TEA Party!!! These two groups are two sides of the same coin.
lukerw
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:41pmThat’s one Strange Coin!
Report Post »Amica
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:08pmI don’t remember hearing about any deaths connected with the Tea Party rallies. I guess the complicit media must have covered it up. No…wait…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:31pmLOL .. to all the comments so far!
TEA!
Report Post »godlovinmom
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:38pmWhat will it take …a bomb somewhere…so enough people are killed they have to do something about it..I don’t know of any place in our country where I can park my butt for two months and not be kicked out…you can plainly see the president and his administration are all for this…otherwise something would of been done long ago…after the first couple rapes, drug overdoses, or unruly mobs prohibiting innocent people with acts of violence. Very sad that they let this go on.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:45pmHow long do they have to stay to create either a homesteaders act or an easement?
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:06pmMore like what will it take to enforce martial law? It is coming and the OWS (progressive sheepels) will be what pushes the buttons to make sure that it does. Is it a coinsidence? Not likely. This has been in the works for a while. The professors and the unions nudging them along. The 3 cars set on fire in NYC? All the pieces fitting together. One at a time , here and there, until…………………………..our president will have no other choice but to “Do what is best for our country”
Report Post »Shrike82
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:37pmOne less Obama voter…
Report Post »ILmommy5
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:23pmGood one!
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:37pmYup another one bites the dust, man is the devil busy or what?
Report Post »ThomasNast
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 10:42amGood. A pox on him. He wanted these useless.. and now he has them. Try and build a kingdom on that.
Glory be to God only.
Report Post »glennrocks
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:37pmIt is dangerous. They should sign up and volunteer to feed the homeless or join Greenpeace or go help kids in Africa.
Report Post »stage9
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:42pmThat would require something called responsibil….responsib…responsi….responsibi…
civility.
Report Post »Ironeagle
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:35pmLeave them all alone…they’ll eventually kill themselves off.
Report Post »cwrink
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:34pmMaybe the mayors are right. Just leave them alone and the problem will work itself out. Its a shame it has to be with diseases, lice, murders, etc. God help them.
Report Post »NEUTRON
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:34pmPioneer park is known for the homeless and drug problems. Im guessing drugs. That park has more security cameras than the SLC airport.
Report Post »King Troy
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:34pm$1000 bucks on drug OD.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:33pmWhat is the score now? Three? Four? These occupy sites are so dangerous not only to those that are staying at them but with the new threat of disease they are dangerous to every one. And no, I am not forgetting about the rapes and riots.
Report Post »Where did these people live before they found a home in these tent cities?
Brooke Lorren
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 6:14pmFive:
1 Each in Occupy Oakland, Salt Lake City, Burlington, Vancouver (Canada), and Oklahoma City
Report Post »Darkstar58
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 7:07pmActually, it’s 7
Brooke forgot
“Occupy Bloomberg” (Indiana)
http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/city-supports-occupy-bloomington-mans-death-23052/
and
“Occupy New Orleans”
Report Post »http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/11/man_found_dead_in_occupy_new_o.html
(He was the one that was dead for 2 days before anyone even noticed…)
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:32pmOne more death now, expect the numbers to rise dramatically and Mr Obama to do the usual blame game of his opposition.
Report Post »sweetgold
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:42pm@ SNOWLEOPARD
Remember, everything that goes wrong is YOUR fault. Everything that goes RIGHT is my fault !!!
Report Post »Komponist-ZAH
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:22pmSomeway, somehow…it‘s Bush’s fault. —Obama’s unofficial motto
Report Post »VCITWilderness
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:32pmYou know it is kind of strange, how many were rapped, caused damage to public property, and killed during a Tea Party event?
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 7:36pmNo one was rapped or RAPED at a Tea Party event. (Check your spelling next time)
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:32pmTheir first martyr. He died for the cause. Umm, er, what was the cause again?….
Report Post »designbyinspiration
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:45pmHold on.. theres some mor0n beating on a drum about to tell them. I swear, these people are more like turkeys than humans. You make noise and the gobble and squawk back. Brainless.
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 2:53pmI think their character, morals and intelligence qualifies them to be be more of a “BOWEL MOVEMENT” than anything else!
Report Post »Restore the Republic
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:31pmNature begins to deal with these parasites.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:53pmI am not sure the weather would be my first guess, as to what
Report Post »went wrong.If it is though I wonder how the “useful idiots” will
feel about what they are sacrificing while Van Jones, Soros,Francis
Fox Piven, Trumpka and the others sleeping in their comffy beds,
Poor foolish Idiots. Not even smart enough to realize they are being
used.,
KickinBack
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 4:32pmIn chess the pawns go first. And it’s best to sacrifice a few to save the big boys for the endgame.
Report Post »copatriots
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:30pmDeaths, rapes, drugs, disease….even friggin TB. And this is just the beginning. I’d love to know the background of every single one of the actual overnight OWS tent dwellers. Something tells me the organizers are nice and cozy and safe in their warm homes. Thank God it’s almost winter. I hope God uses this winter to prove just how wrong the global warming crowd is. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:29pmHepatitis is next, what with them craping in their mess kits.
OMG
Report Post »MistaB
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:30pmOne down, how many more to go?
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:29pmCorporate greed or George Bush must have killed him,one of the two it’s obvious.
Report Post »Amica
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:15pmWell…the article mentions possible carbon monoxide poisoning, which means he possibly had a space heater going. That space heater no doubt was made and distributed by a corporation for profit so, yes, it was corporate greed.
Also, he was found in a tent, which must also have been made by a corporation and sold for profit.
And if they can find any connection at all between Bush (or anyone he has ever known) and either the tent maker or the stove maker…
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 3:38pmYes it couldn’t have been because the man was ignorant,that just isn’t possible,it has to be someone else’s fault.
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:27pmThis should improve the globality of their coming together in the common cause of arts, togetherness, and even globality.
Parade the corpse! Parade the corpse!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:30pmWeekend at Bernies
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:40pmProbably had some views that were a ‘little too conservative’ for the tent mates. Sort of a ‘fraging’ of those they don’t see eye to eye with, you know? And that is sort of the problem with these kinds of “movements”, historically speaking. Subjective tribal criteria, not well known socially accepted rules applied equally and fairly across all situations. We have opted for a progressive justice system. Proportional to what you can pay for acquittal. And whether or not it was motivated for “social justice.”
They called the “Minutemen” vigilantes for using binoculars to help ID illegals crossing our borders. But inside the progressive movement, you can kill in the name of socialism without judgement if you are killing a conservative. Of course, “conservative” is a subjective term. You determine wha’t too much.
Report Post »takingonissues.com
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:25pmCrime does have that affect on people. http://www.takingonissues.com
Report Post »dgktowntx
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:24pmDrug overdoes……..As American as apple pie …right Mr Powell
Report Post »gramma b
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:59pmIt looks like it might have been carbon monoxide poisoning from the heating device he had in his tent.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 11, 2011 at 2:21pmWell isnt that special…….. Morons
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