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#KimaniGray RT @johnknefel: 1 arrest at 35 & church

UPDATE: Police said to be preparing "kettle nets" as arrests continue at #BrooklynProtest: http://rt.com/usa/police-flood-brooklyn-neighborhood-238/ …

On March 14 2013 12:25 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
So the Kimani Gray candlelight is pretty much over as the NYPD arrived and have started to arrest people en masse.

On March 30 2013 15:25 Tewks44 wrote:


First of all, as far as I know this has nothing to do with the Occupy movement. Second of all, these protests were at times violent and led to looting/vandalism in some areas. In fact, some media outlets referred to these protests as riots, and with good reason. I don't wanna make a judgement call either way, but at least tell people the whole story.

On March 30 2013 15:31 aksfjh wrote:

Last I heard, things would calm down and then some people would come in from outside the neighborhood and rile people up again.

New details have surfaced regarding the surveillance protocols used by Bank of America to keep tabs on social activists. Last year, Anonymous hacktivists published 14 gigabytes of private emails and spreadsheets which revealed that Bank of America was monitoring social media and other online services used by activists for basic communication. This time however, information about the bank’s recent surveillance activities were obtained legally through a public records request by a single petitioner.

The newly published documents reveal a coordinated effort by Bank of America, the Washington State Patrol (WSP), and federal counterterrorism agencies, to monitor activists as they prepared for a public demonstration in Olympia, Wash. Over 230 people originally signed up to attend the “Million Mask March” event, which was organized by the Anonymous movement and took place on November 5, 2013.

Although an official report by the WSP described the event as a “peaceful protest” being organized by activists who had made “no threats of violence,” those involved were still monitored by the department before the event took place. Information gathered about the potential protesters was then shared with Bank of America. Furthermore, Bank of America solicited information about activists from various federal agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

According to Andrew Charles Hendricks, an activist who originally acquired the documents, the emails included the home address of a demonstration organizer. Hendricks claims he redacted the address before publishing the documents online.