What do NYC, Albany, Portland, Oakland, & Berkeley have in common?
As the Minneapolis Examiner revealed, the Federal Government has been coordinating the crackdowns of the last 48 hours.
The militarized crackdowns that have failed, are failing, & will continue to fail to stop OWS.
New York City
Portland (Photo from The Troubador's excellent diary)
Oakland
Berkeley
The take away-Oakland
Whether it is Wastonville during the day-
Or Oakland at night
America is not afraid.
As for the 1%s, like Mayor Bloomberg who said some occupiers might've hurt themselves when they laid on the ground & perhaps accidently banged their own heads in the process...let me quote Keith Olbermann from Countdown tonight.
Mr Mayor, you can go "bang" yourself.
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Michael Moore: "This is being coordinated by the Federal Government."
KO: Oakland was rolled up, Albany was rolled up, Portland was rolled up, NY was rolled up...Jean Quan admitting she was on a conference call with 18 mayors, this is a plan..."
Michael Moore: The Minneapolis Examiner
couple hours ago quotes a justice official in the Obama Justice Dept, the fed govt has been provideding logistical & tactical advice & support...
Homeland security & the Justice Dept have been coordinating the advice, strategy & tactics... all the tactics of the police have been the same...in the last 48 hours.
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The title of the article quoted by Moore above says it all.
Update: 'Occupy' crackdowns coordinated with federal law enforcement officials
The good news is that the Federal Government's structural "coordination" can not match the people's organic & flexible movement.
UPDATE: Title changed to include reference to Michael Moore's quote from Countdown tonight.
Michael Moore: "This is being coordinated by the Federal Government."
UPDATE: 8:37 AM
Rick Ellis, author of the Minn Examiner story isn't backtracking. Here are his latest Tweets.
I'm trying to wade through the massive amounts of tweets this morning, but I never told anyone I was mistake about Justice Dept...I do think suspect that Oakland Mayor's comments probably referred to Mayor's call, although her office has declined to talk with me. Wading through my tweets today and way behind. Justice Dept. Source still works there.Am checking to see if I can disclose name. My hunch is no, since we spoke on background. But will check. Not backtracking on that source. But I do think Oakland Mayor's comments might be related to Mayor's group call. But until she (or her office) will confirm one way or other, just guessing. Sorry for the delay in answering this. Bombarded with questions. My source (who works at Justice) insists HS involved in.....discussions, but trying to find another source at that agency today. I saw some tweets saying I was backtracking on story...but I'm not. I do suspect now that Oakland Mayor might have been talking about different call, but her office won't confirm.