A day before Occupy Wall Street hopes to shut down New York and cities across the country in massive May Day protests, the NYPD visited at least three activist homes in New York and interrogated residents about plans for tomorrow’s protest.
Today “there was definitely an upswing in law enforcement activity that seemed to fit the pattern of targeting what police might view as political residences,” said Gideon Oliver, the president of the New York Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, which offers legal to support to Occupy Wall Street. “They were asking what are your May Day plans, do you know who the leaders are—these are classic political surveillance questions.”
Oliver said the National Lawyer’s Guild is aware of at least five instances of NYPD paying activists visits, including one where the FBI was involved in questioning. (He wouldn’t elaborate.) We spoke to three of these activists. - NYPD Raids Activists’ Homes before May Day Protests
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i’ve been really fucking disappointed with a lot of #occupy’s conduct, but in a way, the fact that law enforcement is...
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Killing with kindness doesn’t work, tho.
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Screw kindness, being investigated before committing some sort of “crime” is beneath my dignity, and surely not...
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I’m not important enough for such visits, but if they show up, I’m serving them coffee. Kill em with kindness.
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Whether you agree with the occupy movement or not, this shit is seriously fucked. I suppose Americans should get used to...
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