Hundreds Show for Occupy Raleigh, 19 Arrested
The Occupy Raleigh protests today ended in the arrest of 19 people. State Capitol Police requested that the group leave the Capitol grounds and when some didnt comply, they were arrested. At that point the crowd had dwindled to around 100 from its peak. Those Raleigh Police reported that 400 were in attendence and some local media reported as few as 100. But independent observers and Occupy organizers put the number closer to 1,000. Protests were also held in Chapel Hill, Carrboro and continued in Charlotte for the second week.
Speakers at the Raleigh Event included NC Secretary of State - Elaine Marshall
As of 12:20 AM Sunday 35 still stood in protest on the Capitol Sidewalk.
Photo courtesy of David Green, Flickr.
Click through to see an overview video below along with speeches from the event including NC house of Representative member Bill Fiason who speaks about being asked to call Mayor Meeker, Governor Bev Perdue and finally calls Secretary of Administration Moses Cary in front of the crowd.
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Tony Woodard
10/16 03:45 AM
My God, I love Elaine Marshall. She should have gone into showbiz.
Seriously though, the solution is simple. End corporate personhood, public financing of elections, and instant run-off voting.
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Aaron
10/16 04:26 AM
The Raleigh Police Department notified our police liaison at around 7 or 8 and said to him that ‘they did not care if we were here [on the Capitol Grounds]’. We had until dusk (4 hours after our permit expired) until we needed to clear out. They decided to have us move off the grass and clean up, which we did. They started to move in to tell us to leave. About 4 minutes prior to that announcement at the People’s General Assembly that was being held on the Grounds, they (the RPD) said that any signs had to be discarded or removed from the premises or we would be considered to be ‘demonstrating’ and thus have arrest being our consequence. I went to my parked car a block away, and as soon as myself and two others came back to join in in solidarity with everyone else, the police had everyone surrounded and started to make arrests.
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gspot
10/16 03:18 PM
As of Sunday PM 15 people loitering. Impressive.
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tomaaaahtoe
10/16 03:52 PM
Occupy Raleigh Holding Cell…..hahahahshsh. Very effective.
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Rex
10/16 04:45 PM
Why did Occupy Raleigh seek a permit to begin with? If the movement - any movement for that matter - is to be affective, it has to demonstrate its willingness to face persecution, even incarceration, from the get go.
What if the hundreds of demonstrators had descended on the Capitol grounds without a permit and forced Raleigh and its police to deal with an unauthorized assembly, and not just the vigilant 19 who stayed into the wee hours of the night past the allotted time?
Would that have been a more affective witness to the seriousness of the movement, and not just another march on the Capitol?
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Elizabeth
10/16 06:55 PM
good coverage
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francesco zappa
10/18 03:36 PM
No permeit required if you are Teabaggers.
Protesting corporations? Police no likey.
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WILLNCSU
10/18 04:12 PM
As part of the top 5% I will crush all beneath me to maintain my status at the top!
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