More and more occupations are facing the threat of eviction or police crackdown.
I wrote about the Occupy St. Louis eviction last night. Occupy Portland faces an imminent eviction today along with the possibility of a crackdown from police, who may use weaponry to disperse the camp because they believe the occupation is going to retaliate against the city. And, Occupy Oakland was handed an eviction notice yesterday by Oakland Police essentially demanding they decamp. The city has yet to use force to remove them but a showdown is likely to occur this weekend.
In the midst of all this, Firedoglake’s Occupy Supply Fund continues to be brought to occupations all over the country. I am now in the beginning of a New England States tour. I am in New Haven, Connecticut. I will be reporting on Occupy New Haven, which is right by Yale University on New Haven Green.
Firedoglake’s premier live blog continues now. All times are ET.
11:11 PM Occupy Portland preparing for eviction
10:37 PM Occupiers in Denver are chased away from the building where Mayor Hancock is speaking. He is attending the Starz Film Festival.
10:28 PM Occupy Denver surrounds building where Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is giving a speech tonight.
10:14 PM Occupy Vermont in Burlington, Vermont (I will be stopping here on my New England states tour) is no longer able to have a 24-hour tent city. The city has chosen to punish the occupation because a 35 year old veteran committed suicide in the camp days ago.
9:57 PM ICYMI – This is the text of what was given to beat reporters and anyone in the press daring to come out and report on Occupy Oakland tonight. They were warned their safety may be endangered by police.
9:53 PM It seems occupiers in Denver have uncovered an undercover cop. Individual had an earpiece, no uniform.
9:48 PM Ryan Devereaux (@RDevro) of Democracy Now! has this to report from Occupy Wall Street: Police are arresting a young man who was loading and smoking some sort of pipe then attacked a protester, then started swinging at NYPD…The young man got into a verbal argument w/ a man who’s been here for weeks. Both seem to have real psychiatric issues…A police officer’s head is bleeding. The young man is now in an NYPD cruiser, sounds like he’s headed to the 1st precinct…Just listened to a protester really mangle the story when describing the incident to local press…The man who was attacked is the “Chinese flag guy.” If you’ve been here you know who he is, not exactly stable. He’s now being interviewed…The fallout of this altercation is as ugly the incident itself. Protesters try to drown out China guy’s interview, cursing at reporter.
Also, according to Devereaux, a couple has decided to get married in Liberty Park tomorrow morning.
9:37 PM Portland police have turned on floodlights at Occupy Portland
9:30 PM @MattBors tweets this pic from Occupy Portland

9:28 PM Global Revolution livestream offering viewers ability to watch Occupy Portland & Occupy Denver side by side
9:20 PM Ustream from Occupy Denver: Some occupiers have been arrested. How many is unknown. The group is moving to do jail solidarity. There have been incidents of police violence. About an hour or so ago, riot police surrounded Civic Center Park and then moved in to raid the occupation.
9:11 PM Occupy Salt Lake: Salt Lake City Police have made arrests. The first arrest was of an occupier named Margaret. Debra Wright, who worked in the kitchen, was then arrested. The unconfirmed report is that she was arrested for photographing police.
They brought in city workers to clear tents via (@OccupySaltLake):
A bulldozer was used too. (via @jonny_bouta)
9:00 PM MIA for 7 hours because I was at Occupy New Haven and Occupy Hartford. (I will post a couple photos.) I was experiencing technical difficulties with the Internet too but now all is worked out and I am ready to get on top of all that is going on with: Occupy Portland, Occupy Oakland and Occupy Salt Lake, which is being raided right now and then Occupy Denver, where arrests have been made.
I’m live blogging and touring occupations. So, inevitably, there will be instances where I am not here but you can count on updates for the next few hours.
1:41 PM AlterNet’s Joshua Holland on Occupy Oakland
1:37 PM Portland police is convinced there are militant people who have planned to retaliate when evicted tonight:
Demonstration organizers have pleaded for peace and said anyone who acts violently does not represent the movement. But police said they have information indicating an extremist element may be planning a confrontation. Officers seized pieces of cement and plywood on Friday, saying they were told some demonstrators had plans to use the cement as a weapon. A demonstrator denied the claim.
After more than a month of camping, some demonstrators began cleaning up and packing in Friday, vowing to continue their movement elsewhere.
1:36 PM Oakland City Council is helping Mayor Quan “lay the groundwork” for evicting Occupy Oakland, SF Chronicle reports
1:27 PM Hamilton County Commissioners in Tennessee hold a secret meeting on Occupy Chattanooga
1:20 PM Occupy Asheville participants are charged with trespassing after violating a park curfew
1:18 PM Another occupation facing eviction? Washington state officials want tents at Occupy Olympia removed



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There are pictures of Washington State Troopers helping Occupy Olympia put up the tents. I guess they’re beginning to operate out of the ICMA playbook.
This is copied from the end of the liveblog from yesterday letting people know about my diary from OccupyAustin yesterday:
Three young men from OccupyAustin were in a car crash in the wee hours of Friday morning. One died instantly and the other two are in comas. It was an intense day for OccupyAustin with people mourning and worried. I’ve written a diary about my experience yesterday evening at OccupyAustin.
Suggested edit:
because THEY SAID they believe
Paraphrasing what the NLG lawyer doing the teaching for OccupyChicago said: What the police are doing isn’t law enforcement. It’s low intensity warfare.
Occupy Miami
If Quan couldn’t stop the first, she won’t stop the second raid. She’s so finished.
Link
Mayor, Police Prepare Second Raid on Occupy Oakland
yellowsnapdragon advises against this. Just for the record.
WTF! Police are raiding Denver again?
Occupy Oakland Usteam going
Anyone watching Denver?
Yep. Just got back from there.
Here’s a pretty good live cam http://www.thescoop303.com/live-stream/
What’s the scoop from on the ground?
Definitely Agent Provocateurs in place. I took the spocko advice, and snagged pictures of them.
I’ll post them.
Here’s the thing – at the rally, one of the guys from what I call “Alex Jones Brigade” (bullhorn with infowars.com on it, truther t-shirts etc.) got in the stack and when he had the People’s Mic asked for direct provocation of the cops!
The crowd said “NO!” And he just grinned and shrugged.
Then he & his cronies and the DABC (Denver Anarchist Black Cross) pulled some shit in front of the Fed! The people all sat down on the ground and started yelling/chanting “Peace! Peace! Peace!” and that got everything calmed down.
But they’re doing it again and up at the Capitol.
LS Denver said 5:00 p.m. peeps expect police to storm camp.
Were they in masks or could you get clear pictures of faces?
Occupy Roanoke 11-12-2011
Brigade of about 16-20 riot cops coming up 14th street to the Capitol
http://www.thescoop303.com/live-stream/
Bout 4 good face shots, (Alex Jones people) and the rest – kerchiefs over faces.
LS – TheScoop303-Denver
Cops forming up on street near State Capitol.
Kelly Canfield, who is speaking at the Capitol?
Guy on Oakland ustream asked for undercover cops to raise hands. Laughter. Someday that will work, he says.
Dunno. Some random dude. It’s open mic there right now.
The guy in the black t-shirt to the left of the guy on the mic right now?
Alex Jones Brigade Provocateur.
How to deal with Agent Provocateurs
Old news, mostly, but can’t hurt to repeat.
It’s so odd – the sirens you hear on the live stream at Denver, I can hear at my house; house first, live stream next.
Raingear, tents and tarps needed at OO along with warm winter clothes, per LS tour of camp.
I don’t believe this about the shooting near Oo:
Eviction is “absolutely imminent”.
Add OccySaltLakeCity and Occy Portland OR.
Seems almost like a coordinated move against the Mountain West and West.
Occupy El Paso
LS – Occupy Denver
Report that DPD is starting to line up by Colfax and Broadway.
LS – Occupy Denver
Folks are trying to get sleeping bags out of the park. Livecam guy is taking sleeping bags.
Occupy Salt Lake has a diary up, last post said 90 mins till facedown.
LS – Occupy Denver
Now moving vans in.
LS – Occupy Denver
“They’re teargassing right now.”
LS – Occupy Denver
Heard shots of tear gas or rubber bullets fired. Livecam is at 14th and ?
14th & Broadway
Pic from the Secondary/Escape site for the Occupiers at Skyline: http://yfrog.com/obkbifjj
LS – Occupy Denver
Occupiers are singing We Shall Overcome. Livecam guy says there are police all over the park.
Wow. Gotta wear riot gear so the good citizens of Denver think there’s a riot.
LS – Occupy Denver
The DPD had the stuff put in garbage trucks yet again.
There is is a truckfull of officers pulling up.
LS – Occupy Denver
There is still a few people in the park facing off with the DPD. Could be anywhere between 500 and 1000 officers involved in this one.
The teargas was minimal.
LS – Occupy Denver
Paddy wagons showing up. Officers coming in from behind the capitol building.
Ambulance coming in.
Looks like cops are marching in. Cops are pushing folks back toward 15th and Cherokee.
Speculation is that there is a kettling operation going on.
Another Occupy Denver livestream
LS – Occupy Denver
Reports that Denver PD were covering badge numbers.
500 to 1000 officers?!?! The LS earlier looked like only a couple hundred occupiers. Crazy waste of resources.
So it looks like the Secondary Occupy @Denver in Skyline Park is getting evicted too.
Scoop303 is taking a bunch of their sleeping bags for them.
500 to 1000. That’s not a police force, it’s a fucking army. Shameful.
There’s a lot – a way big force, but I don’t think it’s 500.
The livestreams are really screwed up. Scoop303 drove all over creation and missed the action because he was charging his laptop in his car but he was able to report what he saw from his car. The other UStream was streaming sound because the camera guy forgot to take the lens cap off the camera; he got mic checked to tell him to take off the lens cap. Then I can’t tell what’s recorded from what’s live.
But there was apparently a faceoff between the park and the Capitol.
The livestream recording the faceoff said there were maybe 150 occupiers there.
Livecam folks are prone to hyperbole. I just report what was said.
The preparations back when I first started following the livestream showed police cars lined up on 14th St. four abreast and the line went on for about two blocks. And that was only part of the force.
I can’t tell whether the video is recorded or live but apparently the DPD fired tear gas on a slowly retreating crowd. And the reports are the police got more aggressive after the police chief arrived on the scene.
It seems to be the recorded version of what occurred earlier.
Oakland PD warns media of danger to personal safety
Oakland has nightvision camera on LS
Reports on the chat for Oakland LS that Denver PD attacked people on sidewalks in downtown area.
I can only watch one LS, so it’s Oakland. Is Kelly still here watching Denver? I keep seeing tweets about police boxing peeps in and beating peeps in dark alleys in Denver.
LS – Occupy Denver
Back up for now. A school teacher is on the bullhorn telling about how the PtB are dumbing down the schools.
Occupy Denver is wandering around the downtown, maybe 50-75 folks left.
Someone else able to cover this.
LS – Occupy Denver
Cops moving in again.
LS – Occupy Denver
The rumor is that the Denver mayor is at ComedyWorks.
LS – Occupy Denver
Walking on sidewalks singing the Star-Spangled Banner
Wonder if Kelly went back to #OccupyDenver…
LS – Occupy Denver
Outside an establishment where the mayor is reported to be.
“We want the mayor. We want the mayor.”
Then mic-checking and a statement from the protesters.
LS – Occupy Denver
The mayor apparently is giving an award at the Performing Arts Center or something like that.
Global Revolution is mirroring the livecam. They have around 2000 viewers total watching.
LS – Occupy Denver
Riot cops moving in on the protesters; livestream froze.
LS – Occupy Denver
Riot police drove them away from where mayor was.
Correction…that came from the City Administrator’s office
LS – Occupy Denver
Going to the police station where the arrestees are.
LS – Occupy Denver
We are being followed by an undercover cops.
LS – Occupy Denver
Going to the Federal Building.
LS – Occupy Denver
Actually there is no consensus of where to go at the moment
Occupied Oakland Tribune
LS Portland: University students to walk out in solidarity with Cal on Tuesday.
Occupy Denver livestream
They are at the 16th Street mall. Any time they try to move off the mall, the cops come out again.
http://bit.ly/vbuxh7
Here come the poh-lice in Denver.
LS – Occupy Denver
There is a provocateur cop who someone remembered as having done drugs in high school.
And the LS for Occupy Denver goes down.
LS – Occupy Denver is back up
LS – Occupy Denver
Bus driver honked in solidarity
LS – Occupy Denver
Looking to stay in public view so that they can avoid being the recipient of violence
LS – Occupy Denver is down
…says Occupy Virginia Beach
Nevermind…
Evan McMorris-Santoro, TPM: South Carolina Liberals: We Exist
Doh.
Jordan Steffen and Electa Draper, The Denver Post: Denver police force Occupy Denver to move their property in Civic Center
Claims that no tear gas but smoke of extinguished fires.
Just some South Carolina progressive pride. These folks have been holding on in very hostile territory.
Dump trucks reported on scene in Portland.
Occupy Tulsa UStream
Police came already. Only one cop. Left.
There are about 35 folks there.
Thanks to the mayor who marched with Occupy Portland when they began their occupation.
LS – Occupy Tulsa
Reoccupying the grass at the plaza to see if the police will come back.
Sam Graham-Felsen, Good-Cities: ‘Our Valley Forge Moment’: Engineers Seek to Keep Occupy Protesters Warm
LS – Occupy Tulsa
Left hand Red Right foot Green. Occupy Tulsa is playing Twister on the lawn.
Re Occupy Portland:
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“We’re too big to jail!”
Re Occupy Portland:
Here’s a short “pre-post” re tonight’s Occu-Fest by FDLer CocktailHag. I hear that there is a full report with photos to come!
40,000 viewers across all streams.
Re #Occupy Portland live stream :
A request for pizza orders delivered to SW 3rd and Main to help occupiers keep the park!
Re #Occupy Portland live stream :
+10,000 people on-site.
Chant: “You’re sexy, you’re cute, take off that riot suit!”
Re #Occupy Portland live stream :
Riot and mounted police have shown up at the park. Chant: “Shame!” Boos. The police are backing off but apparently calling for re-enforcements.
Re #Occupy Portland live stream :
Directional sound truck arrives.
Re Occupy Portland:
Two protesters shout “Put your gun down!” as police person directs gun in their direction.
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Photo– “WARNING: Do not confuse the complexity of this movement with chaos“
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AP spreads false reports to Al Jazeera of planned violence by demonstrators (bolded):
See link to Al Jazeera post here: http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/portland-nov-13-2011-1233
Re Occupy Portland:
The live stream operators says, “No, we are not making shields.”
Occupy Nashville photo set
Oakland PD cop explains “non-violent” baton technique
Occupy Houston: Immortal Technique
The Moving Picture Boys: Occupy Nashville 11-1-2011 – Docujournal Series
Re Occupy Portland:
4557 viewers across Global Revolution and Occupy Portland live streams.
Re Occupy Portland:
Bikes continuing to ride around the three parks as the streets are open.
Re Occupy Portland:
There’s fresh coffee!
LS marquee: “We need OccuShifts <– pls come relieve. Park closed perm. Come down to help."
Occupy Alabama roundup:
Shanisty Myers, CBS42: Occupy Birmingham Reacts To Bankruptcy
NBC Local 15: Occupy Mobile Protestors Alleging Police Brutality
(Hit-job reporting)
No media coverage of Occupy Arkansas movements.
Occupy Florida roundup:
UPI: Occupy Miami leaders reach deal with city
John Rogers, WALA Fox 10: Occupy Pensacola operating smoothly
Richard McVay, Pensacola News-Journal: City may fold Occupy tents
Pensacola News-Journal: Occupy Pensacola stays put on City Hall lawn
Troy Moon, Pensacola News-Journal opinion: Occupy: Your teachers, your protectors, your fellow Americans
Sarah A. Henderson, The Recorder (Ponte Vedra): St. Johns County residents Occupy St. Augustine
Yes Lab: APEC World Leaders Dinner Gets Occupied
Lifelong Republican Joins Occupy Monterey
Ben Wright, Ledger-Enquirer: Occupy Fort Benning: Occupy movement, NAACP to join SOA Watch for annual protest
There is no evidence that local Occupy movements are involved. “Occupy Fort Benning” is just a journalistic hook. The key info is that the GA NAACP is aligning with School of Americas Watch.
No coverage of Occupy Georgia except for the midweek coverage of Occupy Atlanta’s occupation of the house in Snellville (and their leaving) and a bogus claim by the local Fox station that there was a TB outbreak in the homeless shelter.
Occupy Kentucky roundup:
WDRB: Occupy Louisville to have “7 days of solidarity”
SATIRE: Occupy Paducah Protestors Threaten Quilt Museum (FWIW)
Surprise Crystal Air. There really is an Occupy Paducah.
No coverage of Occupy Louisiana except for the death at Occupy New Orleans, which had no follow up coverage.
No coverage of Occupy Mississippi
Yay for mzchief taking the night shift!
Occupy North Carolina roundup:
Stephen Hren, Huffington Post opinion: Conceding to Consensus with Occupy Durham
MyFox8: Occupy Winston-Salem Seeks Permit to Camp in Parking Lot
New-Record (Greensboro NC) editorial: ‘Occupy’ folds its tents
Daily Tarheel: Occupy protesters denied overnight stays
Margaret Williams, Mountain xPress: Occupy Asheville releases video of Helen Roberts arrest, says charges dropped
Asheville Citizen-Times: Group protests Occupy Asheville arrests
Corey Strickland, UNCW Seahawk: The Occupy Wall Street movement has made it to Wilmington
Ashlea Kosikowski, WECT: Problems with permit could impact weekend Occupy Wilmington protest
WECT: Occupy Wilmington protesters take down tents after police threaten to arrest
Yes, indeedy. Thanks mzchief for covering Portland.
Occupy Oklahoma roundup:
Brian Barber, Tulsa World: City Council denies waiver of curfew, costs for Occupy Tulsa
Tucker Mastin, Tahlequah High School Tiger Review: The “Occupy” movement gains momentum as small towns join in the fight
J. Christopher Proctor, Tulsa University Collegian: TU students “Occupy Tulsa”
Occupy South Carolina roundup:
Adam Crisp, West Ashley Patch: Occupy Charleston Back from Obscurity
ABC News 4 Charleston: Occupy Charleston intends to ‘tent up’ in Marion Square
Timothy Gatto, OpEdNews: Occupy and the AFL-CIO at the Republican Debate in Spartanburg, SC
Steve Jones, The Sun-News: Occupy CCU stages teach-in (Occupy Coastal Carolina University, Myrtle Beach)
Stephen Largen, Spartanburg Herald-Journal: Occupy group protests outside GOP presidential debate at Wofford
Occupy Tennessee roundup:
Johnathan Meador, Nashville Scene: The Babysitter’s Club: Excerpts From the THP’s (Tennessee Highway Patrol) Occupy Nashville Files
The Tennessean: Week ahead: Occupiers to target CCA (Corrections Corporation of America)
Nicole Young, The Tennessean: Group explains stance on state tax laws at Legislative Plaza event
Andrew Panlazi, Times-Free Press: Occupy Chattanooga protestors live, sleep and eat together
Steven Willis, Clarksville Now: Occupy Friday Invites Community to Occupy Clarksville
Bob Fowler, Knoxville News: Interfaith Service today in Oak Ridge to show ‘Occupy’ solidarity
Suzanna McCloskey, Knoxville News: Occupy Wall Street Knoxville holds 12-hour Market Square protest
The Tennessean: Occupy Murfreesboro hosts lectures Sunday
Occupy Texas roundup:
Your News Now: Occupy Austin holds vigil for protesters injured in wreck
Rebecca Lopez, WFAA: City, Occupy Dallas protesters reach agreement through the weekend
Peter Daut, KDFW: Occupy Dallas Deadline Looming
Leslie Minora, Dallas Observer: Occupy Dallas Can Stay Put, Temporarily and Conditionally, Pending a Hearing on Monday
Whitney Radley, Culture Map Houston: Sheila Jackson Lee delivers a speech & Occupy Houston arrests follow: Tarpgate raises questions
Houston Chronicle: Occupy Houston protesters arrested
Dale Lezon, Houston Chronicle: Occupy Houston protesters arrested downtown
Tyler Rudick, Culture Map Houston: Protesters surprise House majority leader Eric Cantor at Rice lecture
Jorge Aviles, Texas A&M University Bridge: On Occupy Laredo
Shannon Murray, KOSA: Big Bend Group Dropping “Occupy” From their Name 11/9/11
Jessica Kwong, Express-News: Occupy S.A. and city ‘get along’
Laurie Salazar, WOAI: Occupy SA much different from other occupy events
Jessica Kwong, Express-News: Occupy S.A. protesters avert arrests