feel like there's a good chance ows will be more fairly university-centered for the next few weeks thanks to mr. pike
― iatee, Sunday, 20 November 2011 07:06 (twelve years ago) link
Charles J. Kelly, a former Baltimore Police Department lieutenant who wrote the department’s use of force guidelines, said pepper spray is a “compliance tool” that can be used on subjects who do not resist, and is preferable to simply lifting protesters. “When you start picking up human bodies, you risk hurting them,” Kelly said. “Bodies don’t have handles on them.” After reviewing the video, Kelly said he observed at least two cases of “active resistance” from protesters. In one instance, a woman pulls her arm back from an officer. In the second instance, a protester curls into a ball. Each of those actions could have warranted more force, including baton strikes and pressure-point techniques. “What I’m looking at is fairly standard police procedure,” Kelly said.
“When you start picking up human bodies, you risk hurting them,” Kelly said. “Bodies don’t have handles on them.”
After reviewing the video, Kelly said he observed at least two cases of “active resistance” from protesters. In one instance, a woman pulls her arm back from an officer. In the second instance, a protester curls into a ball. Each of those actions could have warranted more force, including baton strikes and pressure-point techniques.
“What I’m looking at is fairly standard police procedure,” Kelly said.
― am0n, Sunday, 20 November 2011 07:13 (twelve years ago) link
otm
― crüt, Sunday, 20 November 2011 07:16 (twelve years ago) link
Holy shit, this vid is awesome. When you can't get louder or more raucous, freak the fuck outta people with the power of your silence. You can't even hear footsteps.
Waitamin, digitalSLRs are still as loud as analog ones? that's a lot of cameras snapping.
― Put another Juggle in, in the Juggalodeon (kingfish), Sunday, 20 November 2011 07:18 (twelve years ago) link
^ This is some The Birds shit.
― do you want me to share what i know w/ you or not? (forksclovetofu), Monday, 2 January 2012 04:52 (twelve years ago) link
hi dere ILX
― sleeve, Monday, 2 January 2012 14:19 (twelve years ago) link
let's get it
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 2 January 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
global rev just got evicted
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 06:10 (twelve years ago) link
like
are you fucking serious mike b
http://occuprint.org/wiki/uploads/Posters/OccupyCongress.png
#j17
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Tuesday, 3 January 2012 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
"Welcome to Occupy Van Halen, ladies and gentleman!" frontman David Lee Roth yelled just before the band launched into "You Really Got Me," the first in an approximately hour-long, high energy set.http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57353711/van-halen-rocks-small-nyc-club/
― (๑•̀⌓•́๑) (am0n), Friday, 6 January 2012 16:22 (twelve years ago) link
co-opted by an idiot
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 January 2012 16:25 (twelve years ago) link
(or maybe just a 1% drunk)
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 January 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
better him than the dems amirite #obamaosama
― (๑•̀⌓•́๑) (am0n), Friday, 6 January 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
lol u rite #keepthechange
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 6 January 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2012/01/06/nyu-student-weaves-elaborate-email-drama-beefs-with-administration-over-ows-and-student-ethics/
― goole, Friday, 6 January 2012 22:58 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ "elaborate email drama beefs"
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 January 2012 03:46 (twelve years ago) link
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxczplTubW1r9dsnbo1_500.jpg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 January 2012 06:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://fuckthega.tumblr.com/
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 January 2012 06:15 (twelve years ago) link
sincere appresh for yr awesomeness from up north mr. HOOS, keep it up.
― Simon H., Saturday, 7 January 2012 06:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxbxhhpbk71r9dsnbo1_400.jpg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 January 2012 08:22 (twelve years ago) link
ty simon h <3 <3
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 January 2012 08:23 (twelve years ago) link
"Like I said, the real turning point came when we got involved in the encampment. I grew more in the course of that month than I had in several years. It was such an intense experience that it drew us all together; those who shared it as a common reference point were bonded for years afterwards regardless of how their paths diverged. Time itself passed differently. Because I never knew what would happen next, it often felt like I'd lived through a week by the time I lay down at the end of the day. In the heat of that urgency, our different pasts and uncertain futures fell away and all that remained was the concentrated rush of the present." -- from 'Expect Resistance,' 2007.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 7 January 2012 08:26 (twelve years ago) link
any feeds of this?
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/01/guantanamo-bay-rally-to-close-d-c-streets-71294.html
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 17:19 (twelve years ago) link
yah a few
ustream.tv/channel/Korgasm
http://t.co/tDgP8FlK
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
go with kor imo
two fave photos so far
http://yfrog.com/odhh3j:medium
https://p.twimg.com/Ai5Kj9QCQAA7pe3.jpg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 17:27 (twelve years ago) link
so what's with the news being saturated with "Occupy DC is infested with rats" today, Willard?
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 11 January 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
rats. and a goddamn baby.
can we get evicted already so we can reclaim the moral high ground
i'm sick of being blamed for the actions of a damaged homeless population that have no place else to go
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 11 January 2012 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9S74C6O0.htm
― ⚓ (gr8080), Thursday, 12 January 2012 09:15 (twelve years ago) link
Occupy Pittsburgh to cops: prepare to be rickrolled
― Mayan Calendar Deren (doo dah), Thursday, 12 January 2012 12:18 (twelve years ago) link
and a goddamn baby.
silver lining on this wound up being that it was reported in most local outlets as OCCUPIERS RESCUE BABY
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:26 (twelve years ago) link
RATS RAISE BABY AS THEIR OWN
― spiced with KNOWING THAT YOU'VE PAID YOUR BILLS (I DIED), Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
and yeah i mean
there are some rats in DC
most of them are in congress
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 12 January 2012 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/study-americans-believe-conflict-between-rich-poor-is-growing/2012/01/11/gIQAZHibrP_story.html
― iatee, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
nvm gr80 posted the same study
― iatee, Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
― spiced with KNOWING THAT YOU'VE PAID YOUR BILLS (I DIED), Thursday, January 12, 2012 5:28 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
so while i was livetweeting the GA found out that the mayor is now imploring park service to evict us
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-mayor-calls-on-national-park-service-to-remove-occupy-protesters-from-mcpherson-square/2012/01/12/gIQAdAmeuP_story.html
we are of course 5 days before this
http://www.occupyyourcongress.info/wp-content/gallery/poster_images/poster.png
park service reiterating that we have the right to stay
gray obv just washing his hands here
trying to blame any havoc to come on #j17 on park service
was livetweeting the GA when a greek jouro @'d me on the story and it was like "holy fuck"
i almost want us to get kicked out this weekend ~just~ so i can smile when five thousand reinforcements show up on monday
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 13 January 2012 04:49 (twelve years ago) link
ok this totally made my night
http://i43.tinypic.com/jac078.png
fuck yeah
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 13 January 2012 05:19 (twelve years ago) link
Finally feeling well enough to participate. If all works out, I might come along to the #j17
― encarta it (Gukbe), Friday, 13 January 2012 08:01 (twelve years ago) link
Kids arrested on campus yesterday afternoon, some of whom were students. We're trying to find out why, under what circumstances.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 January 2012 11:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-buzz/post/protesters-file-for-permit-to-occupy-congress-jan-17/2011/12/28/gIQAQlcYMP_blog.html
typical comments
― curmudgeon, Friday, 13 January 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
i forget who it was on the sandbox that asked about a good introductory read on the politics that have informed OWS (& anarchism more broadly) but after recommending it in that instance i'm re-reading david graeber's "direct action" and i wanna rescind anything else i recommended--this is really all you need to get the gist. i mean, hell--
The main point, thought, is that--unlike some of the classical works of Proudhon, Kropotkin, Rocker, Malatesta, De Santillan, and others, written in the shadow of Marxism--contemporary anarchist 'theory,' such as it is, is most explicitly not intended to provide a comprehensive understanding that will instruct others in the proper conduct of revolution. It is not an ideology, a theory of history. It tends, rather, towards a kind of inspirational, creative play. It is more than anything else an extrapolation from and imaginative projection of certain forms of practice: the experience of working in a small affinity group becomes the model for Primitivists' idealizations of the hunter/gatherer band, assumed to be the only social unit for most of human history; the experience of real experiments in worker control becomes the basis for an imaginary planet in a science fiction story; the experience of sisterhood becomes the model for a matriarchal pagan religion; the experience of a wild moment of collective poetic inspiration or even a particularly good party becomes the inspiration for the idea of a Temporary Autonomous Zone. Even when contemporary anarchists turn to Marxism, their overwhelming favorite theorists are the Situationists Vaneigem & Debord, the Marxist theorists closest to the avant-garde tradition, who tried to unify theory, art and life.
It is more than anything else an extrapolation from and imaginative projection of certain forms of practice: the experience of working in a small affinity group becomes the model for Primitivists' idealizations of the hunter/gatherer band, assumed to be the only social unit for most of human history; the experience of real experiments in worker control becomes the basis for an imaginary planet in a science fiction story; the experience of sisterhood becomes the model for a matriarchal pagan religion; the experience of a wild moment of collective poetic inspiration or even a particularly good party becomes the inspiration for the idea of a Temporary Autonomous Zone.
Even when contemporary anarchists turn to Marxism, their overwhelming favorite theorists are the Situationists Vaneigem & Debord, the Marxist theorists closest to the avant-garde tradition, who tried to unify theory, art and life.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 January 2012 05:27 (twelve years ago) link
graeber does his best not to take credit for ows but from what I've seen he really does deserve a lot of credit for ensuring the initial GA took place, which is more than anything responsible for the way this turned out differently than yr average one and done protest
― iatee, Saturday, 14 January 2012 05:35 (twelve years ago) link
in which an anarchist refuses to be a leader
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 January 2012 05:41 (twelve years ago) link
seriously though, everybody read "direct action"
the first half is like the great novel that could have come out of the battle of seattle, and the second half is incisive stuff like the above
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 January 2012 06:06 (twelve years ago) link
oh also, not that i know anything about this
https://p.twimg.com/AjFxrMkCEAERGyg.jpg
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 January 2012 06:25 (twelve years ago) link
fuck d1c3ytr00p btw
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 14 January 2012 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
i just started graeber's debt book and it's awesome too. highly recommended and easy to read.
― wmlynch, Saturday, 14 January 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, January 14, 2012 6:56 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
rescinding this, was written in a fit of piqe
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 15 January 2012 03:55 (twelve years ago) link