Occupy Wall Street: video of NYPD arresting a girl in an awesome green GIR hat

By Xeni Jardin at 1:20 pm Sunday, Oct 2

This video from the #OccupyWallStreet livestream on Saturday shows what is being widely reported as a "13-year-old girl" being arrested by the NYPD on the Brooklyn Bridge, in full restraints, and an awesome GIR hat (character from Invader Zim). I am trying to confirm her identity and age with NYPD and eyewitness sources, along with the circumstances of her arrest. [Video Link] (via @somebadideas)

Update: Here's a related thread on Reddit.

(Image: Girl in Green Hat Arrested: Occupy Wall Street Occupies the Brooklyn Bridge, a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivative-Works (2.0) image from akinloch's photostream) Tags: occupy wall street, ows

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Occupy Wall Street gets support from MoveOn, trade unions, community groups

By Cory Doctorow at 10:23 am Friday, Sep 30

A coalition of activists, community groups and trade unions (whom Crain's New York Business hilariously refer as "agitators," as though they were the Red Menace a post-WWII installment of Little Orphan Annie) are set to join the Occupy Wall Street protesters. The new group includes MoveOn, some SEIU chapters, Workers United, the United Federation of Teachers, and a Transport Workers Union local. They're also being backed by the Working Families Party.

Signs and chants will likely call for an extension of the so-called millionaires' tax and a roll-back of state budget cuts. They will also likely show support for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's position that a proposed settlement between banks and attorneys general over troubled mortgage pools is too lenient.

Organizers of the march said they aren't looking to take control of the Occupy Wall Street protest, which has captured headlines since it began nearly two weeks ago, but add to it.

“We're not trying to grab the steering wheel or to control it,” said Michael Kink, executive director of the Strong Economy For All coalition. “We're looking to find common cause and support the effort. It's the right fight at the right time and we want to be part of it.”

(via Consumerist)

(Image: Day 12 Occupy Wall Street September 28 2011 Shankbone 14, a Creative Commons Attribution (2.0) image from shankbone's photostream)

Veteran agitators flock to Occupy Wall Street [crainsnewyork.com] Tags: activism, Business, finance, moveon, nyc, occupy wall street, politics

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The Battle of Brooklyn Bridge: What happened at Occupy Wall Street before hundreds were arrested?

By Xeni Jardin at 1:18 pm Sunday, Oct 2

The Village Voice notes a changed account at the New York Times of what exactly happened between police and demonstrators on the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday. Nick Greene at the Voice writes,

The above photo of juxtaposed screenshots from the New York Times website has been making the rounds on Facebook, and it shows two very different takes for the same story on yesterday's Brooklyn Bridge arrests. The screenshot on the left, from 6:59 p.m., appears to reflect what many protesters are saying: The police tricked them into marching on the bridge. At 7:19 p.m., any mention of the police allowing demonstrators onto the bridge was removed from the lede. Why did they make this change?

Why? Well, I imagine because it was a liveblog, not an "article" in the classic sense—and because when you're liveblogging a fast-moving event, you alter and clarify as new facts come in. Some have made much hay over the fact that the item was originally bylined with one reporter's name, then later by two names. Same reasons, I think, not a conspiracy. But it's a good thing in the general sense that people are pushing for fair and neutral reporting around this.

You can watch two different videos of the same scene here and here. anonops has four videos of the same scene here. Tags: nypd, occupy wall street, ows, police

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Occupy Wall Street: "Declaration of the Occupation of New York City"

By Xeni Jardin at 3:15 pm Sunday, Oct 2

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A manifesto of sorts has emerged from Occupy Wall Street:

As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies.

As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power. We come to you at a time when corporations, which place profit over people, self-interest over justice, and oppression over equality, run our governments. We have peaceably assembled here, as is our right, to let these facts be known.

Read: Declaration of the Occupation of New York City | NYC General Assembly.

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1931: Architect occupies Wall Street

Scott Edelman sez, "It seemed serendipitous that on a day when so many out there are occupying Wall Street I should run across this wonderful 1931 photo of Ralph Walker, the architect who designed One Wall Street, LITERALLY occupying Wall Street at the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects annual ball. With him are Ely Jacques Kahn, designer of the Squibb Building, and William Van Alen, designer of (isn't it obvious?) the Chrysler Building. I hope the event took place in a room with tall doors and high ceilings."

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Tim O’Reilly checks out the scene at “Occupy Wall Street” protest

Tim O'Reilly has a lengthy Google+ post with photos of his visit to the Occupy Wall Street rally. Sorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.

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Interactive map of Occupy Wall Street protests

Mother Jones is maintaining an interactive map of "Occupy" protests around the US, and beyond. That little lonely red dot in the Pacific is a demonstration in Hilo, Hawaii! If you know of others, tell them: "Send a link to a news article or blog posts to traja [at] motherjones [dot] com or @tasneemraja."

You can find more information about demonstration gatherings at the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together websites, the "official" sites for this movement. The latter shows more than 300 Occupy meetups in cities around the world.

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Occupy Wall Street: crowds march on NYPD, and the Radiohead concert that wasn't

By Xeni Jardin at 3:10 pm Friday, Sep 30

Gawker's Adrian Chen is liveblogging the afternoon's events at the Occupy Wall Street protest in NYC. Sounds like some of the protest organizers (or an overenthusiastic supporter?) pranked the media about that "Radiohead concert," which is now revealed to have been a hoax—for the lulz? Or for more media attention? There are bigger crowds there now, at any rate. Along with the Wikileaks truck.

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Occupy Wall Street: live streaming video coverage

By Xeni Jardin at 1:25 pm Sunday, Oct 2

The live streamed coverage of the NYC protests by the Occupy Wall Street organizers is pretty impressive stuff.

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Right Here All Over: a short film on Occupy Wall Street by Alex Mallis

By Xeni Jardin at 10:40 am Friday, Oct 7

Alex Mallis directed this beautiful short film about Occupy Wall Street. Tags: new york, new york city, nyc, occupy wall street, ows, video

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Occupy Wall Street spreads to more US cities

By Xeni Jardin at 3:20 pm Friday, Sep 30

The "Occupy Wall Street" protests in New York City are inspiring similar demonstrations in other US cities. Above, in San Francisco on Thursday, protesters scuffle with a Charles Schwab employee at the door during a rally against corruption and fraud by American banking institutions.

Are there demonstrations in your area, Boing Boing readers? We're hearing of similar rumblings in Detroit, and other areas. Let us know what's happening where you are, in the comments.

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As Occupy Wall Street began, Chase made biggest donation in history to NYPD

By Xeni Jardin at 10:29 am Sunday, Oct 2

A coincidence, I imagine, but it sure is poetic. In mid-June, just before the Occupy Wall Street movement took shape, JPMorgan Chase donated what the financial organization itself described as "an unprecedented" $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation, part of which will be used to expand and fortify surveillance systems.

The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple. The money will pay for 1,000 new patrol car laptops, as well as security monitoring software in the NYPD's main data center.

Source: JP Morgan Chase website. Update: commenters have pointed out that while news of this donation has just been making the rounds this week, the donation was made in mid-June (<—the linked-to article also notes other big donors). The first Occupy Wall Street demonstrations happened in mid-September; organizers gathered in the weeks leading up to that point. Tags: occupy wall street, ows

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More than 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge

By Cory Doctorow at 10:21 pm Saturday, Oct 1

The Guardian reports that 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested in "chaotic scenes" as a group of "several thousand" protesters move to cross the Brooklyn Bridge.

At one stage 500 protesters were blocked off by police on the bridge. At least one journalist, freelancer Natasha Lennard for the New York Times, was among those arrested. "About half way across the group of people who wanted to occupy the bridge launched their action and stepped into the road. They wanted to get arrested. It was sort of the idea," said Yaier Heber, one of the marchers.

But others said the sit-down protest appeared to happen only after the protesters were deliberately blocked off by police after actually being allowed onto the roadway. "They met the police line and ended up being arrested one by one," said Damon Eris, another protester.

The march ended in chaotic scenes with police buses driving up the bridge to be filled with arrested marchers. The packed buses then drove off to central booking. Meanwhile, other marchers waited at the bottom of the bridge's Manhattan side and cheered as some released protesters, or those who had escaped being blocked off, came back down. "Let them go! Let them go!" was a frequent chant.

(Image: | OccupyWallStreet Storms Brooklyn Bridge | by Steve O, from the Boing Boing Flickr Pool)

Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge [guardian.co.uk] Tags: activism, boing boing flickr pool, law, nyc, occupy wall street, photo, protest

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Occupy Wall Street: images, reports, and ambient soundscapes, from Dan Patterson

By Xeni Jardin at 11:52 am Saturday, Oct 1

Broadcast journalist Dan Patterson of ABC News Radio went down to Occupy Wall Street on Friday, and has posted extensive reports in Storify, image, and audio form. Below, an ambient soundscape of the protest. Dan, I'm glad you did this—in any story, the background is as important as the foreground, and nothing makes me feel like I'm there like this:

The Sounds of #OccupyWallStreet by danpatterson

Tags: Audio, new york city, nyc, occupy wall street, sound, video, wall street

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Bristol street art exhibition transforms Ballardian brutalist street

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