you can't make this stuff up.
TB is the Occ gift to Atlanta
A shooting in the Peoples Republic of Vermont
They break an EMT's leg at the Mothership (NYC)
But whackiest of all is Portland OR where the city has had enough
http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?&c=52750
well who needs guns or knives when you have explosives ?
but alls not insane, poetry rules the day there !
TB is the Occ gift to Atlanta
ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – The home base for Occupy Atlanta has tested positive for tuberculosis.
The Fulton County Health Department confirmed Wednesday that residents at the homeless shelter where protesters have been occupying have contracted the drug-resistant disease. WGCL reports that a health department spokeswoman said there is a possibility that both Occupy Atlanta protesters and the homeless people in the shelter may still be at risk since tuberculosis is contracted through air contact.
A shooting in the Peoples Republic of Vermont
Copyright Burlington Free Press
Police say a 35-year-old man is in grave condition after a shooting in City Hall Park, the scene of the Occupy Burlington encampment.
Police said it will be several hours before they know more, but did say there is no danger to the public. Police said they have recovered the weapon.
They break an EMT's leg at the Mothership (NYC)
A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting a paramedic and breaking his leg at the Occupy Wall Street site Wednesday night.
Police say paramedics were called to Zuccotti Park for a man who was acting irrationally.
When they arrived, the man in question appeared to be in emotional distress and police decided he needed to be taken to the hospital. But authorities say protesters formed a human chain to block the police as the man refused to go.
"We were denied access to the patient, and people were actually blocking us from transporting," said FDNY Commissioner Salvatore Cassano.
One of the EMTs was pushed into a ladder, fracturing his leg.
But whackiest of all is Portland OR where the city has had enough
http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?&c=52750
Mayor Sam Adams this morning gave the Occupy Portland encampment an eviction notice of 12:01 a.m Sunday.
At a press conference at City Hall, Adams, standing with Chief Mike Reese and City Commissioner Nick Fish, cited the rise in crime around the encampments in ordering demonstrators out of the squares.
He said Terry Schrunk Plaza, a federal park, will be cleared as well.
"Crime, especially reported assaults, has increased in the area," he said. "Occupy has had a considerable time to share its movement's message with the public but has lost control of the camps it has created."
Occupy Portland representatives also attended the news conference.
Occupy Portland volunteer Katy McNulty urged the mayor to negotiate a later deadline.
"I think we can obtain a peaceful transition, but in three days?" McNulty said. She said she's worried that the time allowed won't be enough to organize all campers - many who are vulnerable and unprepared to pick up and move.
In a tweet from Occupy Portland, one protester wrote: @OccupyPdx: He's giving us a heads up to finally clean house and regroup. SO WE NEED TO DO IT.
http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/index.cfm?&c=52750At a press conference at City Hall, Adams, standing with Chief Mike Reese and City Commissioner Nick Fish, cited the rise in crime around the encampments in ordering demonstrators out of the squares.
He said Terry Schrunk Plaza, a federal park, will be cleared as well.
"Crime, especially reported assaults, has increased in the area," he said. "Occupy has had a considerable time to share its movement's message with the public but has lost control of the camps it has created."
Occupy Portland representatives also attended the news conference.
Occupy Portland volunteer Katy McNulty urged the mayor to negotiate a later deadline.
"I think we can obtain a peaceful transition, but in three days?" McNulty said. She said she's worried that the time allowed won't be enough to organize all campers - many who are vulnerable and unprepared to pick up and move.
In a tweet from Occupy Portland, one protester wrote: @OccupyPdx: He's giving us a heads up to finally clean house and regroup. SO WE NEED TO DO IT.
About 10:45 a.m. City Hall locked its doors and about six police officers gathered there as did about a couple of dozen protesters. People chanted and cheered while others played drums and a guitar outside the building.
"This has been a peaceful protest," said one of the demonstrators, Jenny Pepper, 26. She plans to stay in the camps past the deadline. "We have no guns, no knives, only our voices," she said.
well who needs guns or knives when you have explosives ?
PORTLAND — Portland police said an improvised incendiary device was set off outside the World Trade Center at 121 SW Salmon and they’re investigating a possible link to the Occupy Portland camp.
Lt. Robert King said a Molotov cocktail caused minor damage Tuesday night on an external stairwell. The building is located one block east of the two parks where Occupy Portland demonstrators have been camped since Oct. 6.
King said “there’s preliminary information available that indicates a connection” to Occupy Portland.
He said that police received unconfirmed reports on Oct. 31 that the gasoline filled bottles with a cloth wick were being made within the Occupy Portland encampments at Lownsdale and Chapman Square parks.
While filming an altercation between two protesters from afar, a citizen journalist is warned to be careful with what he does with the footage. He was told off camera that, “Snitches don’t get stitches, they wind up in ditches.”