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Fire Walk With Me

(38,893 posts)
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 12:57 PM Jul 2012

Occupy 2, Portland Police Bureau 0

http://www.portlandoccupier.org/2012/07/10/occupy-2-portland-police-bureau-0/

In the end it was called a draw by Judge Dailey and Mr. 60 went free.

During the trial there were a lot of comments from the gallery by Occupy support which Judge Dailey did not tolerate. Some did come close to expulsion or contempt charges.

To be fair to Mr 60, he does not claim to be from Occupy. He says that he’s an Anarchist and that Occupiers are much nicer than he is. His post trial interview is a gem, it can be viewed at this link.
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Occupy 2, Portland Police Bureau 0 (Original Post) Fire Walk With Me Jul 2012 OP
He represented himself against two DAs and still won! sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #1
Police nationwide need a lesson in humility. gsosbee Jul 2012 #2
Good for those two. ellisonz Jul 2012 #3
Mr 60 is awesome. A proud black bloc'er. joshcryer Jul 2012 #4

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)
1. He represented himself against two DAs and still won!
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 01:06 PM
Jul 2012

Cops not showing up when cases go to trial means they cannot defend their arrests.

No wonder they keep losing.

The tactic of having as many people as possible film arrests, is now proving to be very important in winning these cases.

The question is, since it is becoming more clear as more cases are won, that cops are making false arrests and then committing perjury sometimes, or not showing up rather than lie in the face of so much evidence, how often do they lie on the stand and get people who are not prepared, as Occupiers are, jailed?

Seems to me with all the cases now demonstrating what people often claimed but could not prove in the past, something needs to be done to protect citizens from this kind of thing.

The organizers of OWS were very wise in the planning stages. And this phase of the movement will hopefully lead to more exposure of these egregious practices by some police officers and make it easier for good cops to do their jobs also.

joshcryer

(62,329 posts)
4. Mr 60 is awesome. A proud black bloc'er.
Fri Jul 13, 2012, 03:35 AM
Jul 2012

I love that post-trial interview. Thanks for sharing it. Brilliant. That's what I'm talking about.

And he explains clearly what the bloc does, it stops people from being beaten.

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