From boston.com, the online presence of the Boston Globe:
Boston police moved in and began arresting scores of Occupy Boston protesters who refused to leave a large part of the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway early this morning.Hat tip to Dave Roberts (@drgrist), who spent much of last night tweeting news from #OccupyBoston, #OccupySeattle and #OccupyDallas.
At 1:20 a.m., the first riot police officers lined up on Atlantic Avenue. Minutes later, dozens of sheriff vans and police wagons arrived and over 200 officers in uniforms and riot gear surrounded the Greenway.
Police Superintendent William Evans and Commissioner Edward F. Davis watched from across the street. Evans gave the crowd two minutes to disperse from the park, warning that they would be locked up if they did not comply. ... About 10 minutes later, the first officers entered the park and surrounded the group. Evans, using a loudspeaker, gave one more warning and then each protester was individually put on his or her stomach, cable-tied, and dragged off as others tore down tents and arrested and detained people on the fringe of the park.
About 100 people were arrested, Davis said. One police officer was hit in the face.
Click the "Read More" link to see video of Boston police moving against the Veterans for Peace contingent.
Shot as it occurred (again, h/t the tireless Dave Roberts).
That chant in the background is "The people, united, will never be defeated." Near the end, you'll clearly hear "We are veterans of the United States of America" as the cops move in.
Where are the Tea Party types, I ask myself. Don't they recognize their brothers in freedom? Don't they recognize our heroes, cruelly oppressed by the agents of the Bailed-out Bankers whom the Party so strongly opposes?
Maybe they took the wrong bus and ended up at Lexington, or off-camera, or at a Ben & Jerry's.
The news from Occupy Seattle is mixed. The cops threatened to take prisoners (by which I naturally mean "make respectful arrests"), but nothing occurred, perhaps a result of drama between the mayor, who earlier promised no arrests, and the police, who have their own desires. Tomorrow may be a different story, however.
It's spreading. Persist, folks. It's our ace in the hole. The people, persisting, can never be defeated.
GP
