[picture] "SWAT Team hits Occupy protesters...in Chapel Hill, NC?"

[RedZero]

http://twitpic.com/7dzqbh

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/446765309.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1321230038&Signature=Tk6G%2F%2BiHK1Yq7CASKDV9uWm1mz0%3D

[Leftsolidarity]

the fuck???

[RedZero]

http://occupychapelhill.org/
https://twitter.com/#!/occupychc

"Police bearing guns and assault rifles arrest occupy Chapel Hill protesters at car dealership" -- http://www.mountainx.com/article/37430/Police-bearing-guns-and-assault-rifles-arrest-occupy-Chapel-Hill-protesters-at-car-dealership

Police brandishing guns and assault rifles entered a Franklin Street car dealership and arrested a group of demonstrators who had taken over the building Saturday night.

A Chapel Hill Transit bus sat outside the long vacant University Chrysler building where the arrested protesters were taken.

Police officers stationed themselves around the building. One officer against a tree aimed an assault rifle at a dormer window where protesters had hung signs that said "Occupy" and "Everything."

Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton stood across the street in a crowd watching. He said he was up the street having tea when 15 to 20 officers arrived at the Chrysler building shouting for the protesters to get on the ground.

[RedZero]

"Chapel Hill anarchists occupy downtown building" -- http://libcom.org/news/chapel-hill-anarchists-occupy-downtown-building-13112011


Last night, at about 8pm, a group of about 50 – 75 people occupied the 10,000 square foot Chrysler Building on the main street of downtown Chapel Hill. Notorious for having an owner who hates the city and has bad relations with the City Council, the giant building has sat empty for ten years. It is empty no longer.

(much more at the link!)

[RedZero]

One more link for good measure on the story.. http://www.dailytarheel.com/index.php/article/2011/11/4ec04a8f753e7

[RedZero]

The caption from that TwitPic says Occupy protesters, hence the title of the thread...but I guess they were there because of the anarchists.

[RedZero]

Worth reading this person's Twitter timeline for events that took place: https://twitter.com/#!/joshabla (start from the bottom and go up)

[The Douche]

The caption from that TwitPic says Occupy protesters, hence the title of the thread...but I guess they were there because of the anarchists.

Why are you implying that anarchists are not occupy participants?

[R_P_A_S]

the occupy movement has Anarchist

[RedZero]

Why are you implying that anarchists are not occupy participants?

Not my intention. They are participants, but some people have different methods. I thought I was clarifying something, apparently not. I was trying to clarify that the police [with assault rifles] were there to go after the anarchists that occupied the empty building, and they weren't there for those that were only standing outside and chanting... we only need riot police with tear gas and batons for that, not assault rifles (note the sarcasm).

Anarchists, communists, whoever; if they're protesting together...then they are part of the movement. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

[Leftsolidarity]

Article including video and pictures
http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/13/367294/wielding-assault-rifles-police-arrest-chapel-hill-occupiers-of-building-left-derelict-by-developer/

[La Comédie Noire]

Even the legal observer in the background can't believe this shit. Why call in the national guard when your police are already militarized?

[Ele'ill]

Why call in the national guard when your police are already militarized?

Try to imagine what the national guard looks like at this point if that's what our domestic terrorists look like. This picture made me sad at first- then I realized that we've found the right buttons to push. We need to keep the intensity UP and not get afraid and back down from anything. When we see some bike cops paying attention, ok. When we see militarized police forces responding like that, YES.

[ColonelCossack]

the fuck???

no, NO, you did it wrong. It's, "Da Fok?!?".

Indeed, this (the OP) doesn't come as much as a surprise to me... It's just the "democratic" govornment acting in a wholly undemocratic way...

[ZombiePelican]

God, These filthy mindless dogs are getting in the way of progress.