Pier 57 Story on Local Providence TV Newscast

[Scorpious_Maximus]

Now, how do you suppose that happened?


:evilgrin:

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. I dunno but indymedia says

that conditions there were finally recognized as problematic (potential liability for city) so they have been sending the arrested to "the Tombs".

[Scorpious_Maximus]

2. Pier 57

This story needs to be told in any way it can be.


This morning, lawyers were denied the right to meet with clients being held at Pier 57.

Last check I believe there were still about 500 being held there as of noon time.

The conditions, the tactics.


Check this out -

Tactics by Police Mute the Protesters, and Their Messages
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
and DIANE CARDWELL

As the Republican National Convention approached its final evening tonight, nearly 1,800 protesters had been arrested on the streets, two-thirds of them on Tuesday night alone. But for all the anger of the demonstrations, they have barely interrupted the convention narrative, and have drawn relatively little national news coverage.

Using large orange nets to divide and conquer, and a near-zero tolerance policy for activities that even suggest the prospect of disorder, the New York Police Department has developed what amounts to a pre-emptive strike policy, cutting off demonstrations before they grow large enough, loud enough, or unruly enough to affect the convention.


http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/02/politics/campaign/02protest.html?th