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Morning Report: They Don't Look Like Hippies

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Stop the presses! Alert the media!

LOS ANGELES - “Los Angeles police used nearly a dozen undercover detectives to infiltrate the Occupy LA encampment before this week's raid to gather information on the anti-Wall Street protesters' intentions, according to media reports Friday.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57336143/lapd-went-undercover-at-occupy-la/

Deirdre's Story of Abuse by the LA County Sheriff's Deputies [Video and Transcription]

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This is the account of one occupier who was arrested on the night of the Occupy LA raid. Her story is devastating, and no human being deserves to be treated this way.

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LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck

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I was doing some research the other night and found out Los Angeles Police Chief Beck was assigned to the C.R.A.S.H. (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) unit of the LAPD, which was the elite but highly controversial police unit involved in the rampart scandals of Los Angeles in the 90's.

Morning Report: Road Ahead

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"The movement is at a crossroads," the mayor said. "It is time for Occupy LA to move from holding a particular patch of park land to spreading the message of economic justice and signing more people up for the push to restore the balance to American society."

Morning Report: Citizen Journalist Britten

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Suggestions from the peanut gallery about how the Occupation Movement should proceed are flooding in from every direction. Here's some samples:

"'They should come up with a short term list of no brainer agenda items,' said Collinge, wearing a huge sign in the rain at New York's Zuccotti Park calling for student loan reforms.”

Morning Report: Invitation to Leave (Updated)

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The Tree People were the last casualties of the LAPD midnight raid. They were finally removed with bean bags in what turned out to be the most dramatic event of the evening. Despite the fact that more than 200 people were arrested, there wasn't much in the way of violent confrontations. Over a thousand LAPD officers remaining calm and reserved throughout.

Morning Report: Venues

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Not much activity over night. The cops didn't make any sort of advance on the remaining occupiers at City Hall. Turns our there were five plaintiffs in the federal lawsuit filed on behalf of those who became residents for 58 days. Mario Brito, Matt Ward, Jim Lafferty and two others (Kat and Jessie) made the civil complaint against the city, the mayor and LAPD.

 

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