How the cops went undercover and infiltrated Occupy LA
The undercover work yielded information that some protesters were preparing bamboo spears and other potentially dangerous weapons in advance of an expected eviction by the LAPD, none of which were used, according to City News Service which first reported the story…
Occupy L.A. protester Mario Brito told City News Service he was not surprised by the revelation, but said it was “tantamount to 1950s McCarthyism.”
Meanwhile, the city attorney’s office filed criminal misdemeanor charges Friday against 27 more of the people who were arrested following the police sweep of the camp.
In all, 46 of the 291 people arrested during the raid have been charged with misdemeanor crimes of failure to disperse from an unlawful assembly. Some also were charged with resisting arrest.
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I hope the cops got hazard pay for exposure to fleas, lice, scabies, ringworm, not to mention the exposure to the general squalor and lack of sanitary conditions there.
Wethal on December 3, 2011 at 3:11 PM
So, was that what the jars of urine were for? To dip their bamboo spears into?
Bamboo spears? How Lord of the Flies-ish!
Blake on December 3, 2011 at 3:18 PM
OWS got their a$$ handed to them in such a way that they have no squawks. LAPD simply isolated them into small groups and took these off four or five at a time. Took 1400 or maybe 1700 cops for 2 -300 jerks. And LAPD flanked them, too. With cops coming from within city hall. Sweet operation. All rounded up within an hour.
Good on LAPD. For once, Beck realized he was not the person to run an operation. Although Tiny Tony stood up to cameras and mikes as usual.
Caststeel on December 3, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Oh, and here’s Ketchup uncorked: http://occupytruths.blogspot.com/
She’s a One Percenter!
Blake on December 3, 2011 at 3:21 PM
Dude gets around faster than speedy gonzales.
abobo on December 3, 2011 at 3:24 PM
Now I’ll never be able to take him seriously.
¡Andale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba!
John the Libertarian on December 3, 2011 at 4:23 PM
Idiot. He doesn’t know squat about McCarthyism.
Ward Cleaver on December 3, 2011 at 5:37 PM