SWAT team move in on sleeping students-dissent is squashed with the usual police brutality

Tuesday we saw more of police state tactics as SWAT teams broke into an apartment and arrested members of the Seattle Occupy Wall Street. Once more we see government repression against people for simple dissent. I recommend the following three articles.​-សតិវ អតុ

From the Kasama Project;

…….This posting from the  Stranger give new details on this morning’s raid. (Thanks to Dom and  Brendan Kiley)

This Morning, Police Raided a House in the Central District
Looking for a Black Hoodie, a Pink Scarf, and “Paperwork—Anarchists”

(Or, Since When Are Pamphlets Evidence of a Crime?)

At approximately 5:45 am this morning, L was sleeping in bed with his girlfriend, in his Central District apartment. (L spoke with me before speaking to an attorney, so I’ve agreed to leave his name out of it until he consults one.) The apartment is on the third story of an old house that’s been partitioned off into apartment units.

For more click here.

From RT;

A Seattle, Washington apartment rented by members of the local Occupy Wall Street chapter was raided and ransacked by the local SWAT team early Tuesday as part of an investigation into alleged anarchist actions.
In a press release published after the event by a spokesperson with Occupy Seattle, the group says that all four residents of the Judkins Park area apartment were sleeping during the 6 a.m. raid. Authorities still used a battering-ram like device to break down a door and deploy stun grenades, however, a non-lethal weapon used to disorient its victims.
“Suddenly we heard the bang of their grenade, and the crashing as police entered the apartment,” neighbor Natalio Perez tells the Kasma Project website. “The crashing and stomping continued for a long time as they tore the place apart.”
The Seattle Police Department has since explained to the public that the raid was in conjunction with an ongoing investigation into protests that occurred during the May Day actions earlier this year. The police add that by executing the search warrant, they were able to collective “evidence that will be useful” in their ongoing probe.

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From ((i));

 

SWAT raid on organizers of Occupy Seattle & Everything For Everyone Festival

by equalize ( equalizePDX [at] gmail.com )
Wednesday Jul 11th, 2012 6:55 AM

Early morning, 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.

This action targets well known activists from Occupy Seattle and the Red Spark Collective (part of the national Kasama network).
This 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.

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2012/07/416761.shtml

For more click here.