Occupy Protesters arrested for Justice "Why"

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I did this video to make people aware what going here in Occupy Nova Scotia and what is happens to posters being arrested by Halifax police for doing what right and just. This my support I can't be there!
Halifax police arrested 15 people Friday and took down tents at the site of a local Occupy Nova Scotia protest, hours after the city marked Remembrance Day.

The protesters had set up their encampment in a downtown park last week, after the city asked them to relocate from the nearby cenotaph where annual Remembrance Day celebrations were to take place.

The arrests occurred hours after the ceremony ended, when some protesters refused to leave the park protest site and a stand-off with police ensued.

"I am a taxpayer of Nova Scotia and I'm being arrested for occupying Nova Scotia," said protester Miles Howe, as he was being handcuffed in the rain.

Police Chief Frank Beazley said that the arrested protesters could face obstruction charges, after the city announced Friday that protesters were breaking bylaws and had to leave.

"While the Halifax Regional Municipality has respected the Occupy Nova Scotia participants' right to a peaceful assembly and their right to have their issues known publicly, it is now time to return Victoria Park, the Grand Parade and other HRM parks to the public at large," the statement said.

The notice from chief administrative officer Mike Labrecque also said it is illegal to camp in municipal parks, and that people are barred from the parks between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. unless they have written permission from the city.

Protesters still have the right to protest peacefully in parks during normal hours, the statement said.

Mayor Peter Kelly said that while he support the right to protest, the Occupy group "won't be able to use their tents to do it."

The city opted to evict demonstrators partly because the weeks-old protest had cost the city about $40,000 as of Thursday, Kelly told CTV News Channel.

By Friday night, the camp had been packed up and the group had moved to a nearby church to plan what their next move will be.

Some among them claimed victory after police moved on the camp, arguing that it would boost support for their cause.

"People have come together to support us and thanks to the mayor, I think that he's only made us stronger," said protester Struan Ford.

Their supporters appear to include New Democrat MLA Howard Epstein, who said the decision to evict the protesters on Remembrance Day "is a disgrace and undermines the very rights and freedoms our veterans fought for."

Last week, the protesters were asked to clear out of the Grand Parade so city staff could prepare the location for Remembrance Day ceremonies, which are held there every year.

They complied, moving to Victoria Park, but said they planned to return to the Grand Parade after Remembrance Day.

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[MarthaLauraGranados]

The Legal System is a Business!

They don't care about Justice!

The more they can get you to appear in court, the more they profit!

They are all Psychopaths: They convict and destroy people for their careers and money!

This applies to Judges, Lawyers, DA, US-Attorney, DOJ.... and anyone else who is a part of the legal system.

[Koog1e]

@MarthaLauraGranados yes legal policy goons are the criminal psychopath scumbags.. their moral authority sits piled up high on top of the recked lives & destruction they cause with their flawed black book morals written by legalese degenerates and that filth that is the cowardice politicians that sell the ignorant & complacent public on lies & manipulations through the twisted media moralizing scum. That all get fed from the sick minded intelligentsia, protected by corporate government rackets.

[DestinysGalaxy]

great!!!

[alternativecancertre]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[MrGeoMack]

Yes the few% with their psychopathic tendencies will only listen to violence. Power is all they respect. Indeed the western world may again go toward the terror of the guillotine. But remember this, most people will only be reached through the power of love. Forget making the greedy listen, they're incapable, concentrate on the rest, Gandhi was, and is, right. Peace and love is how to reach and awaken the majority. Most us are born with an injustice muscle, it is part of the human heart.

[ForeverVachon]

How would Canada & USA like it if we got violent like Europeans & Middle Easterns? Sometimes peace accomplishes nothing. The governments just will NOT listen to peaceful protests. Sad but true.

[TheAngiecool]

Thanks for sharing

[Tethyrin]

A beautiful song and video. Thank you for posting this.

[92359hg]

@dangervich Thank you for your reply - respects .... Cindy

[dangervich]

@92359hg I would like to be a 1%er though not financially. I don't have that kind of ambition. But to be part of a creative elite? Sure. I admire the guy who invented the wheel. Can you imagine how many foot-pounds of work his idea has done? And it continues to do long after his death? That's the 1% I aspire to. Or John Coltrane, Dante, people like that. A broad diverse healthy market is, I believe, in my best interest though I'm dirt poor.

[dangervich]

@3rdofcatjay LOL! 47% of Americans pay $0.00 in federal income taxes. The bribery of the near-majority has been a roaring success for the Democratic Party.

[dangervich]

@92359hg I apologize for the insult re: grammar. You are also right that lies are premeditated and I apologize for that too. Your passions got the better of you but that's the problem. When I ask someone of your point of view here in Toronto how they'd get food to 2 million people daily without a market, they just stare at me blankly. The incestuous relationship between lawmakers and business isn't the only culprit: it's voters willing to be bribed by other peoples' money.