Tonight Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino has joined the likes of Seattle's Paul Shell and Chicago's Richard Daley Sr. in the ranks of American Mayors who have ordered a police riot in their cities.
This came from the Twitter feed from Occupy Boston.
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#OccupyBoston arrested protesters are singing Solidarity Forever between cells loudly.
11 Oct
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We need more people to come down and help us defend the main camp and decide what to do tomorrow. #OccupyBoston
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#OccupyBoston protesters chanting at cops "Who do you serve?"
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#OccupyBoston is still alive. First camp untouched so far. Cops are destroying materials from the second camp, and barricading it.
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@mayortommenino you just had a pr disaster, that wasnt the right move. The world is watching. Are you going to fix this? #occupyboston
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Live stream back up livestream.com/occupyboston. #occupyboston
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Cops are still beating and dragging away protesters. #occupyboston
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Boston Police are being violent, and attacking people and tents. #occupyboston
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Police tearing sown tents violently. #occupyboston
11 Oct
Boston police move in on protesters on Greenway, scores arrested
Officials do not want the protesters, who originally settled in Dewey Square, to occupy the space across Congress Street on the Greenway because it recently underwent a renovation project where expensive improvements were added, according to Elaine Driscoll, police spokeswoman.
Prior to moving in on the protesters, police had closed all the streets in the area.
Also, the protesters’ chants stopped as their companions were being lead off by police. Some protesters would then yell out the phone number of a lawyer group that would defend them if they were charged.
As the officers lined up this morning, some members of the crowd shouted, “you don’t have to do this” and “who do you protect, who do you serve?”
For a first hand account read Una Spencer's post: Holding the Line at #OccupyBoston
Thomas M. Menino
Address:
1 City Hall Square, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02201-2013
Mayor of Boston
Email address:
mayor@cityofboston.gov
Telephone: 617.635.4500
Facsimile: 617.635.2851
You know what to do.