{"id":3868,"date":"2012-03-18T15:51:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-18T21:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/?p=3868"},"modified":"2013-02-03T18:39:06","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T00:39:06","slug":"st-louis-mo-comrades-evicted-and-beaten-by-police-call-for-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/?p=3868","title":{"rendered":"St. Louis, MO: Comrades evicted and beaten by police; call for solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>from <a href=\"https:\/\/antistatestl.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/16\/police-evict-and-beat-protesters-occupying-compton-hill-reservoir-park\/\">antistatestl<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last night [March 15] close to 150 people from the occupy movement \u2013 ourselves, our friends, and comrades \u2013 took over Compton Hill Reservoir Park. \u00a0Met with overwhelming police force intent on evicting the camp, protesters marched into the streets. \u00a0Where they were met with batons, pepper spray and fists\u2026 \u00a0at least 15 were arrested and three hospitalized, with severe facial injuries, concussions, staples and stitches in the head, and broken bones.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately the cops\u2019 brutish reaction to last night\u2019s events does not really evoke surprise in us. \u00a0As the armed thugs of the state and wealthy, they go about their business striving (though often failing) to thwart our attempts to escape our material conditions, even if only for a moment. \u00a0We feel the state\u2019s presence in our lives on a daily basis, both informing and enforcing our every move.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, we refuse to take a passive position in regards to last night\u2019s events: we will not and cannot sit idly by as they carry on fucking with us. \u00a0Our antagonism for the police is a bottomless pit, and we cannot easily let the images of our comrades bloodied faces pass from our memories.<\/p>\n<p>If you desire something more than the mundane hellishness of everday life, if you have any love for those who fight back:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>SMASH ATTACK OCCUPY EXPROPRIATE BLOCKADE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>TOTAL SOLIDARITY WITH THE ACCUSED!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join us for a demonstration tonight @ Atomic Cowboy (4140 Manchester)<\/p>\n<p>Music at 9pm\/\/March at 11pm<\/p>\n<p>videos:<\/p>\n<iframe width='425' height='344' src='\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5LS9b9U_sXc?autoplay=0&loop=0&rel=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>(bloodied protester at 9:10)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bambuser.com\/v\/2472937\">http:\/\/bambuser.com\/v\/2472937<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from antistatestl: Last night [March 15] close to 150 people from the occupy movement \u2013 ourselves, our friends, and comrades \u2013 took over Compton Hill Reservoir Park. \u00a0Met with overwhelming police force intent on evicting the camp, protesters marched into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/?p=3868\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2532,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[883],"tags":[355,35,59],"class_list":["post-3868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communiques","tag-occupy","tag-st-louis","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2532"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3868"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6901,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3868\/revisions\/6901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waronsociety.noblogs.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}