Journalist Assaulted By Man Opposed to Occupy Pensacola
According to the above link, an intoxicated young male began challenging Occupy Pensacola demonstrators this weekend. The media was just setting up at the time and the man assaulted "a nearby photojournalist of PcolaSocial and physically assaulted him, breaking his eye-glasses in the process of a brief grappling struggle, which was broken up when other members of the media swarmed the attacker and restrained him ..."
The PcolaSocial website claims that after extensive research, they can find no other evidence of a civilian attacking the media while covering the Occupy Movement.
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There's a lot going on in Pensacola. Tents have been removed. Mysterious Tiny Tents have appeared. Claims of "vandalism" and {{shudder}} "littering" have been made by officials.
For more of the weirdness at Occupy Pensacola and photos of the mystery tents, see below....
Monday, Nov. 21: Front Doors of City Hall Chained & Locked
Pensacola city officials say numerous acts of vandalism occurred at City Hall over the weekend after the Saturday morning removal of tents associated with the Occupy Pensacola encampment.
City employees arriving at work Monday founds chains and padlocks put on City Hall’s front doors, air conditioning power boxes turned off on the outside of the building, and the north lawn “littered” with plastic sheeting, said City Administrator Bill Reynolds.
A large tent, “larger than anyone else’s,” also was built for the mayor and placed in his parking space.
In fact, lots of Tiny Tents appeared overnight.
Gary Paull Jr., a former Marine who helped organize the local Occupy movement, said what city officials are calling “litter” was actually tents built 3 to 6 inches high with bamboo and plastic sheeting.
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...and the last indignity, defacing the bust of the great American hero, Christopher Columbus.
Other Occupy Pensacola News
Saturday, Nov. 19:
Occupy protesters pulling up the stakes from City Hall property
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