On Friday, October 12th, following a speech by Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes at the Metropolitan Republican Club in New York City, members of the far-right men’s group violently beat three apparent protestors, reports Buzzfeed News. According to the Daily Beast, the NYPD has enough evidence to charge nine members of the right-wing group, as well as three protesters, with rioting, assault, and/or attempted assault.
According to a local photojournalist, Shay Horse, who filmed a widely circulated video of the incident, approximately 30 members of the group participated in the alleged assault,...
According to a local photojournalist, Shay Horse, who filmed a widely circulated video of the incident, approximately 30 members of the group participated in the alleged assault,...
- 10/15/2018
- by Amelia McDonell-Parry
- Rollingstone.com
Following the bizarre scene in Manhattan's Foley Square Thursday night, which saw Occupy Wall Street protestors take over and occupy a TV set recreation of their Zuccotti Park camp, "Law & Order: Svu" show runner Warren Leight issued a short statement about the situation in the form of three Twitter updates -- all of which he then deleted.
"Saddened by last night's events. We understand Ows emotions run high, and also protestors' fear of having their images and history," he wrote. "Co-opted by corporate media -- the irony here is the scene we couldn't shoot portrayed Ows in a sympathetic light," he then wrote (with a dead link here). "Harassing night shift Production Assistants. Those are not the images of Ows we wanted our audience to see. Let's move forward," he continued. All of his tweets can be seen in a screen-grab of his page below.
When reached for comment, NBC...
"Saddened by last night's events. We understand Ows emotions run high, and also protestors' fear of having their images and history," he wrote. "Co-opted by corporate media -- the irony here is the scene we couldn't shoot portrayed Ows in a sympathetic light," he then wrote (with a dead link here). "Harassing night shift Production Assistants. Those are not the images of Ows we wanted our audience to see. Let's move forward," he continued. All of his tweets can be seen in a screen-grab of his page below.
When reached for comment, NBC...
- 12/9/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement raided a fictional recreation of their former Zuccotti Park camp late Thursday night into Friday morning, interrupting the filming of a new episode of NBC crime drama "Law & Order: Svu" that was taking place in lower Manhattan's Foley Square.
The show, a long running ripped-from-the-headlines police procedural, was in the midst of producing an episode that seemed to involve the economic protests that began in Zuccotti Park in September and have spread throughout the world. Word traveled online through Occupy's various social channels and a crowd of people quickly showed up to "mockupy" the square.
"Basically, obviously, 'Law & Order' was using this as a backdrop for some salacious story," Han Shan, a member of the Ows press team, told The Huffington Post. "People did it in the spirit of absurdity and fun, and we like to come together in public space and share...
The show, a long running ripped-from-the-headlines police procedural, was in the midst of producing an episode that seemed to involve the economic protests that began in Zuccotti Park in September and have spread throughout the world. Word traveled online through Occupy's various social channels and a crowd of people quickly showed up to "mockupy" the square.
"Basically, obviously, 'Law & Order' was using this as a backdrop for some salacious story," Han Shan, a member of the Ows press team, told The Huffington Post. "People did it in the spirit of absurdity and fun, and we like to come together in public space and share...
- 12/9/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
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