Occupy Nova Scotia
Today I went to the Occupy Nova Scotia protest, with Laura and her mother. There was a lot of tension between the protesters and the police, following yesterday’s forceful removal of people and their tents from Victoria Park.
Here’s a panorama of the protest:
The protest got particularly tense at one point when the crowd confronted the police. Skip to about 1:40 for the close-up face-to-face confrontation.
Luckily, there was nothing like yesterday’s violence today, though there were three arrests.
Tweets:
Kyle Buott just gave out Peter Kelly’s cell number by means of human microphone. Probably not Kelly’s number anymore.
One cop is videotaping the crowd. One protester kept trying to block the lens in a casual/obnoxious way. Then words were exchanged.
Serious hostility being lobbed at the police. One guy yelled “You’re slaves!” Lots of boos.
I think I heard one cop say to another, “That was the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.”
“Beat their wives. Beat their kids. You have small penises!” “You tell ‘em Tony!” -guys yelling at police
Half the protestors have gone for a walk. To the police station maybe?
Half the protestors moved to Citadel Hill.
Heading to library to upload HD video over wifi.
The remaining people are talking about where people with nowhere to go will be sleeping. OK, that’s it for me today.
No one left on Citadel Hill. Few people left at Grand Parade. Human mic says 3 arrested.
