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Police force removal of U.S. Flag due to "dangerous" pole. Law says in public assemblies, no metal poles can be used; wooden sticks must be no thicker than 1/4" and no wider than 1/2"
(meanwhile police allowed open-carry protestors to carry long metal rifles in October rally in PB)
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Corporate flag by Adbusters, one of the founding orgs of OWS
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NOTICE TO MEDIA / DISCLAIMER
Occupy San Diego is comprised of many people
with diverse opinions. This email does not provide
the official position of Occupy San Diego, but is
compiled for the use of supporters and occupiers
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NEWS
- Police play tug-o-war over U.S. Flag at Civic Center Plaza
- Remove the flag that has been a fixture of the occupation for months. See the complete story here: American flag, a symbol of the occupation?
- Video: police harassing vet with flag
- Video: Police confiscate flag from Occupy SD protest
- March schedule for Friday, Dec. 23 in an urgent email blast. About 100 people showed up, many with U.S. Flags, some with other flags. There was a United Nations Flag, a Veterans For Peace flag and a "corporate America" flag (stars are corporate logos).
- Some flags were flown upside down, signaling distress. It is a common mistake to assume that is is disrespectful to fly a flag upside down. It is only means to indicate that the person flying it is in distress and needs help. Our nation is in distress, I think we can agree on that.
- Some flags were equipped with standard metal (OMG) poles, like the $10 ones from Home Depot. Police said they would not arrest people for that during this event. How kind of them.
- OSD marched to Federal Building at 5:30pm.
- Terri Best said: If the pole was the target, why did the police not just take the pole? No opportunity was given to remove the flag. The Mayor of San Diego is using the police department to further his political agenda: "Shut down Occupy San Diego before the election year."
- Barricades have been removed from around Freedom Plaza.
- Occupy San Diego still reels from inappropriate arrests on Dec. 22.
- Video of Raid and Arrests at Freedom Plaza. Three were arrested in this video. Andrew Fischer (AKA "Fish") was arrested at about 6am. One of them was choked and another was stomped on. http://youtu.be/Fu3oVBxMbFc
- See more info here: Occupy San Diego Dec 22 Arrests, including a frame-by-frame analysis of out-of-control SDPD officers as they nearly rip Chris's head off. You have to see this to believe it.
Upcoming Events
- 17 Jan 2012 - Million tent protest in Washington D.C. -- OSD to travel to OD.C. to be part of the 1 million tent protest. Group to Greyhound out, have great group discussions, enjoy the fun, bring a tent, a smile and warm stuff. Time to show the Government that we are not the enemy, the N.D.A.A. bill is unconstitutional and the people demand the change we need to improve all of society, not just the top 1%. The 99% are coming to D.C. and you can too. Facebook Event
- DONATE To help people travel from Occupy San Diego to Occupy D.C. -- Click Here
This money will be used to help people that could not really afford to do this but have gone above and beyond normal participation. There are many 24/7 occupiers that really want to go but can not come up with funds for this, at least until the 1st of the year which will be to late.
http://copswiki.org/Occupy/OccupySanDiegoEmailBlast2011Dec24 <== click here to see the rest of the report.
Despite what you might hear on the corporate-owned news:
- The occupation continues, around the clock.
- PLEASE COME DOWN when you can and help with numbers. This is your true vote. Stay at home = vote against 99%.
- Tents and almost everything is now being restricted by the police.
- Food is needed -- we no longer have a food table, so you'll have to play it by ear.
- We will not be denied our constitutional right to assemble and speak!
- Many Teach-ins on Sunday!
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Legal
- Temporary Restraining Order
- Read all details here: Background, Court Documents and Ruling
- Decision was reached on Dec 1. Judge DENIED TRO
- Judge said the law was "narrowly drawn" which is nothing but unbelievable.
- We STILL need video documentation of police hassling people about setting stuff down. If you have such a video, please contact us at osd-feedback@citizensoversight.org so I can get it to the right people.
Lutz suing Civic Center Plaza building owners and operators Project Details
- More on this project... Including collected media, documents, photos, videos, etc.
- This is a VERY IMPORTANT project because we will directly engage wall street firms who own and operate the Civic Center Plaza office building.
TAKE ACTION
Things YOU can do right now to help.
Opeds Submitted
Have you submitted a letter to the UT or another publication? Send it to
osd-feedback@citizensoversight.org and we'll publish it here! They may not print it, but we will.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
See
All Occupy San Diego Announcements to read all previous announcements about
- Where we meet, how to recover confiscated property from the San Diego Police Department, information for people were arrested, etc.
- To check if someone is in jail check this website: http://apps.sdsheriff.net/wij/wij.aspx
- It usually takes about 6 hours for someone who has been arrested to pop up here. This site will tell you their charges, bail, etc. Jail's number is (619) 615-2700. The jail won't tell you much if anything that is not on the website. Please check this website before saying someone is in or out of jail to avoid confusion.
Legal Resources
- The National Lawyers Guild resources to protesters who have been arrested (619) 417-4813 occupylegalsd@gmail.com
- 1st Circuit Rules Public Has Right to Videotape Police
- What to say to cops if you're busted. *What you say and do can hurt you in court This is what I advise my clients to say when confronted by a law enforcement officer:
"Officer, please understand I refuse to talk with you until I consult with my attorney. I also refuse to consent to any search of these premises or any other premises under my control, or in which I have a possessory, proprietary, or privacy interest, including my car, my body, or effects. I hereby demand to immediately be allowed the reasonable opportunity to obtain the advice of my attorney by telephone. from:
http://layon.net/busted.php
Unless noted, all events are at "Freedom Square" (the San Diego
Civic Center Plaza, 1200 3rd Ave. San Diego, Intersection of 3rd Ave. and B St.)
Unless otherwise noted, we meet daily as follows:
- 4 pm -- Finance Committee Meeting, Downtown Johnny Brown's, Mon. thru Friday
- Each committee should send a representative to this meeting! Budget is currently being defined.
- 5:30 pm -- Committee meetings -- many meet at the "big circle" (the part of the plaza where there's map of San Diego in a big circle) with very few exceptions.
- 7pm -- General Assembly (Civic Center Plaza)
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* From December 17, Saturday GA will be at 2pm.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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National Coordination
- Occupy Together
- Interoccupy Group Consensus Proposal -- proposes a mechanism for accepting proposals for processing so as to reach global consensus.
- National Occupy Conference Calls: There are weekly conference calls between Occupy sites. We need reps from appropriate committees to join in the conference call. Unfortunately, it is Monday at 7pm, our GA time.
Occupy San Diego & Imperial County (Visit each site and "Like" it)
- Occupy Encinitas
- Occupy Oceanside
- Occupy Escondido
- Organizing & they are talking about occupying soon. They meet twice a week for now, but the days and times change.
- They want more input on the next meeting on their FB page
- Occupy Mira Mesa
- Occupy Mission Bay
- Occupy Imperial County
- Women Occupy San Diego
- Occupy Chula Vista
- Occupy San Diego SDSU
- Occupy Mesa College
- People's Assembly at UCSD (in solidarity with Occupy Wall St.)
- Occupy Cal State San Marcos (CSUSM)
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- New Occupy Project (new web): Occupy Web -- we will be migrating to this new web.