When I visited Occupy Syracuse at the end of October, I noted the protester’s good relations with the police force of the medium sized city in Upstate New York. I wrote, “Unlike the situation in many other cities, where police are engaging in violent attacks against occupation protests, the Occupy Syracuse protesters are maintaining a positive relationship with their city’s law enforcement. When I visited the protest yesterday afternoon, one of the occupiers pointed out a single police car parked across the street. The protesters are bringing coffee and doughnuts to the officers in the car every now and then, and the police are helping the protesters stay safe.”
Now, nearly three months later, that positive relationship may be about to change – through no fault of the protesters. At 8:00 this morning, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner walked down to the Occupy Syracuse site and told the people there that they had 24 hours to stop their protest and leave.
The members of Occupy Syracuse are asking their supporters to contact the office of Mayor Stephanie Miner at:
Phone: (315) 448-8005
Email: Mayor@ci.syracuse.ny.us
…and to call Van B. Robinson, President of the Syracuse Common Council at: (315) 448-8466
It’s being coordinated by “our” “friendly” Homeland Security (goons) who don’t seem to know anything about the Constitution in their headlong race to a fascist police state. i’m afraid any verbiage to the mayor or city council will fall on deaf ears, as they have their “marching orders”.
We’ll find out tomorrow morning… but wouldn’t it be better to watch the destruction of the Occupy Syracuse protest knowing that you had done what you could to prevent it, instead of sitting by in mild acceptance?