UPDATED: Occupy Tucson evicted peacefully from downtown (photos, video)
Throughout the day yesterday, Occupy Tucson posted calls to action on its facebook page alerting supporters to a possible eviction that evening. For a little more than two months, Occupy … Continue reading
Occupy Tucson offers counter proposal to city attorney’s plea bargain (video)
Tucson City Attorney Mike Rankin offered Tucson Occupiers a plea bargain recently. At a legal meeting last week, we defendants heard the details of the plea bargain (which wasn’t much … Continue reading
Another Tucson Occupier taken into custody
As police and local governments begin major crackdowns across the US, the Tucson Police Department and Occupy Tucson continue their nightly dance of citations, arrests, and resistance at Veinte de … Continue reading
Tucson Occupiers climb trees and avoid arrest
Several Tucson Occupiers climbed the large trees at Veinte de Agosto Park after 10 p.m. on November 28. The Tucson Police, which had been citing protesters nightly for six weeks, … Continue reading
TPD arrests disabled Occupy Tucson protester
Joan Zatorski Puca was arrested by Tucson Police on Friday, November 25, 2011. Here is the video of the arrest. Her powerful statement below details her rational for submitting to … Continue reading
Tensions heat up at Occupy Tucson
For six weeks– through heavy rain and nightly disruption by the Tucson Police Department (TPD)– Occupy Tucson has maintained a peaceful encampment protest in downtown Tucson. TPD has issued more … Continue reading
Two more early morning arrests at Occupy Tucson
For weeks, Tucson Police and Occupy Tucson supporters played an orderly cat and mouse game. At 10:30 p.m. every night, the police came to the park, rousted Occupiers out of … Continue reading