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US police crackdown on media covering 'Occupy LA'
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From: Press TV[VIDEO] US police crackdown on media covering Occupy LASat Dec 3, 2011 5:44PM GMTA recent video has emerged on the Internet showing the U.S. police crackdown on media, this time by beating a photojournalist. Tyson Zoltan Heder, who was photographing the events of Occupy Los Angeles and the LAPD evicting the protesters, was beaten by the police and had his camera taken. Heder was then detained and charged with "assaulthttp://presstv.ir/usdetail/213614.html..........................................................Occupy LA: The Death of Mainstream Media 12.01.2011 Stephen Box RETHINKING LA -The LAPD's full-force eviction of Occupy LA from City Hall Park left a very crowded high road in its wake as the Mayor, the LAPD, and the occupiers all shared credit for their commitment to respect, restraint, and cooperation as the two month long occupation came to an end.An estimated 1400 LAPD officers participated in the well planned operation to evict the Occupy LA encampment which had swelled to about 1000 participants who had prepared for the confrontation with training in nonviolent civil disobedience.As the LAPD shed its hard core reputation and as the Occupy LA movement held to its nonviolent principles, it was the media who caved in and who were left behind as casualties on the battlefield.Two nights earlier, the evening of the Mayor's deadline, it was the media who drew the LAPD's first threat of arrest when they swarmed to the Occupy LA encampment in such numbers that they prevented Commander Andy Smith from crossing the street from LAPD headquarters to City Hall. Locked in Tiny Cages, Crying in Pain: What I Saw and Heard When the LAPD Threw Me in Jail for Exercising My Right to Protest the OligarchyDon't believe the PR. There was nothing peaceful or professional about the LAPD's attack on Occupy LA -- or the way detainees were later treated.December 2, 2011 | Editor's note: Yasha Levine, editor of the Exhiled.com, spent a . Here's his account of the crackdown on Occupy LA.: Police went undercover to spy on Occupy LASat Dec 3, 2011 2:5PM GMTLos Angeles police used nearly a dozen undercover detectives to infiltrate the Occupy LA encampment before this week's raid to gather information on protesters' intentions, according to media reports Friday.None of the officers slept at the camp, but tried to blend in during the weeks leading up to the raid to learn about plans to resist or use weapons against police, a police source told the Los Angeles Times. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing. BostonFACTS & FIGURESOn November 30, police in riot gear and biohazard suits removed anti-Wall Street activists from their camp at Los Angeles City Hall, arresting nearly 300 people and fencing off the area. ReutersMore than 1,400 police officers raided the camp and dismantled what was left of the tent city that stood for two months. chron.comhttp://presstv.ir/usdetail/213574.html........................................................................................Police reportedly went undercover at Occupy LAReports suggest police used undercover detectives to infiltrate the Occupy LA camp to find out protesters' intentions Associated Press guardian.co.uk, Saturday 3 December 2011 07.39 GMTLos Angeles police used nearly a dozen undercover detectives to infiltrate the Occupy LA encampment before this week's raid to gather information on the anti-Wall Street protesters' intentions, according to media reports.None of the officers slept at the camp, but they tried to blend in during the weeks leading up to the raid to learn about plans to resist or use weapons against police, a police source told the Los Angeles Times. The source spoke on the condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing.The undercover work yielded information that some protesters were preparing bamboo spears and other potentially dangerous weapons in advance of an expected eviction, none of which were used, according to the City News Service, which first reported the story. .........................................................................................
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