Occupy Atlanta

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Georgia County Sheriff Evicts Four-Generation Family In Raid Resembling 'Drug Bust'

The group says the early morning raid resembled a drug bust with officers sneaking across Frazer’s property in the middle of the night before fifty officers stormed her home to serve an eviction notice.

The militarization of local police when it comes to things like drug raids or even routine searches has rightfully received much media attention and condemnation from the public, particularly when it comes to terrible stories like the police officer in Texas who shot Cisco the dog without reason.

But the same level of condemnation isn’t present when a four-generation family has its home raided in the dead of night as though local police discovered a drug cartel in the basement.

http://www.thenation.com/blog/167718...ling-drug-bust

Occupy Atlanta Dumps Evicted Household's Items On Sheriff's Lawn

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -
Members of Occupy Atlanta protested a family's eviction by tossing personal items onto the lawn of the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office on Monday.

Christine Frazer, her 85-year-old mother and 3-year-old grandson were evicted from their Decatur home last week in the middle of the night.

"DeKalb County sheriff showed up at my home at 3 a.m. in the morning. They used a locksmith to drill off the locks, kicked in my door came in my house," said Christine.

Sheriff Thomas Brown they followed through with the eviction after giving the family ample time to negotiate with the banks. Brown said they chose to do it in the middle of the night to avoid a confrontation with Occupy Atlanta members who had been camped out on the lawn.

Protesting that eviction, Occupy members threw the Frazer's belongings on the doorstep of the sheriff's office. The sheriff didn't interrupt.

"If I'm the guy that's the scapegoat, then fine. Don't tear up my building, don't tear up my cars. Don't hurt my deputies, don't interfere with free movement of the public and you're not going to have a problem with me," said Brown.

But after the protesters left the sheriff's office, deputies surrounded the vehicle of one of the Occupy members, impounded the car, arrested one man and issued one citation on the scene.

"Four cop cars were behind me with their sirens on," said Leila Abadir, who received a citation for littering.

The sheriff's office says the van was impounded because it could be used as evidence in the littering charge.

The man who was arrested was cited for littering and disorderly conduct. He was taken to the sheriff's office because he did not have identification on him.

Local News Video Here: http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/story/18...st-of-eviction

Sheriff Thomas Brown Has No Remorse Over 3am Eviction Of Senior Citizens

Last week, after much negative press, Sheriff Thomas Brown reached out to several organizers and asked what he could do to de-escalate the conflict between Occupy Atlanta, Chris Frazer, and his office. Sheriff Brown offered to accept a people's citation from the community, face Chris Frazer face to face and apologize for the pain he caused her, and contribute to her legal fees as she continues to fight Investors One Corporation.

With some skepticism, Chris Frazer agreed. As an organizer working with Chris, I was honestly excited to de-escalate with the Sheriff's office, as it feels like our energy really should be focused on the extremely shady Investors One Corporation.

Things did not play out the way any of us expected. Joe Beasley, Attorney Joshua Davis, Chris Frazer, and myself were allowed to meet with the Sheriff in his lobby while around 30 others watched from outside the glass walls. Sheriff Brown's face had no signs of reconciliation on it.

The first sign that he was backing down on his word was that he refused any media admittance to the meeting, which we had agreed he would allow. The Sheriff began to attempt to apologize, but it appeared that he just couldn't resist sharing his true remorseless feelings. At one point, as Chris Frazer had begun to weep, Sheriff Brown simply stated, "If I had to do it over again, with all the information I have now, I wouldn't have done anything differently".

http://afscatlanta.blogspot.com/2012...o-remorse.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2367uWVp4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex2367uWVp4

Tonight's march (anti-tsplost) will be broadcast live! We should be up and running around 7:00pm EDT.

Watch and see what democracy looks like!

EXPECT US!

http://www.livestream.com/occupyatlanta

Right on Aerianna, I'll be watching!

Originally Posted by zombiewolf

Right on Aerianna, I'll be watching!

Yep, it's time to tune in!

So, for those able to attend, I just heard it announced that Occupy Atlanta will be marching every Tuesday evening.

Originally Posted by Aerianne

So, for those able to attend, I just heard it announced that Occupy Atlanta will be marching every Tuesday evening.

They said on the chatroom it's every other tues.

I heard them say every-other-Tuesday during the March. It seems next Tuesday will be a planning meeting and the following Tuesday will be a March; and that pattern carries through, evidently.

Crazy man... just crazy. Let's show those corporations why they can't walk on us man.