Saturday, December 3, 2011

Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupations | OccupyWallSt.org #ows

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Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupations

Seattle u10 warehouse

Last night, undeterred by the city's destruction of their original encampment, hundreds of Occupy Seattlesupporters occupied a vacant warehouse slated for demolition and condo development. After entering, Occupiers erected barricades, held a General Assembly, and began plans to fix up the space for community use.

Using SWAT teams and a ladder truck, police swarmed the warehouse, making 20 arrests and setting an unsettling precedent for the escalating use of military-style tactics against nonviolent occupiers who are