SWAT raid on organizers of Occupy Seattle & Everything For Everyone Festival
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Early morning [on] July 10, SWAT police forced their way into the Seattle apartment of organizers from the Occupy movement. Police kicked down the front door and threw flash-bang grenades into the house.
After the raid, the residents pored over the papers handed them by a detective. One explained: "This warrant says that they were specifically looking for 'anarchist materials' which lays out the political police state nature of this right there. In addition they were looking for specific pieces of clothing supposedly connected with a May First incident.
This action targets well known activists from Occupy Seattle and the Red Spark Collective (part of the national Kasama network). [The] apartment has been a hub for organizing the Everything 4 Everyone festival in August - to bring together West Coast forces for a cultural and political event building on the year of Occupy. Read More | everythingforeveryone.org | kasamaproject.org