Walmarts's largest distribution center was shut down today as Occupiers participating in the F29 protest against ALEC and their funding sources blocked their roads. The sheriff came out to disrupt the protest and instead made fools of themselves as they were unable to control the crowd in such an open area.
In over 70 cities today an effort was made to raise awareness of the tentacles of ALEC strangling our way of life in the endless search for profit.
Cop Face PLant #F29
Police get hostile with Occupy protesters in Mira Loma as they shut down Wal Mart's biggest distribution center
OccupyFreedomLA February 29, 2012
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Occupy Irvine said of today:
"F29 was a success!
We shut down a wal-mart warehouse for 5 hours by taking over a street, there was a crowd of around 200 people, maybe more, after of few hours without significant confrontation from the police (around 11AM), they started to move all the protesters back very slowly (towards the area most parked their cars), it was a huge street so both the officers and the protesters formed a huge line, after an hour of slowly moving us back while many protesters stood an inch from the officers and their batons, they (the officers) started to take more aggressive action, they charged at us at least twice and started to surround us more (they even took over the sidewalk), in one instance...an officer started chasing an Orange County occupier and hit him on the thigh with his baton, and right after, the officer fell flat on his chest/face while the protester kept on running, it was quiet funny (for the officer, not for the occupier), all in all, 1 or 2 got arrested, a helicopter circled us the whole time, their was a GA after the event at a park about five minutes away from the wal-mart, 70-80 people showed up, they were going to discuss another potential demonstration for later today..."
