@Gothamist - 1 of most reliable #ows news sources - has been denied #NYPD press passes for 8 yrs:

http://gothamist.com/2011/12/15/inside_gothamists_absurd_struggle_to_get_nypd_press_passes.php

Bloomberg stands by screwing journalists

Speaking Friday morning to a New York radio station, Mayor Bloomberg once more defended the media blackout he blanketed over Occupy Wall Street, insisting that the press have been cry babies over how he and his army, the NYPD, killed the First Amendment rights of journalists whose job has been to report from arguably the biggest domestic story of the year.


Bloomberg, of course, didn’t touch on the topic Friday morning of how the New York Police Department overzealously assaulted and arrested journalists, several of whom had received accreditation from the NYPD itself. Keep in mind that for those brave men and women that decide to report from the battlefront overseas, those rights do exist.


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http://rt.com/usa/news/bloomberg-journalists-press-ows-475/

Bloomberg’s office admits to arresting journalists for covering OWS

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http://rt.com/usa/news/press-nypd-arrest-bloomberg-689/

Bloomberg Lashes Out At New York Congressman

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) has asked the Justice Department to investigate the New York City Police Department over their handling of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Nadler's district includes Zuccotti Park and the financial district of New York City.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday criticized Nadler and said he was wasting his time.

"If he would spend more time getting us homeland security money, maybe he'd make the streets safer," Bloomberg said at a press conference. "If he could get us more federal moneys, maybe we could make our schools better and we wouldn't have some of the things that people are protesting against."

Nadler responded, via a comment to Capital New York, that it's Nadler's and the DOJ's duty to investigate claims of constitutional violations.

"Perhaps the Mayor should review his own past comments lauding my success in securing needed federal funds for our city – from the $20 billion post-9/11 monies to the Zadroga Act to critical transportation funding – before spewing nonsense and so wildly contradicting himself," Nadler stated.

http://huff.to/u5e4Bt

30 Journalists Arrested Covering Occupy Movement

http://www.care2.com/causes/30-journalists-arrested-covering-occupy-movement.html

Hey Mayor Bloomberg, I think Your confused!!!!

You do not have "the 7th largest Army" aka the NYPD.

Kamran Loghman, the creator of Pepper Spray, is shocked that you are using it on peaceful protesters.

You can not declare a "non First Amendment Zone" on the street where you live.

You can not limit protesters to a “free-speech/frozen zone” marked by police barricades and keep them against their wishes.

Since becoming Mayor in 2001 your personal fortune has increased from $4 Billion to $17 Billion. I think that is called stealing.

AND,  BTW....Thank-you for occupying Liberty/Zuccotti with NYPD. Since that base is covered other occupiers can cover other bases and the NYPD doesn't even know they are occupying.

Free Press delivered a petition with more than 40,000 signatures to you Mayor Michael Bloomberg as well as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa, president of the United States Conference of Mayors. The petition calls on US mayors to protect First Amendment rights and  to protect journalists covering the Occupy movement.

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/30-journalists-arrested-covering-occupy-movement.html#ixzz1fPlQwCR5

WSJ 12/15/11

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203893404577098853434204024.html

NY Billionaire Mayor's Girlfriend Punishes Working Families Over Occupy Wall Street

Time for both of you to resign.

NYPD - "The Seventh Largest 'Army' in the World"

Bloomberg: "I have my own army with the NYPD and my own State Department in New York City."

and

"I don't listen to Washington very much, which is something they're not thrilled about."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068428/Bloomberg-I-army-NYPD-State-Department-New-York-City.html#ixzz1fJWWGVtk

Bloomberg's No-First-Amendment Zone - A Protester Loses her job for speaking her mind.

"Bloomberg is in Bermuda, he goes there every weekend. He is  a millionaire he goes where he wants."

http://www.yeslab.org/drumcircle

An actress who played a Bloomberg representative in a satirical performance a block away from the mayor's E. 79th St. residence this past Sunday was fired from her job as an independent contractor at a market research consulting firm.
"They said my performance had put the company in an uncomfortable position," said Mary Notari, who learned of her firing from a phone call Monday afternoon. "The mayor has said ÔNo right is absoluteÕÑincluding, apparently, the right to poke fun at him for using violent force against his own people and for bending the law to do so.Ó

Why OWS needs Michael Bloomberg