Occupy Houston protesters arrested

[angel823]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Six or seven protesters were arrested for not removing the tarp, which was confiscated, Occupy Houston member Mary Belcik told Chronicle reporter Dale Lezon. An additional three protesters were detained for jaywalking and interfering with police, the group said.

During the altercation, the crowd taunted the officers, chanting “Shame!” and “Show me what democracy looks like!”

Three protesters have been released, but seven remain in a municipal jail facility on Lubbock, according to Occupy Houston, which posted videos of the incident on its YouTube channel. (Some of the clips contain expletives.)



Read more: http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2011/11/10-occupy-houston-protesters-arrested/

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I didn't see anything on the first page of LBN on this - hope it's not a dupe.

Angel in Texas

[angel823]

1. here's the youtube link

<http://www.youtube.com/user/OccupyHouston#p/a/u/1/0xA5yJT0ue8>

Angel in Texas

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[TBF]

3. There have been rumors in Houston that the authorities would start coming down harder

on the protesters after the mayoral election. She didn't waste any time did she?

[angel823]

4. yeah

I walk by and visit the Occupy Houston area at least twice a day. Whenever I'm there, the police presence is always on display - they watch carefully for any and all perceived violations.

Angel in Texas

[No Elephants]

5. tarp versus TARP.

[angel823]

6. good one!

I went by at lunch today, dropped off a couple of bags of clementines, and saw that the police presence is still there - on horseback today (Houston has police patrols on horseback downtown).

Angel in Texas

[Earth_First]

7. Jaywalking and interfering with the police?

Sounds like harassment and intimidation to me...

Most likely it was individuals who were documenting the interaction of law enforcement in regards to the arrests.