It Takes What It Takes

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Overweight smoking hobos for free healthcare!

At least she didn't flash her hobo titties again.

on October 17, 2011 at 12:45 PM

I'm getting a message that the video is private.

nicholaus on October 17, 2011 at 12:46 PM

This what oppression looks like?

You children need to see more of the world.

on October 17, 2011 at 12:46 PM

Awwwww how cute! Goldy's got a new crush!

I bet you might finally get lucky if you bail her out, Goldy!

on October 17, 2011 at 12:47 PM

Apparently oppression is kind of confused and fairly clumsy.

platypusrex256 on October 17, 2011 at 12:48 PM

Ditto on @2:

GOLDY: YouTube sez your "video is marked private"

Timrrr on October 17, 2011 at 12:48 PM

@4 Goldsteinberg can get a blowjob from a toothless bum any night he goes home.

on October 17, 2011 at 12:48 PM

Someone comments off camera that he was responsible for accidentally pushing him into the bike cop. see at time 3:29 of the video.

rickeagle on October 17, 2011 at 12:48 PM

Point of correction: It only took three officers to arrest her; the other 17 were there to indimidate the other demonstraters who might take umbrage at the rough treatment of an unarmed, unresisting woman.

TechBear on October 17, 2011 at 12:56 PM

This is so awesome, embarrass yourself some more you libtard "advocacy journalist"!!!

on October 17, 2011 at 12:58 PM

"We all got tripped over by each other ... " This looks like an *accident*. Why are you trying to stir up hate? The removal of the tents is enough - we don't need to fabricate - this only makes us look vengeful.

Another protester in that video says, "Listen, I feel like I caused it and I'm sorry ..." -- You didn't put that in your version?

BTW - shoving the video in the officer's face is not likely to evoke a smile - the camera person knew this. AND -- why didn't this *impartial* legal observer get the name of the protester in the hat who was taunting the officers (jumping up and down in front of them as they were walking; yelling in their faces)?

If we are violent (in action OR words) we are nothing but the same as the system we fight. Occupy Seattle is not and has never been anti-police.

We have so far to go.

Dktr Sus on October 17, 2011 at 12:59 PM

To report of Seattle Police misconduct, please file a complaint with the Office of Professional Accountability online at http://seattle.gov/police/OPA/Complaintf…

Phil M on October 17, 2011 at 1:00 PM

She DID resist at first, she resisted them taking her umbrella and she resisted the cop grabbing her arm.

Toothless drunk cigarette smoking homeless crazy bitches for sitting (oops occupying) in piss! Now!

on October 17, 2011 at 1:02 PM

A rumor is circulating that Parks are considering disposing of property confiscated this morning. I spoke with Dewey Potter at Parks (206-684-7241) a few minutes before 1pm, and she said that things deemed to be of value will be held, not disposed of, and that tents definitely fall into this category (no guarantee on other stuff; torn or dirty things that are not tents are likely to be disposed of).

To retrieve property that was confiscated this morning, people should contact Crew Chief Cynthia Thurmond, whose mobile number is 206-423-1678.

Phil M on October 17, 2011 at 1:06 PM

You know Ol' Deborah is famous among downtown merchants as a homeless tit flasher?

And if you think her getting arrested is horrifying, trust me, those if us who have seen her tits are still in recovery.

on October 17, 2011 at 1:07 PM

yeah @11

I'm sorry, I support the protests, but getting in an officer's face and pushing him (like the one female protester did) was just stupid. The person taking the video was up front and getting in the way of the officers on the sidewalk and basically got run over. While inappropriate, it certainly could have been avoided by maintaining a sense of distance from a moving mass.

Some of the unproviked shit like the pepper spraying, baton wielding, face punching, scooter-run-overing going on in NYC, this is an accident getting overplayed.

I really liked the guy on the megaphone telling everyone to take a breath. That was helpful.

NaFun on October 17, 2011 at 1:08 PM

Staged confrontations with and misdirected hatred of police who come to arrest you for civil disobedience for the sake of trying to make it about the police distracts from the economic injustice message of the occupation movement.

artistdogboy on October 17, 2011 at 1:09 PM

As they are picking her up at 0:52, she yells "'they wanna dope me up all the fuckin time".

Yeah no shit.

on October 17, 2011 at 1:13 PM

er, compared to some of the unprovoked...

NaFun on October 17, 2011 at 1:14 PM

@16, Sven is one of the legal observers. It's his job to get the names and phone numbers of the people getting arrested, and I witnessed the police preventing him from talking to Deborah before she was arrested, in fact constantly pushing him further and further away, and intentionally blocking his view. It was kind of asinine. So all he was trying to do by following her was get her name and phone number. The police knew that.

Goldy on October 17, 2011 at 1:17 PM

LOL Goldy is so naive that he thinks that old cig smoking crazy homless udder-flasher has a phone!!!!

LOL !!!!!!!!!

on October 17, 2011 at 1:26 PM

a good 20 seconds passed after he got that info and when he was pushed for being in the way, and another 45 seconds before he was run over, the entire time of which the two people blocking the progress of the mass of cops were Sven and the pushy lady.

This is agitprop. Good for the team and all, and somebody's gotta do it I guess. *shrug* It sure is ugly though.

NaFun on October 17, 2011 at 1:31 PM

Goldy, the police have no legal requirement during an arrest to stop and let lawyers interfere. This is decided case law.

Besides, if you get her phone number, you can enjoy one of her famous back alley toothless hummers. Think of it as like getting a blowjob from a small invertebrate.

Don't worry, Ol' Deb will be back flashing her titties at Japanese tourists at pike place by nightfall. Democracy is safe.

on October 17, 2011 at 1:32 PM

Yet another drama queen self-aggrandizing on the live stream, this one fussing with his hair. Broadway is coming sweetie!

Better than the stream of fat chicks and butch dykes I guess. Don't imagine any if the womyn down there have faces made for tv.

on October 17, 2011 at 1:35 PM

@20 ftw. Anonymous commenters from Fox for the epic fail - we can smell your fear.

Will in Seattle on October 17, 2011 at 1:40 PM

The girl that hit the cop (even perhaps lightly) is lucky he didn't slam her to the ground in cuffs. If this was NYC they'd have had 10 cops step on her neck. He just kinda smiles in a "Well OK!" look. Then after the bike collision thing, you've got what looks like cops and protestors all apologizing to each other. NYC, we'd have had the guy tripped arrested for attempted murder of a cop.

Joe Szilagyi on October 17, 2011 at 2:03 PM

You wanna know what I'm most upset about? Listen, I camped in Westlake all weekend, and when the police came on Saturday night knocking on my tent, I put my shoes on, threw my shoulder bag on, and sat determined on my sleeping pad, ready for what I thought was going to be an imminent arrest. There was no way in hell I was going to get out of my tent, pack it up, and politely clear the square. If they wanted me out, they were going to have to carry my ass out (despite a false alarm Sunday morning). As it turned out, the police chose not to clear the square that night. On Sunday evening, I finally headed home at about 11 p.m. because I had to teach my middle school classes the next morning. I planned to return after school today. What upsets me? That Deborah was one of the few protesters that made the cops pick her up and haul her out. Most everyone else politely packed their tents and bailed. Why does this upset me? Folks, stop being so damn polite and neutered. Make them carry you out. Stand your ground. Block the bank doors. Get arrested. Fill up the jails (hell, at this point, they're releasing you the next day, if not sooner). The civil rights movement didn't get anywhere sitting where they were told. Man up, Seattle.

on October 17, 2011 at 2:17 PM

This stupid "occupation" is more about squatting than it is about economic problems.

The CHZA on October 17, 2011 at 2:19 PM

I don't think the police needed to arrest her, but they did so very professionally.

I can't believe they didn't react more strongly to that woman who got in the officer's face multiple times. It seemed the offers were, once again, showing restraint.

I'm glad the cameraman didn't get arrested, because it seems that sometimes when an officer is tripped up -- even by accident -- that the person who caused the trip-up is also arrested.

And if the protesters wanted to get arrested, they could have just linnked arms with the woman. It really strikes me as odd that 1) there are so many cops down there not doing anything, and 2) that so many demonstrators seem to want to get arrested (for civil disobedience) but don't take the opportunity to do so when it arises.

Overall, I'm still hoping this protest makes a difference.

in-frequent on October 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM

I'm sorry, but after watching this video I actually have to side with the cops. If I were them, I would have lost it on that girl.

piojin on October 17, 2011 at 2:32 PM

"That Deborah was one of the few protesters that made the cops pick her up and haul her out"

Only after a morning of flashing her horrifying tits at people. Did you flash your tits at anyone in protest?

Y'all a bunch of pussies…except Deb, she's just fucking nuts.

on October 17, 2011 at 2:54 PM

:-), Sugartit, I did inadvertantly flash my junk at people all night in the alley which quickly turned into veritable Yangtze River of urine. (They took the bathrooms away this week.) I apologize profusely if you also found my junk horrifying.

on October 17, 2011 at 3:08 PM

:-), Sugartit, I did inadvertantly flash my junk at people all night in the alley which quickly turned into a veritable Yangtze River of urine. (They took the bathrooms away this week.) I apologize profusely if you also found my junk horrifying.

on October 17, 2011 at 3:10 PM

@33 I'm sure for $20 Deb would have relieved u in that alley too.

Btw how come all these poverty mavens have $8 smoking habits Plus demand free health care?

on October 17, 2011 at 3:16 PM

I can only imagine how much OT this is creating for SPD. They'll be the big winners out of this. Are all these protesters aware of how many fruit picking jobs are currently available in eastern washington? The fruit is literally rotting on the trees due to a shortage of farmhands and they're paying up to $15 an hour. Oh, what's that? That would require actual work? Sorry, how silly of me.

on October 17, 2011 at 3:19 PM

This is just wrong! Deb is a mentally ill homeless person, well known to the police. They treat her as gently as they can because she is mentally ill. Deb's presence is more a symptom of our collective refusal to fund mental health care in Washington State than it is a symptom of anything else.

Ballard Pimp on October 17, 2011 at 3:23 PM

Yeah, I don't get that either, Sugartit! Or how oil companies are having the best profits ever, but demand continued (or increased) government subsidies! Or how big banks have had their best two years, ever, but insist on keeping their bail out money (and then use this for bonuses for execs)! People are funny, huh?

on October 17, 2011 at 3:23 PM

Akb, the problem is, many of the protesters I met (including me), already have jobs. Some of us work at Microsoft, some work as teachers, some as lawyers. I'm sorry--it was probably a lot easier to think of us as lazy, unemployed dope addicts. Hard to believe, I know, but even some of us gainfully employed, middle class-ers are pissed off, too. But I do give you my word that if I lose my job, I may consider picking apples.

on October 17, 2011 at 3:29 PM

Errrrrik, the banks all paid back TARP funds with interest. We the taxpayers did very well at above market interest rates. Only ones who didn't pay back were AIG (insurance company) and GM with all its union employees.

But I'm sure googled that.

on October 17, 2011 at 3:42 PM

@37

Deb's presence is more a symptom of our collective refusal to involuntarily lockup the mentally ill thanks to the ACLU. deb has no doubt had plenty of access to mental health professionals but refused to follow orders and take her meds. She island her tits re the price of freedom I guess.

on October 17, 2011 at 4:13 PM

Poor Sugartit. You must have a hard time in life, that's why you take out your pent-up rage on Slog.

There's nothing wrong with seeking out mental health services, you know.
When you write sentences like this--"She island her tits re the price of freedom I guess."--it indicates that perhaps you could use some meds yourself. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

trollstalker on October 17, 2011 at 4:49 PM

Meds or iPhone spell check while I drive?

Btw here's some facts for you to chew on:

"Bloomberg wires:

The U.S. government’s bailout of financial firms through the Troubled Asset Relief Program provided taxpayers with higher returns than they could have made buying 30-year Treasury bonds -- enough money to fund the Securities and Exchange Commission for the next two decades.

The government has earned $25.2 billion on its investment of $309 billion in banks and insurance companies, an 8.2 percent return over two years, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That beat U.S. Treasuries, high-yield savings accounts, money- market funds and certificates of deposit."

..

Don't get me wrong, banks should have never been allowed to loan money to half these fucking deadbeats. Luckily now they can't.

Btw I just got a 3.9% 30 yr fixed!

on October 17, 2011 at 5:06 PM

Ha ha….watching Occupy Seattle on Livestream. @951PM, chick says

"We are individuals"

I shit you not, the crowd answers

"We are all individuals"

Great comedy! Here's where Occupy Seattle learned their political skills:

tinyurl.com/3fcefwk

on October 17, 2011 at 9:59 PM

@28 investigate paragraphs.

Like white space ...

Will in Seattle on October 18, 2011 at 12:43 PM

@45 Paragraphs are meant to be more than one or two sentences.

KittenKoder on October 19, 2011 at 6:39 AM

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