Occupy Denver: Police track down protesters' identities using YouTube (VIDEOS)
It's not a new tactic, but for some, it might be a surprising one: One of the ways the Denver Police Department has checked the identities of those faced with warrants for Occupy Denver is through online archival footage, including the average YouTube search. Previously anonymous protesters can be -- and have been -- easily identified through crowd and news coverage of weekend events. Depending on what they're wearing, not even Guy Fawkes masks can keep them anonymous. "We can use that information from videos to help identify individuals suspected of criminal activity, and that's pretty significant," says Detective John White, a DPD spokesman. "I wouldn't say we use online searches frequently, but if our investigators believe there is some useful information on one of those YouTube videos that could be used to identity someone suspected of criminal activity, we do."
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Ex-Seattle chief: 'Occupy' police use 'failed' tactics
28 November 2011Last updated at 21:21 By Chloe Hadjimatheou BBC News Chief Stamper has become a critic of US police tactics and culture Police across the US have been criticised for their actions in clashes with Occupy Wall Street protesters. The man who led the police response to the Battle in Seattle protests at the 1999 WTO meeting blames the post-9/11 militarisation of American policing. "Law enforcement across the country is pursuing the same tactics that failed so miserably in Seattle," Norm Stamper tells BBC World Service's Witness programme. "There's a lack of patience, there's a lack of imagination and there are clear over-reactions to the challenges the police perceive.
Los Angeles: Join The Seven Day Siege Of The CCA
Join LA CAN, Occupy the Hood, Occupy Skid Row and Occupy Los Angeles at Wilshire/Hope (626 Wilshire Blvd.) at 8:30pm tonight to fight gentrification and the corrupt practices of the lobby group Central City Association. BRING TENT. We are peacefully gathering to protest the Economic Development Meeting and the downtown 2020 plan to build new high rises, the AEG Stadium and further criminalize and push out the homeless. The CCA is the localized manifestation and microcosm of everything wrong with policy, the 1% and obsession with wealth and prestige.
Occupy Philadelphia, Los Angeles protesters ignore threat of eviction; DC could be next - BlogPost
Posted at 12:19 PM ET, 11/29/2011 Nov 29, 2011 05:19 PM EST TheWashingtonPost Two weeks after Zuccotti Park, the spiritual home of the Occupy movement, was raided by New York police, protesters in several cities are staying put in their encampments despite city threats of eviction. Jeff Rousset holds a sign during a Occupy Philadelphia demonstration in Dilworth Plaza in defiance of the city’s 5 p.m. eviction order. (Joseph Kaczmarek - Associated Press) At Occupy Philadelphia, 75 tents remain on the plaza in front of City Hall despite the mayor’s deadline for evacuation, which passed 24 hours ago.
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Montanans Launch Recall of Senators Who Approved NDAA Military Detention. Merry Christmas, US Senate
UPDATE 12/26/2011:This is from a statement from Stewart Rhodes of Oathkeepers regarding Republican Denny Rehberg as a target of recall, who also voted for NDAA. Here in Montana, while we will go after all three violators of the Bill of Rights, I will place special emphasis and "focus of effort" on Denny Rehberg, since he is so fond of wrapping himself in the flag and claiming to be defending the Constitution while his votes do the exact opposite. In that sense, Rehberg is much like John McCain and Lindsey Graham, two Republicans who, right along with Carl Levin and Joseph Lieberman, are leading a sustained and relentless assault on our Bill of Rights. Disclaimer: I am now a volunteer press contact for this campaign.
No Elections Under Military Rule: Solidarity With The Egyptian Revolution
Egyptians occupy Tahir Square on June 2, 2012 to demand a new revolution in the wake of the Mubarak trials Today in San Francisco, Egyptians, Arabs, and Occupiers in the Bay Area are marching in solidarity with the Egyptian Revolution. Gather at Union Square (SF) at 6:30pm Pacific time!
Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks Undisclosed $13B
The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret. Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing. The Fed didn’t tell anyone which banks were in trouble so deep they required a combined $1.2 trillion on Dec. 5, 2008, their single neediest day. Bankers didn’t mention that they took tens of billions of dollars in emergency loans at the same time they were assuring investors their firms were healthy.
About - Occupy Connect
OccupyConnect is a tool created by and for the growing “occupy” movement around the world. It’s a place where we can meet each other, stay connected with each other, and discover ways to support each other. OccupyConnect doesn’t represent any one occupation or working group -- and it doesn’t represent the movement as a whole. It’s simply a tool that facilitates communication between us and helps build movement bridges across continents. Every week, occupations from around the world join video conference calls on OccupyConnect. We chart the course for our conversations together, aided by a trained facilitator.
