Posts Tagged ‘police brutality’
#OccupyThanksgiving! plus: Stealing Thanksgiving
(This post’s “possibly irrelevant image” is from a heartbreaking group of photos by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre, The Ruins of Detroit.) (1) #OccupyThanksgiving! I’ve seen the suggestion go around: many of us are having Thanksgiving with family and/or friends who may not know enough about or be involved enough in the Occupy movement. It ...Read more.
The John Pike Meme; Rick Wolff Video; EU
(1) The Lt. John Pike (UC Davis pepper-spraying cop) meme: See more pictures of UC Davis Lt. John Pike casually pepper-spraying innocents here and here and here. Find a template to make your own image here. (2) Video of Rick Wolff’s Excellent Talk at #OccupyBoston, November 17, 2011. Thanks to Doug G. of the Zinn ...Read more.
UC Davis Brutality; Greenway Letter; etc.
(1) Police Brutality at UC Davis Watch the video for yourself. Watch to the end–there’s a happy ending! Find another video of the same scene here. Good coverage at the Davis Enterprise. A useful primer on the legalities of pepper spray and excessive force. Here’s the money quote (this is from Vineyard v. Wilson and ...Read more.
“Stop Beating Students!”; “Not Nonviolence”
In case you haven’t been following what’s been going on at UC Berkeley, where students have been attempting to start an #OccupyCal, here’s a primer (this is just one of lots of shocking videos): The university chancellor, a Robert J. Birgeneau (creepy name, eh?), sent an email to the university community with this bit of ...Read more.
#OccupyWallStreet; ”Stop Resisting! Stop Fighting!”
(Sorry–no picture today–the post is already too long, and there are two embedded videos. Even if you skim, though, please read through to the end. There’s a bit of a punchline in item #5. –CS) 1.) #OccupyWallStreet: This weekend, I’ll be going to a conference at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, sponsored by the Union ...Read more.
