After their permits ran out, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson ordered the arrests of Occupy Cleveland protesters who remained at Public Square, according to multiple reports.
11 in all were arrested; all were released on personal bond this weekend after pleading not guilty to charges — trespassing, resisting arrest, and violating curfew at Public Square. Via the PD:
“Some people got treated a little more roughly than others, but at the end of the day, it wasn’t New York,” said arrested protester Erin McCardle, 23, of Cleveland. “There was no pepper spray, no batons.”
Terry Gilbert, a big-shot civil rights attorney who has already declared support for the group, is among the lawyers who will represent them.
This article appears in Oct 19-25, 2011.
Yes, but has anyone figured out what their message is, what they want to accomplish and how they think these protests will lead to any change?
“What do we want?” “We don’t know!” “When do we want it?” “Right now!”
Occupy Cleveland Jails!
I believe it’s pretty clear that they want people to have access to jobs and a decent existence in this country, which lately has been decimated by global corporations who want to pay no taxes and the Republican party who want to destroy the middle class, workers’ rights, Social Security, Medicare, public education – all so the CEOs and board members can get richer.
@Jesse Schmidt:
The kids are just there to partay, get high, eat free food, and get laid. It’s like a college frat house, except they’re camping in tents.
They really don’t know how hideous they look. Their squat, riot, and destroy ‘protests’ are a glimpse into the vestiges of a depraved lunatic fringe; a septic tank full of mentally deranged street denizens, leftover 60′s radicals, neo-Bolsheviks, rich spoiled adolescents, union thugs, anarchists, nazis, thieves, felons, rapists, molesters, leftwing media hacks, and attention whores looking for their 15 minutes of fame.
Where ever these deluded moonbats ‘Occupy’ , they represent a breakdown of society. Take a good look at the composite groups out front and behind this movement. Their goal is not just about the disintegration of capitalism, it’s about the complete destruction of the Democratic Republic.
This is Lord of the Flies, only with a different age group. And to make things even more amusing, they’re eating each other.
My stock answer to the “occupy” morons:
No, you are not the “99%”. Of anything. You’re a hell of a lot better off than the generations of Americans who built and protected this country through mass immigration in the 19th century and two world wars. You’ve got it made compared to your grandparents and great grandparents. Instead of doing what it takes to get your lives together and work for what you want, even if it means taking that temporary less-than-desirable job, you’re too busy wallowing in self-pity. Thank gawd this country didn’t have to depend on assclowns like you during the last 235 years of its history. It’s bad enough you’re going to be part of its future.
No one gave me a free meal ticket in life. I come from a working class family. My environment was far from prosperous. My mother raised 7 kids, mostly by herself. We all worked. My two older step sisters worked two part time jobs, and my mother worked to make ends meet. At the age of 18, I joined the United States Army and served the country for a total of 30 years. I also earned a college degree without incurring thousands of dollars in student loans and demanding that someone else pay for it.
We believe in a helping hand, not a handout.
Parents are supposed to set an example of values, principles, and work ethic to help their kids have a better life than they did. The opportunities are there. You have to do something besides sit on your ass and complain about how unfair it is that the eeeeevil rich have so much money. Ordinary rational humans wouldn’t want to destroy their countries’ economy and penalize wage-earners with more taxation. But, that’s the goal of the class-warfare neo-Bolsheviks in the White House and the Democratic party.
Work ethic and personal responsibility for one’s lifestyle and actions start at home. When parents don’t tell Big Government to mind its own fucking business and stick to doing its job of following the Constitution, the result is what you see as the “Occupy Wall Street” circus.
The hacks in the leftwing media may adore these scumbags, but the rest of America hasn’t developed a taste for lazy, unwashed derelicts whose idea of ‘activism’ is trashing their communities with vandalism and screaming incoherent obscenities at the “establishment”.
In contrast, the Tea Party was formed in response to an out-of-control government and a (former) Dem majority in Congress who held the Republic and the Constitution hostage while they rammed ObamaCare through Congress, declared a class war, and inflicted considerable damage on this country since Obama took office.
There’s a huge difference between American patriots who demand that elected officials follow the U.S. Constitution, and the raging moonbats who want to “occupy” everything except a job and a responsible lifestyle.
Occupy protests: Where the criminal dredges of society go to mingle
It comes down to this, good old George Jr. and his pal Barak stole over a trillion U. S. Dollars and gave it to all their buddies…that’s only the latest robbery…there have been previous ones. I could list ’em all but would take “too” much time. Bernie Madoff was a little kindergarten punk compared to the so called “bail out” robbery.
As for the worthless temp jobs out there with low pay and no insurance…gee, all that money for college sure payed off…all the good paying jobs are now in China, Mexico, Korea, etc…and that was the plan from long ago.
Occupy Cleveland in my humble opinion is just saying…”stop destroying the United States and ruining the lives of so many people”.