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Brooklyn: Police arrest Occupy Wall Street livestream operators

donal brown January 5, 2012

Police entered the offices of Global Revolution that runs livestream on Occupy Wall Street and arrested six of its operators on Monday effectively shutting down the site which had aggregated livestreaming of Occupy Wall Street worldwide. The arrests were made because the six were living in the offices and refused to honor an order to vacate since the premises were deemed by authorities “imminently perilous to life.” -db From The Atlantic Wire, January 3, 2012,

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Police block, rough up, arrest journalists covering clearing of Occupy Wall Street

donal brown November 15, 2011

The free press took a blow when early this morning the New York Police Department raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment and lashed out at journalists covering the event. Many journalists were kept away from the action taken by the police to clear Zucotti Park. Many were subjected to violence and arrested with the protesters. -db From The Huffington Post, November 15, 2011, by Jack Mirkinson. Full story  

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Government rights in limiting peaceful protesters

donal brown November 15, 2011

Local governments can legally regulate peaceful assembly by acting to curtail excessive noise, stop the blocking of pedestrian and automobile traffic, protect life and end destruction of property, writes Braden Goyette in ProPublica. No matter how repugnant the viewpoint, the government is restricted from stopping its expression, a principle upheld recently by the  U.S. Supreme Court in its decision to allow the Westboro Baptist Church to picket military funerals carrying anti-gay placards. -db From a

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Opinion: Arresting journalists covering Occupy protests an attack on Constitution

donal brown November 3, 2011

The First Amendment establishes a free press with the corollary need for journalists to report freely. When police arrest reporters as they did in Nashville during the Occupy Nashville protests, they are attacking the right of citizens to independent sources on what the government is doing, writes Gene Policinski of the First Amendment Center. -db From a commentary for the  First Amendment Center, October 31, 2011, by Gene Policinski. Full story  

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