BTL:Occupy Wall Street Movement Employs New Tactics to Confront Increased Police Violence

Interview with Arun Gupta, a founding editor of New York City's Indypendent newspaper, conducted by Scott Harris <!--break--> Occupy Wall Street Movement Employs New Tactics to Confront Increased Police Violence Interview with Arun Gupta, a founding editor of New York City's Indypendent newspaper, conducted by Scott Harris After six weeks of rapid expansion to cities and towns across the U.S., activists participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement witnessed some of the worst police violence on Oct. 25, when Oakland police reportedly used flash grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse hundreds of mostly peaceful protesters exercising their right of free speech at an encampment near City Hall. In the midst of the Oakland clashes, former Marine and Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen sustained a skull fracture when he was shot in the head by an unknown police projectile. Story continues http://www.btlonline.org/2011/seg/111111cf-btl-gupta.html

<p>Interview with Arun Gupta, a founding editor of New York City's Indypendent newspaper, conducted by Scott Harris</p> <!--break--><p>Occupy Wall Street Movement Employs New Tactics to Confront Increased Police Violence</p> <p>Interview with Arun Gupta, a founding editor of New York City's Indypendent newspaper, conducted by Scott Harris </p> <p>After six weeks of rapid expansion to cities and towns across the U.S., activists participating in the Occupy Wall Street movement witnessed some of the worst police violence on Oct. 25, when Oakland police reportedly used flash grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse hundreds of mostly peaceful protesters exercising their right of free speech at an encampment near City Hall. In the midst of the Oakland clashes, former Marine and Iraq War veteran Scott Olsen sustained a skull fracture when he was shot in the head by an unknown police projectile. </p> <p>Story continues<br /> <a href="http://www.btlonline.org/2011/seg/111111cf-btl-gupta.html">http://www.btlonline.org/2011/seg/111111cf-btl-gupta.html</a></p>