A judge handed Occupy Boston a major win today, granting a court order that forbids police to carry out a New York-style clearing of the Dewey Square encampment except in cases that pose a major threat to public safety.

Suffolk Superior Court Judge Frances McIntyre issued a temporary restraining order this afternoon, saying Occupiers will allowed to stay camped peacefully opposite South Station until a court hearing for a preliminary injunction Dec. 1. Police are still allowed to clear the park if there is an “outbreak of violence” or a catastrophe such as a fire, she said.

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A state “supreme” court (meaning a lower level state court) in New York State and a County level Court in Massachetts disagree on pretty much the same issue. I would think that the First and Second federal district courts would now be in the running to see this case to the next level, depending on if it is an appeal in Boston or NY.

As you know, Mayor Bloomberg, the Billionaire Mayor of New York City and Poster Boy for the 1%, had the police rather violently toss the Occupy Wall Street protesters out of the park they were occupying during the dark of night very early this morning. The idea, according to Bloomberg, who has never been that good at telling the truth but strangely not that good at telling lies either, was to clean up the park and let the protesters back in. But … Continue reading Judge Rules Against US Constitution, Sides With 1% →

I’m sure you’ve heard the riot-gear clad police cleared the Occupy Oakland protesters out of their holdings early Monday morning. In a more recent development, legal adviser to the Mayor of Oakland, Dan Siegel, has resigned: Continue reading Occupy Oakland: Protesters Ousted, Mayoral Aid Resigns →

Minneapolis has a very cool mayor who would probably be sleeping in a tent with the occupy movement if that wouldn’t have various ethical and legal implications. But Minneapolis is also in Hennepin County and the County has a lot to do with what happens in the city. The County owns property and provided a significant amount of police service in Minneapolis. For instance, if you go Downtown on Friday Night you’ll see a lot of cops in the bar districts, and a large percentage of them are wearing County Sheriff Brown.

The Occupy Minnesota protest has been happening in Government Plaza which apparently is under control of the County. County officials have told the Occupiers that there will be no more overnight camping in the Plaza, and they’ve thrown in a few other rules about posting signs, etc.
Continue reading Occupy: Possible Showdowns in Minneapolis →

Oh, and if your blood isn’t boiling and you want it to, here’s a little Ann Coulter for you: Continue reading Michele Bachmann vs. the 99% →

Continue reading Is there really a “1%”? →

Veteran Marine Scott Olsen was shot in the head by a rubber bullet by Oakland Police at Occupy Oakland last night, and is now suffering “skull fracture and swelling of the brain”

Disturbing video below the fold.
Continue reading Oakland Occupy: A turn for the worse →

I love the blog post “Parsing the Data and Ideology of the We Are 99% Tumblr”

99% Tumbler is a web site with a zillion pictures of people holding up their signs that say things, and in many but not all cases the thing the sign says is also presented as text on the site. So, Mike Konczal of Rortybomb parsed out the text and came up with some very cool stuff.

Continue reading Who are the 99% and what are they asking for? →