Occupy Wall Street Sues NYC Over Confiscated Books, Computers
Source: Reuters
Occupy Wall Street sues NYC over confiscated books
NEW YORK | Thu May 24, 2012 3:02pm EDT
By Joseph Ax
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Occupy Wall Street filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against New York City, claiming authorities destroyed $47,000 worth of books, computers and other equipment confiscated from the protesters' encampment in lower Manhattan last fall.
Police conducted a surprise overnight raid at Zuccotti Park in November, clearing scores of protesters who had set up tents at the plaza near Wall Street and dealing a significant blow to the movement's potency.
As part of the sweep, Occupy claims, police officers seized approximately 3,600 books from the "People's Library" that had been donated to the movement. The protesters claim only 1,000 were returned, 200 of them in unusable condition - including a copy of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's autobiography.
"To this day, OWS has not been told by the City of New York what happened to the missing books and the Library furnishings and equipment," according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Manhattan federal court.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE84N1FI20120524?irpc=932
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,426 posts)Thanks for the thread, Hissyspit.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)And whatever happened to that van? Anyone know?
EFerrari
(163,986 posts)intheflow
(28,504 posts)That night was a disgusting, egregious abuse of power. NYC needs to be held accountable.
RufusTFirefly
(8,812 posts)Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Thank you again. I hope they win big big big.
Brooklyn Dame
(169 posts)...and the movement shouldn't die down because some factions aren't focused. Holding authority accountable is a way to get back on track.
http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/05/un-occupied-chicago/
JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)LACarMan
(45 posts)While my wife likes to bookmark.
Am i "distroying" books?
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)then, no.
JitterbugPerfume
(18,183 posts)countryjake
(8,554 posts)I love it that the Occupy librarians had cataloged and documented every single book! And I remember those disgusting dumpster piles after the raid had happened, with the guards snickering and gloating over their booty as the sanitation workers sorted it out. The only "due process" I saw in those videos was the methodical way that the authorities turned people's property into garbage.