Occupy Chapel Hill - Group not entirely affiliated with OCH Arrested 11/13/2011

A group from the Anarachist Book Fair (not entirely affiliated with Occupy Chapel Hill) decided they would occupy a building on Franklin St. that has been vacant for at least a decade. This building, known as the "Chrysler Building", is used by its renter as a tax write off and left abandoned.

I happened to be grabbing dinner when I saw cops block off the street. I knew they were probably raiding this site so I headed down to see what was going on. I only had a cell phone with me so that is all I was able to shoot with. The Police raided with assault rifles drawn (which was clearly overkill). I didn't capture the initial breach, but that apparently came with officers in a white unmarked vehicle. I am not sure if I agree with this group of protester's tactics in taking the building, but the response was too much. They held it since yesterday prior to the raid which came in the 5pm hour.

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[SuperChefjackson]

Occupy chapel hill people are stupid and need to get jobs

[eyewall41]

@SuperChefjackson Ok much better, but still this is a tired and boring argument at this point. The fact is most involved with Occupy actually do have jobs. At Occupy Raleigh we trade out people often because of this. I myself am employed and educated yet I still occupy.

[lancelovesgolf101]

Oh, and who is officially affiliated with the occupy movemnt? I thought nothing was really official, kinda an anything goes atmosphere about it.

[eyewall41]

@lancelovesgolf101 The anything goes atmosphere is a misconception. Each Occupy has a general assembly (GA) which reaches consensus to make decisions for the group. The people who took this building, I am told, were not with the OCH GA. They were sympathizers from another group.

[lancelovesgolf101]

My friends live behind that building. I drive through that alley on the right to get to their house. I knew something had been goin on BC I constantly saw squatters in the parking lot to the left of the building. These ppl r nuts if they think anyone can stay in any random building and not being taken out by force.

[eyewall41]

@lancelovesgolf101 I am sorry your friends have to live behind that waste of space.

[eyewall41]

@SuperChefjackson When you are able to form a sentence that makes sense come back and talk to me. Thanks for playing.

[dday0881]

@PosersDilemma

My favorite part about your argument is that I can almost bet that you will complain because there are no jobs but when you see people without a job you say they should get a job. I agree the people shouldn't have been in that building, but the cops didn't need to go down there with assault weapons either.

[Judlap]

@AlexMercersRevenge Neither, it's the men in white suits taking them back to the looney bin.

[AlexMercersRevenge]

Hey who's driving the bus? The police or Chapel Hill transit?

[PrisonerNumber9653]

@Judlap That you call fighting for justice and equality a "crime," then use a hateful slur for the disabled to describe those standing up for what this nation's SUPPOSED to represent shows how low those being brainwashed to be tools of the far right will sink. This WAS a cesspool of crime, but because the victims were poor and minorities, you don't give a damn.

[Judlap]

@NocturnalApostle Yes the building became a cesspool of crime the moment you occu-retards broke in. 

[SuperChefjackson]

this is stank

[NocturnalApostle]

@iaintpdiddy96 - We're talking about vacant properties by people states away who let the properties become a ruin and cesspool of crime. If you would rather boarded up properties instead of "offices" of people fighting for your right, there's something wrong with you, and you should go elsewhere. I'm FOR the People, unlike some of so-called patriots.

[thehomelessguy]

Paranoia will destroy ya