LIVE coverage of pending police assault on homeless ecampment in Seattle

Truth2Tell

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Fri Sep-26-08 02:57 PM
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LIVE coverage of pending police assault on homeless ecampment in Seattle

Nicklesville under assault.

http://www.king5.com/sharedcontent/livevideo/?nvid=57409&live=yes&noad=no

Happening right now.

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tekisui

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Fri Sep-26-08 02:59 PM
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1. What is the story behind this encampment?

I haven't followed this, but am watching now.

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Truth2Tell

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Fri Sep-26-08 03:06 PM
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3. I spent yeterday afternoon

moving building materials for this

check out http://www.nickelsvilleseattle.org/

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maxsolomon

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Fri Sep-26-08 03:10 PM
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6. homeless activists put it up to dare the city to take it down

and named it after mayor greg nickels to goad him into it.

the city has been clearing out "illegal encampments" that spring up in every conceivable nook & cranny of unused open space in the city.

here's a picture:

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shadowknows69

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Fri Sep-26-08 03:03 PM
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2. WTF is this, the homeless can't gather in groups anymore?

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SeattleGirl

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Fri Sep-26-08 03:10 PM
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7. Sounds to me like it was a planned protest by homeless

advocates. Lots of the people there are advocates, not actual homeless people. Some are homeless people from other tent cities in the area. Some apparently want to be arrested, to bring attention to the homeless.

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Truth2Tell

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Fri Sep-26-08 03:13 PM
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9. It was a planned action, by a lot of groups..

but it is also a home to over 100 people already... It's a real community and is hurting nothing and no one. Our Mayor is a fat bastard.

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SeattleGirl

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Fri Sep-26-08 03:19 PM
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10. Thanks for the additional details.

And yes, our Mayor IS a fat bastard.

I'd like to know where homeless people are supposed to go, if they can't stay in their tent cities. I think Nickles is like a lot of politicians; sweep the uglier side of the city off the streets, and pretend it doesn't exist. Or more to the point, sweep the homeless off the streets, and pretend THEY don't exist.

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Truth2Tell

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Fri Sep-26-08 03:07 PM
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4. I heading down there with my digital video cam right now

Edited on Fri Sep-26-08 03:15 PM by Truth2Tell

10 minutes from my office...

I'll post later...

Edit: waiting for my wife to bring the car... dying to get down there!

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sarcasmo

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Fri Sep-26-08 03:08 PM
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5. Thanks for this video.

The Real America, not the wall street ponzi scheme.

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99th_Monkey

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Fri Sep-26-08 03:11 PM
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8. Holy shit!! Deja Vu ... we went through this in 2000-01 in Portland. The city finally gave in.

and designated a plot of public land for Dignity Village to permanently settle and build a
"green urban village" with wind/solar power and cob/haybail cottages. It's still running
as a 100% self-governed 501c3 corporation under ORegon law.

http://www.dignityvillage.org/

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