Thursday, December 22, 2011

In cowardly fashion, Albany Mayor Jennings sent his storm troopers to evict Occupy Albany.


Today at around 2 PM, in cowardly fashion, Albany Mayor Jennings sent his storm troopers to evict Occupy Albany.  For the past several days representative of the occupation met with city staff and were lead to believe that this would not happen.  The police handed those present an order to leave.  They were given 10 minutes then trucks entered the park and people’s tents, personal belongings and other property of Occupy Albany was loaded into trucks and taken away.    

Calls went out and hundreds of people started arriving.  The large 20 person info tent was surrounded by occupiers to try and stop the cops from taking it. The cops left that one for last and when they came to get it in force; we picked it up in the air and marched with it across the street to the Albany city hall where a rally was held.  Then we took over the streets and marched with the tent throughout the downtown area of the city to cheers from all who saw us. 

When we returned with the tent to the park and started to hold a GA, the cops violently attacked us with horses, clubs and pepper spray.  Several people were hurt, a couple went to the hospital including a news reporter for ABC who may have been seriously hurt.

We held a press conference which included occupiers and the presidents of the Troy Area Labor Council and the Albany Labor Council. 

It was all caught on the TV camera and all the media was there.  FOX news in Albany preempted its regular programming and carried the entire thing live. People seeing the news coverage started to come to the site to support the occupation.  A large group marched to the police station where the arrested occupiers were held and surrounded it.  The cops came out with pepper spray and clubs and surrounded their own station to protect it.

Albany Mayor Jennings announced a press conference but quickly called it off when he heard that occupier where coming.

Our occupation was evicted but we won the sympathy of many in Albany and the mayor and police have been exposed to many.  We will be meeting to plan our next steps.



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