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‘DRAG ME AWAY’: OCCUPY LA PROTESTERS SAY THEY’RE NOT LEAVING
IMAGE A man clears his belongings from a tent at the Occupy LA site in front of City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday. Despite the mayor's eviction order, many protesters said they have no plans to leave their encampment. (Photo credit: AFP)
LOS ANGELES (The Blaze/AP) — Facing a midnight deadline to vacate the City Hall lawn where they’ve taken up residence, many Occupy LA protesters say they have no plans to leave.
With hours left before the 12:01 a.m. Monday deadline Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the city police chief gave Friday, very few of the occupiers were packing, and many were instead were making plans for what to do when they stay.
Some handed out signs Saturday mocked up to look like the city’s notices to vacate, advertising a Monday morning “eviction block party.”
Dozens attended a teach-in on resistance tactics, including how stay safe in the face of rubber bullets, tear gas canisters and pepper spray.
Police gave few specifics about what tactics they would use if protesters ignored the deadline.
Chief Charlie Beck said at Friday’s news conference that officers would definitely not be sweeping through the camp and arresting everyone just after midnight.
In an interview with the Los Angeles Times published Sunday, Beck said that despite the lack of confrontations in the camp’s two-month run, he’s realistic about what might happen.
“I have no illusions that everybody is going to leave,” Beck said. “We anticipate that we will have to make arrests.”
But he added, “We certainly will not be the first ones to apply force.”
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck has not provided details of how officers will handle Occupy LA eviction stragglers, but said there will not be mass arrests at midnight. (Image source: Los Angeles Times)
Villaraigosa announced Friday that despite his sympathy for the protesters’ cause, it was time for the camp of nearly 500 tents to leave for the sake of public health and safety.
The mayor said the movement is at a “crossroads,“ and it must ”move from holding a particular patch of park to spreading the message of economic justice.”
But occupiers showed no signs of giving up the patch of park too easily.
Will Picard, who sat Saturday in a tent amid his artwork with a “notice of eviction” sign posted outside, said the main organizers and most occupiers he knows intend to stay.
“Their plan is to resist the closure of this encampment and if that means getting arrested so be it,” Picard said. “I think they just want to make the police tear it down rather than tear it down themselves.”
But some agreed with the mayor that the protest had run its course.
“I’m going,” said Luke Hagerman, who sat looking sad and resigned in the tent he’s stayed in for a month. “I wish we could have got more done.”
Villaraigosa expressed pride that Los Angeles has lacked the tension, confrontation and violence seen at similar protests in other cities. But that peace was likely to get its biggest test on Monday.
Ue Daniels, 21, said as an artist he’s “as nonviolent as they come” but he planned on resisting removal any way he could.
“I think we’ll comply as far as putting our tents on the sidewalk maybe, that‘s something that’s been going around.”
But as far as leaving altogether?
“They would probably have to drag me away,” he said.
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CJA23
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:11pm
Obama/Soros/Trumpka occupoopers haven’t got their new marching orders from the WH yet. What‘s Obama’s next instructions to the occupoopers.
TXBIGFOOT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:04pm
I say arrest them and then charge them with a % of the cost for all of this nonsense. An arrest and conviction equals 30K or what ever. Have a nice life.. oh you cant pay.. good then go to jail.
JOHN 1776
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:14pm
They should simply open a few fire hoses up. Not in spray mode, but just flood the lot and make it a muddy mess. Grass looks like it needs watering anyhow. Most would leave. A few would stay splashing in the mud. Those would be easy to spot and arrest and the “imaging” wouldn’t look good for the protesters unless their fans are into mud wrestling.
PKAMA
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:20pm
Where are the police horses when you need them. There is not a crowd control method more effective than having the police officers ride in on horses and we will see these dirty low lives scatter on their own without the police officers getting themselves hurt.
AXELPHANTOM
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:08pm
In some occupy movements they have resorted to paying homeless people to occupy just so that it looks like there are some numbers. The occupation is dying out and if they don’t up the ante, it will go out with a wimper. Look for something to be done that will grab media attention, if not here, then somewhere soon.
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DMFORMAN
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:37pm
I agree. I am waiting for the violence to begin soon. They have realized that they are not making the impact that the Tea Party made and need to up the anty to get people to notice. I hope that they realize that violence is not going to sway people to their side and will hurt them further in many parts of America.
DALADY
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:05pm
Maybe union thugs will show up to escalate tension like they did at the eviction of Occupy Toronto. I wouldn’t mind seeing a few of those goons get thumped.
NOBAMA 2012
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NELBERT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:03pm
Don’t evict them. Cut the water and electricity to the area, wall it up and prevent them from ever leaving.
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CATB
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:51pm
They are squatters .. dirty ones at that .. doubt that would do anything except drive them into the local businesses even more .. that is who they are hurting. If they really gave a “d* mn” about what they claim they do they would be squatting outside the White House.
TEA!
NELBERT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:01pm
Don’t evict them. Cut the water and electricity to their area, wall it up and prevent them from ever leaving.
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SECESSIONISTA
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:58pm
Tell me again why we can’t use real bullets this time? And a sneak attack? You know, the same way we killed that US marine in Arizona?
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GREEN_MANALISHI
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:43pm
The police have a secret weapon theyve been dieing to try, it called soap and water and its been proven to remove occupiers since time began. I hear there holding back a really nasty weapon that smells just like hard work but it kill 99% of occupiers
BRINGITON
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:58pm
It’s California. The people voted in the govt. they deserve, even the “law abiding citizens” F them.
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CONVICTOBAMA
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:47pm
Hey man just bcuz we live in CA doesnt mean we drink the koolaide… Ca will go ble be patient, we are broke and infested with non tax payers we will wake up.
CONVICTOBAMA
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:49pm
Hey I didnt vote for moonbeam jerry commie brown…
GARYM
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:51pm
The police need to get some high voltage cattle prods! Let them sit there as long as they can take the prod! Let PETA complain about being bad to the animals!
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JAGR1850
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:51pm
send all those morons to visit 1600 pennsylvania ave for a big beer summit……problems solved !!!!
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GEORGENE
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:48pm
We should feel sorry for these poor uninformed fools. There they are doing the dirty work for Soros and Obama, ( the Socialist and the Muslim) trying to take our mind off the p poor job Obama is doing.
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JAKARTAMAN
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:45pm
I personally would not touch one of these disease ridden slim-balls.
I would however water hose the sh-t out of them – for two reasons
1) to get rid of them – they use this method to flush out rats too!
2) give them a good cleaning to prevent further spread of diseases
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DMFORMAN
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:39pm
I keep wondering why they don’t use the water hoses on these people. They aren’t preparing for that and it would catch them off guard.
CATB
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:52pm
Don’t forget to add some SOAP to that water!
TEA!
DRATTASTIC
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:44pm
Anybody want to wager that Villaraigosa will fold ?
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ELIASIM
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:58pm
No, because you are probably right. This is all designed to make the police feel weak and ineffective in my opinion. To make a policeman think “I’m sick of being a policeman”, and as for when things become more difficult, and maybe perhaps police are financially struggling, then they will easily quit the force.
DRATTASTIC
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:11pm
Politicians will order the police to enforce the law ,then turn on the police and order investigations as soon as the media starts crying foul. Politicians are the lowest form of life, well it’s a lively contest between politicians ,the press and lawyers. I don’t envy the police and the position they are in.
LEADNOTFOLLOW
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:44pm
It’s time to break up their “block party”. Drag them away. They are spoiling the Holiday Season for the good, law abiding citizens.
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SNOWLEOPARD {GALLERY OF CAT FOLKS}
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:42pm
Those who leave willingly fine, those who remain at 12:01 a.m. then warn once, and move in right after that warning…all resistance is to be met with arrests.
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UNIX
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:13pm
LOL, all resistance is futile…I say we smoke em out, then scoop them up with front end loaders and drop off at the dump, that’s where they belong.
BRO GEO TOO
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:42pm
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If you know an Occupier/Squatter, please pass this along. It is the key to a brighter future. Thanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAOrT0OcHh0&feature=feedu
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ARIZONA DON
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:16pm
Very good I liked that. That is a perspective I had not considered before but I think it has merit. However, I do not think it would be that easy. Three and a half days may not be enough. But learn they should. I also think the future for these OWS’ers is going to provide much harder lessons, if obama is reelected, then prescribed in that video. Especially if they do manage to get their way, which I think is impossible or at least next to impossible.
The perception that these occupy “whatever” demonstrators have a single focus of any problem is
ludicrous at best. There is no structure to their madness.
THEVOICE
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:41pm
Why have them leave just fence them in …With a electric fence and guards not to let them out. . Hey their choice. No food no water nothing …Then see how prepared the Obama Occupy new age progressive communist are …
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SNOWLEOPARD {GALLERY OF CAT FOLKS}
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:43pm
It would be a nice plan…however some of those bleeding heated, liberal progressive communist justices would side with the protesters.
LUKERW
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:37pm
They are all Guilty… of Stealing Money… by making the Local Government pay for their Clean Up, Destruction, and Security… as a Matter of Equity!
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MOMRULES
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:37pm
Why should they feel as if they should leave? After all,they do have the Presidential Seal of Approval.
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TRUTHSEEKERUSA
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:33pm
Mayor should have shut them down on the first day they set up camp. Now he will be spending money on extra police that should be better spent on the thousands of poor people in LA, especially those who may not have enough money for food.
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NETMAIL
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:32pm
I smell a new protest song in the works: ‘Drag me Away’.
I am writing one myself now entitled: ‘OK, we will’.
(I’m dialing an oldie up by The Buckinghams, ‘Kind of
a Drag’ for inspiration.)
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SEEKER9
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:41pm
Reminds me of “They’re coming to take me away, ha ha”. Slightly altered it could be “They’re coming to drag me away, ha ha”.
RIGHTTHINKING1
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:00pm
Rofl…, you guys kill me.
CSINNM
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:29pm
buh bye!
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MJR
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:28pm
I can’t wait for the next group to try the same thing, see if the city council will be treat them the same.
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WAR7412
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:28pm
Well.Drag them AWAY then………….
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SHOWMERANCHER
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:20pm
Well now, here’s an opportunity where we can be accommodating. Y‘all hook ’em up and I‘ll drag ’em away with my 4X4.
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UECHI
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 2:19pm
My your wish come true, hopefully attached to a long length of rope on a semi and the other on your neck.
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ZMAN61
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:24pm
So this coming year when the Tea Party gets back into political action THere should be no requirement to pay for permits, follow any laws clean up their own mess or provide money to pay for porta toilets since none of these people have done any of the above. We should just show up in any numbers we deem necessary and stay as long as we like. We should “occupy” any real estate we deem necessary private or public and not leave until we get what we want.
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RICHNGADSDEN
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:19pm
Occupiers, thanks for that invitation. Now you know what to expect.
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BJORNSKIS
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:20pm
fire hoses simple and effective
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CAPITALISMROCKS
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:07pm
Arrest and levy heavy fines to cover clean up and police costs, then give them all 100‘s of hours each of community service so they don’t have free time to occupy, make them clean, plant, scoop poop, clean bathrooms, fix everything they’ve broken or ruined and make them give back to the community
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MBRIZ
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:03pm
Power to the people! Stop misrepresenting the facts about OWS to suite your twisted agenda, haters, and hypocrites.
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CAPITALISMROCKS
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:09pm
No one has to twist anything…. The fleabaggers freak shows, violence, drugs, filthy, mentally ill health actions all speak volumes for themselves
RIGHTTHINKING1
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:15pm
@MBRIZ
Well, you see, ‘the people’ have spoken, via their representatives, and put in place certain rules and statutes necessary to insure civil behavior, public safety, public health & etc. The problem with your OWS folk ( who incidentally do not represent even a tiny fraction of the population, let alone ‘99%’) is that they are ignoring those rules in a hissy fit of childish ideological self-indulgence, thereby causing annoyance to the rest of us, as well necessitating the outlay of millions of dollars to remediate the physical damage, clean up the garbage, and pay for police overtime. Get it?
BARNSY
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:33pm
Funny how the left and mainstream media tried like hell to “misrepresent” the tea party.Boy they went all out to find proof of racism and violence.They found very little ,and the movement was much larger than OWS. There are hundreds of hours of video and audio showing the degenerate behavior of OWS.How many arrests at OWS vs Tea Party? How much of a mess was left by OWS vs Tea party?Now who is really being misrepresented?
BREM
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:03pm
When I visited LA 30 years ago, there were jerks living in the parks then also. Now the only difference is that Obama has officially approved this practice
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ALRUNNER58
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:57pm
California’s problem, along with the other cities that didn’t take action right away.
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RIPPLE EFFECT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:55pm
The idiot mayor gave them time to gather the aclu,seiu, and to migrate from Oakland and other God forsaken places. There will be a fight tonight. I suggest to wait till midnight and just turn on all the sprinklers and all the firehoses and water cannons that can be mustered. They are all a bunch of hosers so lets treat as such. Maybe even throw in some bars of soap though I doubt the fleabaggers would know what to do with them
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BARNSY
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:47pm
Why are these fools protesting? 1.They are board.They dont have to work hard or strugle to live.The result is idle time to demonstrate for a perceived cause none can articulate intellegently.2.Basic ignorance.Our education system has failed.They are not taught history.They are clueless about basic economics.Socialism is glorified while Capitalism is demonized.3.An entitlement mentality.Young people are taught that society owes them a living.They believe they should be provided a high paying job right out of school with no prior experience.They refuse entry level jobs.They believe they should be provided free college,free medical,free housing and the list of demands continue. We have allowed one(maybe two)generations to be set up for failure.Personally im very worried if these nitwits are the furture of America.
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BARNSY
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:10pm
Sorry about the typos.I should have proofread the post!
PSYCHOSIS
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:43pm
bring out the lrads and make sure they are turned on high
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UPSTATENYCONSERVATIVE
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:35pm
Free speech is one thing. But when you block traffic, impede my way to a store to peaceably conduct my personal business, and try keeping me from getting to my job on time, you have seriously overstepped. Your rights, you liberals, stop short of the tip of my nose.
And that’s really all these jokers have been: an impediment to average people trying to go about their daily business without offense to or imposition on anyone else. Wall Street isn’t listening to these self-centered money-grubbing bunch of thuggish gimme hooligans. Do they really think that working man or woman is going to give them any heed? The people at my job don’t have college degrees for the most part, but they pay their bills on time and come to the job every day, well before the shift starts. Who do these pissant protesters think they are, when I have friends who can blow them out of the water with a single breath?
Pfft!
If for a second I thought these brats had a legitimate point, but by their own actions, I would turn against them like a maddened rabid dog.
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FLYGUYNC
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:30pm
If they don’t leave, it’s time for the hickory shampoo!
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OLDSCHOOLGREEN
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:28pm
Okay drag them away. Whats the problem?
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RONALDREAGANTHEGREAT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:20pm
Arrest all of them and charge them a massive fee for the expense they have cost the city of LA!
Tea:-)
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UNCLEBUCKY
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:55pm
Turn the sprinklers on at 12:01am…all that grass under those tents is turning brown…then bring in a few water trucks to clean the sidewalks.
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U.S. NAVY VETERAN
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:51pm
I wonder how many dirty hypodermic needles those poor sanitation workers are going to find when they clean up that pigsty tomorrow morning…
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RONALDREAGANTHEGREAT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:21pm
Yep and its disgusting!!!!!!!!!!
TITAINIUMMAN
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:44pm
steamroller first then bulldozer
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TITAINIUMMAN
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:44pm
Those that refuse to leave at the deadline should be arrested and be required to pay all court costs and the cost off any overtime paid to the police department
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AKDOCFMF
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:42pm
Four words; Bulldozer, followed by steamroller! They’ll move…
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SMOKEYRIDGERUNNER
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:38pm
Give them 2 years hard labor.
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1CASAWIZARD
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:31pm
I don‘t know about you but I’m tired of seeing this useless protest get this much coverage. Every day there are as many reporters as protesters covering this mess. If barry gets reelected and WE take to the streets I doubt we’d get this much publicity even we would number in the hundreds of thousands.
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SBENARD
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:26pm
Haul their hind ends to Santa Cruz and leave them there!
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AFFINNITY
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:25pm
Leave what? Liberals living in tents in the busy downtown of a liberal city makes perfect sense. If they hang around long enough they can help organize next years annual Gay Rights Parade.
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CJA23
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:16pm
How many millions of taxpayer dollars has it reached to protect the public from these anarchists? Meanwhile, back on the ranch, Obama is in full support of these dopes, only because he is “the rebel rouser-in-chief” behind the whole mess.
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TKELLY33
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:15pm
Bring in a Caterpillar D9 and plow them the hell out. Move or get crushed you dumbF%.
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XPILOTAH1S
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:12pm
Just allow the septic trucks to dump or spray their loads in the area, it might make the area smell alot cleaner than the current crap laying there………..
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BARACK MUST GO
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:06pm
Their leader, Barack Hussein Obama the ll must be arrested and held in prison until each & every one of his ‘ dirtbags in arms ’ all across America disband for good.
If one lone dirbag remains in our parks, Obama remains in our jail.
Enough is enough with this dirtbag & his dirtbags…
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PERRY1980
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:00pm
You can leave peacefully or
you can leave in handcuffs to the jail.
your choice.
i think we all know what will happen
Forrest Gump said it best.
stupid is as stupid does.
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GARBAGECANLOGIC
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:24pm
Pepper Spray their dumb as*es!! Big time!
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
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BULLCRAPBUSTER
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:15pm
How does living in a tent illegally on the city hall lawn bring about economic justice? Although one could guess that being an occupier is its own punishment.
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PAPAJOHANNESPATRIOT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:48pm
Arrest as many as you have to so the others will leave of their own accord. The ones you do arrest, send down to Sheriff Joe, and he’ll put them to work. that should help a bit to recoup the costs of the “invasion.“ That might be a more proper term than ”occupation.” Just realized, their occupation or job, has been to squat on the land at the expense of the residents of the city who have to pay all the taxes.
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MCNAMARA
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:38pm
Using a flame-thrower, on maybe a few tents would get the rest of them on their way. ;) I am over-occupied…enough of this stuff. You have the right to free speech and peaceful assembly, but not to have the right to occupy.
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GREEN_MANALISHI
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:24pm
Let one person go to this camp and put up a tea party/down with obama sign and see how NON VIOLENT these lying occupiers are. If this was a tea party assembly how long would the mayor not evict. Where are the counter occupiers . By the way the occupy members are in reality a racial supremacist hate group intent on erradicating members of other races that they do not want. We have been calling them BROWN PANTS
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