November 2011
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@latimes #OccupyLA: LAPD seals off Civic Center;... →
“Los Angeles police were moving into the Civic Center Tuesday night, closing off a large area around the Occupy L.A. encampment.
The LAPD has closed off an area from Temple Street on the north to 3rd Street on the south and Alameda Street on the east and Broadway on the west.
An LAPD helicopter announced the commencement of the department’s action, swooping down low and...
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@LAWeekly #OccupyLA Eviction: Is LAPD Restricting... →
“Creating limited media pools at high-profile, heavily policed events isn’t an uncommon practice at the Los Angeles Police Department.
“When we don’t have resources to accomodate every single outlet that wants to be there, we often do that,” says Officer Karen Rayner in the media-relations office.
But a last-minute email to the LAPD’s press list last night...
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WatchGA Live from #OccupyLA http://www.ustream.tv/occupyfreedomla #OLA #OSF #OO #Solidarity Also Live:
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@LAist #Occupycolleges Students With Voices: UC... →
“The chants of University of California (UC) students disrupted the UC Board of Regents teleconference meeting today at UCLA and other UC campuses, forcing board members to relocate to different meeting rooms. About 60 students from several campuses gathered in UCLA’s Bruin Plaza to listen to the broadcasted teleconference and, of course, to protest.
The teleconference, which was...
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@LAist Is the City Giving #OccupyLA the Boot for A... →
“Though there is no solid deadline for the Occupy LA eviction, there is chatter that a couple upcoming commercial and/or television video shoots may force the remaining occupiers out as early as today.
Says a recent tweet by Alissa Kokkins, “A parking attendant claims that the police intend to have Occupy LA out by 12 today because a film shoot is coming in.” Kokkins...
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@LATimes #OccupyLA protesters to seek court order... →
“Protesters plan to file for a federal injunction that would prevent police from dismantling the Occupy L.A. encampment around City Hall.
The complaint, which was to be filed at 10 a.m. Monday in federal court, names the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, alleging that the protesters’ civil rights were violated. The three protesters who...
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#OccupyColleges All Student General Strike Monday... →
“November 28th – In solidarity with UC Davis , UC Berkeley, CUNY Schools and all students who are defending their right to protest against rising tuition cost and out of control student debt. We ask you to STRIKE! No work, no school – please join together in a central area of your choosing and stand up against the VIOLENCE and SUPPRESSION that is happening in our schools.
Please abide...
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@LATimes #OccupyLA protesters take to the streets;... →
“Just after midnight, a large crowd of Occupy L.A. protesters gathered in front of City Hall at the intersection of Spring and First streets. Demonstrators held candles, beat on drums, waved signs as they moved onto the streets. “This ain’t Mardi Gras!” one man shouted, as he attempted to usher people off the street. LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith declined to give details...
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