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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Submitted by jest on Mon, 01/16/2012 - 9:37pm
I've come to loathe MLK day.
Erased from our memory of the 1963 March on Washington is the fact that it was really called "The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom"; something that our beloved Job Creators™ have successfully have thrown down the memory hole.
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