Submitted by jest on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 2:28am
Great reporting from independent local outlet Baltimore Brew:
Occupy Baltimore – and media – booted from public sidewalk near youth jail site
Youth jail opponents meet state troopers, city police and a SWAT team on Martin Luther King's birthday.
There seemed to be two “enemies of the state” yesterday at the Occupy Baltimore protest against a planned juvenile detention center in East Baltimore.
One was the 75 protesters themselves, who were met by dozens of Maryland State Police, Baltimore City Police and SWAT team members in riot gear, armed with guns and batons.
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Read below the fold...
Submitted by jest on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:55pm
2 protesters does not make much of an occupation, does it?
Plus, this take down won't make as much exciting video compared to tear gas & pepper spraying; though effective nonetheless.
When I try to tell people how sleazy, subtle, underhanded, sly, smart, and dangerous the Dems from Maryland are, they never understand. This is the kind of stuff they pull.
City Hall declares Occupy Baltimore's camping illegal Read below the fold...
