Last week I wondered why Lil' Ava wasn't on the OWS scene. Well.....

[Tucker]

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Ava (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Oct-02-11 08:15 PM
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Occupy Jail Cells
   
Last night I was arrested for the first time. Why? Because I took part in Occupy Wall Street by showing up to document this historic event. I'm only one of over 700 that were arrested. I can't speak for everyone there, but I can speak for myself. What follows is my account of what happened yesterday afternoon along with photos that I took during the march. But first let me preface this by saying that while supportive of the Occupy Wall Street event, and inspired by the actions of ordinary people standing up to demand an end to corporate greed and corruption, as a busy student I was not "mobilized" into action. Yesterday's actions by the NYPD, however, have turned me into one pissed off and mobilized person, as I'm sure it has many.

Both my boyfriend and myself have been following the events at Zuccotti Park and the Occupy Wall Street movement. I've admired from the sidelines as people have stood up for their beliefs, something I'm ashamed to say that I haven't done very often lately. Yesterday, we decided to head down to the park and take part in the march in order to document it. We both grabbed our cameras and headed out, arriving at the park around 3:30pm. By that point the march had started, and we ran ahead several blocks to beat the march in order to take photos of the lead. We took our photos and then began to move around and among the crowd to gather more images.

Some pic's included

Soon the crowd cross the street towards the Brooklyn Bridge. As they crossed, people began to become confused about whether to walk on the pedestrian walk-way or the street. The group split into two, and kept marching. We chose to take the pedestrian walk-way at first. As we looked down to the street, we saw that the police were seemingly leading the protesters to the street in order to keep them safe (or so we thought). At that point, we opted to go back onto the street rather than continue of the pedestrian path.

more pic's

As we went into the street we heard no warnings at all, none. As you can see in this video, police are ahead of the marchers, seemingly leading them. No warnings are shouted. Warning may have been made to these leading in the front of the crowd, but no warnings were made to the mass of the people. Many were confused and were told nothing by the police officers that were in the middle and rear of the march. Also, in the video posted by NYPD that they claim shows that they warned protesters that their marching on the bridge was illegal, you can clearly see that the video was shot when protestors were already on the bridge. In fact, at this point the protesters had already been netted in with orange nets, preventing from "dispersing" as they were telling us to do. We were in the back of the crowd by this point, where the nets were first put in place.

Even more pic's

At this point people began to line up in order to leave the bridge willingly. The officers were only letting about five people at a time leave. Several minutes passed and suddenly they quit letting people leave. A white shirted officer began to shout to the rear of the crowd, "You wanted to stay! Now you're staying! You're all getting arrested!" Many people in the rear of the crowd began to freak out - many were crying and begging to leave willingly.

I contemplated what to do. In my mind it would be better for me to willingly turn myself in so that I could leave sooner and show that I was not resisting arrest, and explain that I was there to document and take photos. I was then yelled at by the same white-shirt that yelled at the crowd earlier, "You wanna go in? Ok, then step right up", as if I was insincere about my willingness to go in.

Where's the damn popcorn?

So I stepped up. I was put against the railing of the bridge, searched and then cuffed with plastic zip-ties. The cuffs would come back to bite me. I was then place in a van along with six other females who willingly turned themselves in and we were driven to several different places before being taken to a Precinct with room for us - or so they thought. We sat in the car for over two and a half hours before being taken inside. During this time my arresting officer agreed with me that my cuffs were too tight, and after having them on for about two hours he cut them and placed new ones on. My hands were numb by this point, my wrists blistered and bruised, and my right hand was purple.

Finally we were taken inside where we were again searched, all of our personal property seized, and I was put into a cell made for one person with two other women. We remained there for over six hours. Keep in mind that during this eight hour plus ordeal we were not given food or water. We were not told what was going on, and allowed no phone calls.

I turned myself in at 5pm, immediately after calling my mother to let her know that she wouldn't hear from me for what I thought would be "a few" hours tops. I left the police station and finally called her back at 1:56am, pissed off, angry, hurt, and traumatized from the whole experience. I walked home from the station at which I was held, calling frantically to see if my boyfriend, who was also detained, was out yet. It was 45 minutes later that he was released.

I have a court date in November. I can choose to either pay a small fine and plead guilty to "obstructing vehicular activity" and "disorderly conduct", or show up to court in order to dispute the charges. I plan on showing up, and I plan on disputing.

In the end I'm glad I was arrested. This event has sparked something in me that's been lacking since I came to university and busied myself with schoolwork and internships. I'm passionate about fighting for my country again, and I don't plan on keeping silent.

The police may have tried to deter us, but instead they've impassioned us.

I am one of the 99%, and I'm mad as hell.

Find out more here: http://www.occupywallst.org

I knew she would waddle over.

Mostly slobber posts. Not too much about her post.

[franksolich]

Good find, sir.

I too was wondering, but thought perhaps Lil Ava was now back home down in Alabama, waiting on tables.

[franksolich]

.....and then cuffed with plastic zip-ties.

.....my cuffs were too tight, and after having them on for about two hours he cut them and placed new ones on. My hands were numb by this point, my wrists blistered and bruised, and my right hand was purple.

Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, to the "purple hand" part.

But anyway, surely Lil Ava didn't expect the cops to have a supersized-for-fat-wrists set of handcuffs on hand.

[MoshMasterD]

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I knew she would waddle over.

Mostly slobber posts. Not too much about her post.

Dear Ava,

You are gonna have to go gun shopping.  Cuz you are gonna need it if you are gonna fight.

[jtyangel]

Yeah, yeah, sure, sure, to the "purple hand" part.

But anyway, surely Lil Ava didn't expect the cops to have a supersized-for-fat-wrists set of handcuffs on hand.

That's poor planning on their part, sir, don't you think? These are DUmmies after all and police should have prepared for either emaciated, drug-using, hippy/miscreant types or blimps with a self-importance bigger then their bloated bodies. Perhaps the shipment of the larger bands failed to come in--probably ordered from a DUmmie run company on a bid that couldn't deliver.

[longview]

No sympathy from here.  She was suddenly trusting the police (whom she hates) to lead her in the street (which is wrong) and is surprised when there is an unpleasant consequence? 

[Rebel]

Ava (1000+ posts)  Sun Oct-02-11 08:15 PM

and inspired by the actions of ordinary people

Ordinary? There was nothing ordinary about those fruitbats "occupying" Wall Street, chunk.

[Rebel]

Ava (1000+ posts) Sun Oct-02-11 08:15 PM


I am one of the 99%, and I'm mad as hell.

Bitch, you're a student, hookers don't pay taxes, you're one foot out of the womb, so sit down and shut the **** up.

[vesta111]

Ordinary? There was nothing ordinary about those fruitbats "occupying" Wall Street, chunk.

HMMMMM.  There will come a time us Conservatives may find ourselves in the same position as these Libs.

Take heed and learn what we may face. [26]

[Karin]

at this point the protesters had already been netted in with orange nets,

  This called to mind men in white coats with butterfly nets.   

[Rebel]

HMMMMM.  There will come a time us Conservatives may find ourselves in the same position as these Libs.

Take heed and learn what we may face. [26]

I have a shitload of ammunition.

[BlueStateSaint]

Buying more as time goes by . . .

[JohnnyReb]

"We were poor little sheep who had lost our way...BAA-BAA-BAA..." Lil' Ava.

She is now a full fledged democrat....she has an arrest/criminal record.

[BlueStateSaint]

"We were poor little sheep who had lost our way...BAA-BAA-BAA..." Lil' Ava.

She is now a full fledged democrat....she has an arrest/criminal record.

It does qualify her for a Cabinet position . . .

[NHSparky]

Did she actually mention a boyfriend?  Sorry hon, not buying it, unless he's blind and batshit crazy as you.

[67 Rover]

Did she actually mention a boyfriend?  Sorry hon, not buying it, unless he's blind and batshit crazy as you.

Maybe that is why she was so upset about her personal belongings being sorted through, her "boyfriend" was in the pocket book.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Did she actually mention a boyfriend?  Sorry hon, not buying it, unless he's blind and batshit crazy as you.

If you look at the various media pics of the pathetic, scrofulous dudes that are present, it becomes a lot more believable.   

[JohnnyReb]

If you look at the various media pics of the pathetic, scrofulous dudes that are present, it becomes a lot more believable.   

Some of the dudettes look like prime candidates for a stevenumbers roll in the hay.

[GOBUCKS]

Three tipoffs that this is a purely fictional bouncy tale:

Both my boyfriend and myself

The chinless, 300lb. 'Bama butterball?
Not even if she could breathe through her ears.
 

we ran ahead several blocks

Ran? The Alabama butterball?

during this eight hour plus ordeal we were not given food

Li'l Ava would surely perish long before completing an eight-hour fast.

Some pic's included

At least she follows the ironclad DUmp rule of using an apostrophe whenever writing a plural.
Both her homeschooling and her little YouTube college program are apparently abysmal on teaching spelling and grammar.
God kills a kitten every time someone forms a plural by using an apostrophe.

[NHSparky]

Ava is living proof that even a homeschooled person can be stupid.

Oh, and dearest, good luck in that job search with a criminal record.  Potential employers don't care much for those who run afoul of the law, and there are very few Hollywood types with the resources to run away to Europe when facing criminal charges, and you, little miss chinless wonder, ain't one of them.

[Wineslob]

Lets see,

Population of New York City: 8,000,000+

Protesters:                                 700


Yup, in a Libtards mind that's 99%.


I'm waiting for the cops to start dragging these social leeches off the street.

[Odin's Hand]

I have a shitload of ammunition.

 

[Wineslob]

lindysalsagal (275 posts)      Sun Oct-02-11 09:11 PM
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16. You = BRAVE!
 I think I'm too old at this point to be put in the paddy wagon. I'm so proud of everyone who is doing this.

I've been to protests before but this one is the real thing.

It doesn't have the same meaning of people vs police that it did back in the 60's when so many were dragged off to Viet nam.

But in some ways, this is almost worse, because they've taken over the entire country, the economy, and are targeting the poor, the old, the sick, and children. At least in the 60's, regular people were innocent and uninformed enough to believe that we had to keep southeast asia out of the hands of the Russians.

This time, there is no real cause except personal greed and lack of human compassion.

So, all of you are stating the real cause, american democracy, and shedding light on the fact that this time the other side has no cause. The other side has planned and carried out an intentional, systematic, and deliberate campaign to rob the middle class of the american dream.

You are all so brave. You are true patriots!

 Not-enough-stupid.   

My God, I can't wait to give these assholes a reason to commit suicide next November.

[BattleHymn]

Iowahawk on Twitter:

Help wipe out greed! Make rich people give me their stuff. 

 

[Duke Nukum]

I guess I was wrong about Li'l Ava being scared somewhat straight. From the little bit of her rant I read, I got the image of Kyle's mom from South Park in my head.