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Police Violently Attack Occupy Denver Protesters With Mace And Rubber Bullets
It has been an ugly and violent standoff at Occupy Denver today as police have beaten, maced, and used rubber bullets on the protesters. We have videos from earlier and a live stream of the events as they happen.
Here is the video from earlier today of police macing protesters:
Video of police beating protesters:
According to Occupy Denver, Police shot a 21 year old protester out of a tree. Here are is a picture of the kind of damage that “non-lethal force” does.
Image: Occupy Denver
According to Denver’s 9 News, there are dueling accounts of how the protest turned violent,
DPD says officers used “non-lethal agents,” like pepper spray and paintball-like balls full of tear gas, to subdue the crowd.
“We did have an officer who was pushed off his motorcycle and we had two officers who were kicked,” Murray said. “When it escalated to that point, we made a city-wide call [for backup].”
After police converged and started making arrests, officers say the crowd started to push in on them. They say the crowd even more agitated, spurring Denver Police to bring in more officers in riot gear.
Some protesters say police escalated the situation unnecessarily.
“They asked us to take a tent down. Some kid was standing too close to them. They just started attacking everybody. Spraying people with mace, arresting them. We did nothing. This is supposed to be a peaceful protest, and, they’re attacking us,” Sean Drigger, a protester said.
What is clear is that the standoff is tense, ugly, and ongoing. The protesters want to be able to set up their tents and camp out, while the police seem determined to break up this protest tonight.
To follow events at Occupy Denver as they happen, here is the livestream:
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8 Responses to Police Violently Attack Occupy Denver Protesters With Mace And Rubber Bullets
Reynardine
Oct. 29th, 2011 at 10:12 pm
It’s interesting to speculate whether, one way or another, a signal for a crackdown has gone out, nationwide or worldwide. That lockout at Qantas does make you wonder.
Shiva (Moderator)
Oct. 29th, 2011 at 11:43 pm
One thing is clear. The police will lie till the cows come home to perform their little acts of fun. I wonder how long they can keep it up before everyone gets involved.
Ingarose
Oct. 30th, 2011 at 12:08 am
It is time to turn it around and tell republicans that they should make good on the busting of public police unions.
Greg
Nov. 8th, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Ff the police wish to abuse their authority and their toys, then we the people need to take those toys away from them and their excessive power as well. We need to with our voice, money and VOTES demand these changes to the structure of the police in this country.
dem9586792844592
Oct. 30th, 2011 at 12:16 am
With the right wingers calling non-stop for crackdowns on the protesters, it reminds one that the United States now holds the world title for nation with the highest incarceration rate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lis...
(here’s a selection from Wiki’s list)
Prisoners per 100,000 of population
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743 United States
577 Russia
223 Iran
200 Mexico
150 England
120 China
117 Canada
113 Italy
96 France
88 Germany
71 Norway
62 Japan
32 India
A spike upwards in the US prison population began in 1980 with Ronald Reagan and the ascendancy of the conservatives. This graph shows a rise of almost fivefold since then.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni...
Shiva (Moderator)
Oct. 30th, 2011 at 12:55 am
Heres another example of American exceptionalism
www.salon.com/2011/10/29/...
rinkidinkidoo
Oct. 30th, 2011 at 12:56 am
When did the United States become a police state? People need to wake up and realize that the police in this country are being employed by politicians to protect their corporate masters… truly a sickening thing to watch happen.
Pepper17
Oct. 30th, 2011 at 9:47 pm
At Occupy Orange County, in Irvine, CA, the city council voted unanimously to allow the Occupy group to camp on the lawn in front of city hall. I heard that the mayor came out and asked if anyone needed blankets.