VIDEO: 32 Arrested At Occupy Des Moines (Including An 80 Year-Old Grandmother Fighting For Democracy!)

Video - Occupy Des Moines - Oct. 10, 2011

This is a GREAT short clip, especially the grandmother, as she fights for Democracy.

UPDATE - Those arrested have demanded a trial by jury.

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Source - Raw Story

Thirty-two people were arrested Sunday night in Iowa while participating in an “Occupy” protest on public land, after police warned that the proper permits had not been issued.  The Iowa State Patrol began arresting the peaceful demonstrators, including two juveniles, after 11 p.m. They gave protesters several warnings that they would be removed, but the 32 locked arms and determined to stay.

As they were arrested one-by-one, protesters chanted, “Whose park? Our park!”

The 32 were an off-shoot of about 200 protesters, who gathered across the street from the capitol grounds and chanted “Don’t arrest them!” at police, according to The Des Moines Register.  One man was even pepper-sprayed after being placed in handcuffs, according to a post on the Occupy Iowa Facebook page. Police also scuffled with a man over a camera that was used to photograph the scene, they said.

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Note - Glenn Greenwald of Salon linked to this Daily Bail story today.

See "lack of criminal prosecutions" in his post.

Comments

[DailyBail]

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[DailyBail]

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[DailyBail]

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[Something Polish]

Hope you have a shit-ton of Kleenex handy:

"Bankers aren’t optimistic about those gains. Options Group’s Karp said he met last month over tea at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York with a trader who made $500,000 last year at one of the six largest U.S. banks.

The trader, a 27-year-old Ivy League graduate, complained that he has worked harder this year and will be paid less. The headhunter told him to stay put and collect his bonus.

“This is very demoralizing to people,” Karp said. “Especially young guys who have gone to college and wanted to come onto the Street, having dreams of becoming millionaires.” "

I just hope that poor, demoralized Fucker doesn't jump.

via
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2011/10/i-feel-their-pain.html

[Texas Dar]

Its funny, dosent matter what state it is, for that matter Country............The cops are all the same........Its like a Shark swimming threw the school of people, they strike at ramdon. They pick out the ones that Dare Look Them in the Eye, and "Bam", cuff the MF for temping me to haul yr ass in for looking at me.....

I dont have any other reason for the cops from cost to cost. Its the same thing no matter what state their in.......The cops are all the same, and that bothers me............

You would think there would be a differance from state to state. Its like they all got the "Fuck the American People" vaccine..........

Just think what it will be like when obama gives the "ML" order..................................!

[stoemy]

I agree with the grandmother.I to am tired of elections being bought.I am also tired of voter fraud which is corrupting our system,as the DOJ refuses to address the problem.We have the most corrupt gov. in our nations history.It starts at the White House and runs all of the way down the chain.Never have I seen such bigotry come out of the White House.
As for the people who are protesting the banks & Wall St,.do your homework,these groups are bho's largest contributors.bho has gotten more money from them than any President before him.You should be in front of the White House & pelosi's office instead.