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Judge orders woman to unoccupy Boston

A Framingham woman charged with punching and spitting at police officers investigating a possible domestic-violence situation at the Occupy Boston encampment was ordered to stay away from Dewey Square - and anything else having to do with Occupy Boston - while charges remain pending against her, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

According to the DA's office, around 5:15 p.m. last Saturday, police were talking to a woman in a tent whom some other occupiers thought might be under assault by her partner. The DA's office says the woman was telling officers that while they had argued, no blows were exchanged when Jade Anderson, 19, butted in:

As the officers were speaking to the woman, Anderson allegedly ran toward them and began chanting anti-police slogans, spraying the officers with spittle as she did so. Anderson is said to have tried pushing past one officer to get closer to the others as they conducted their interview. At this point, the officer whom she allegedly pushed told her to leave the area.

Instead, authorities say, Anderson became extremely aggressive and punched the officer in the face. When another officer intervened, she allegedly punched him in the face as well, and the three went to the ground as officers tried to take her into custody. It was several minutes before officers were able to place her in handcuffs.

Anderson posted bail after her booking, then failed to appear in court for arraignment, the DA's office says. Then, Wednesday afternoon:

Officers spotted Anderson again, though she had apparently dyed her hair from blond to purple. She allegedly tried to flee when they approached her and kicked one of the officers above his left knee when they placed her under arrest.

As they transported Anderson to the Area A-1 station, the officer she most recently assaulted asked why she had kicked him.

“Because you [expletive] deserve it,” she allegedly responded. She is said to have apologized for that act later, adding that she “had to do what she had to do to fight the corruption.”

At her arraignment today on multiple assault charges and charges of disorderly conduct, Boston Municipal Court Judge Eleanor Coe Sinnott set bail at $850 and ordered Anderson to stay away from Dewey Square and all other Occupy Boston activities within Boston city limits. She is next due in court for a hearing on Dec. 16.

Innocent, etc.

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"peaceful protest"

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"Corruption." Hey Jade, this is Boston, Not Oakland. Or UC Davis. No one's clearing you out with bulldozers or spraying pepper spray on motionless people. They're investigating a legitimate complaint, not "Oppressing" you.

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Boston Globe reporter VIDEO saw one guy get tackled by four BPD officers and one or two of the Veterans for Peace get hammered but the rest of the 141 arrests were without noticeable violence.

And this, Demonstrators’ Property Is Destroyed By Police and Commissioner Ed Davis Calls It ‘Trash’, struck me as punitive and illegal because the taking of property by the state requires due process. An occupy group in NJ won their case for damages when the police trashed their shit there.

The roots of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying

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Does it bother you that Americans assembled peaceably in public and exercising their right to assemble, speak and seek redress from government are being evicted? ...that their protest, their assembly in public, and their speech is being repressed?

That question stands apart from the question of whether we agree as a majority of citizens that its OK for our municipal police departments to wield paramilitary weapons like pepper spray, tear gas, LRADs, flash bangs, night sticks, and Robo Cop outfits on peaceably assembled protesters.

Govt and non-profit groups have been equipping and training municipal police on paramilitary weapons and tactics, as we have done throughout the world for much longer than since 9/11. You will see this undemocratic use of power, this authoritarian response when power feels the need to repress in order to maintain power. America has been on this path since 9/11 and it will be difficult to reverse unless we all push in the same direction.

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Is it considered police brutality when the cops get brutalized?

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nope, that's considered OK. There won't be any college professors leading marches for that.

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