Occupy Wall Street Protesters Were Stockpiling Weapons

[jameseb]

Deputy Mayor Cas Holloway filed a motion on behalf of the city today opposing a court order requiring the NYPD to allow Occupy Wall Street demonstrators back into Zuccotti Park.

He also noted that after the October 1st Brooklyn Bridge march, "knives, mace and hypodermic needles were observed discarded on the roadway."

City Claims Occupy Wall Street Protesters Were Stockpiling Weapons, Fights Court Order To Reopen Park: Gothamist


I would have actually been impressed if they'd found a Klingon bat'leth as well.

 

[Autumnleaf]

They were old school, using maces and all.

 

[jameseb]

They were old school, using maces and all.

Trebuchets and arquebuses... now that would be classic.

 

[Autumnleaf]

Trebuchets and arquebuses... now that would be classic.

Once more to the breach dear friends!

 

[Wolseley]

I wonder how chain mail stacks up against Kevlar....

 

[Drekkan85]

Honestly if I were in amongst the druggies and homeless bums of a New York shanty tent-city I'd want to be armed for self-defence too.

 

[Supreme]

The mayor should comply with the court order if it decides in favour of the protesters. Thus, the protesters should be allowed back into Zucotti Park. However, there should be strict rules on bringing weapons, or things could get nasty.

 

[PreachersWife2004]

The mayor should comply with the court order if it decides in favour of the protesters. Thus, the protesters should be allowed back into Zucotti Park. However, there should be strict rules on bringing weapons, or things could get nasty.

Right...cuz these guys have such a history with following rules...

 

[seashale76]

Right...cuz these guys have such a history with following rules...

You're joking, right? These protests are perfectly peaceful in practically every way. No violence of any sort, no illegalities going on- why- those stories you hear in the news of such shenanigans must be mistaken. Peaceful protestors, peaceful police- it's all about peace.

 

[Paradoxum]

I would be impressed if they had a trebuchet hidden away somewhere

 

[Wolseley]

You're joking, right? These protests are perfectly peaceful in practically every way. No violence of any sort, no illegalities going on- why- those stories you hear in the news of such shenanigans must be mistaken. Peaceful protestors, peaceful police- it's all about peace.

Oh, no---those crimes all took place, and even much worse; but they were all committed by Tea Party people who were trucked in by bus, all paid for by the Republican National Committee.

 

[Umaro]

Oh, no---those crimes all took place, and even much worse; but they were all committed by Tea Party people who were trucked in by bus, all paid for by the Republican National Committee.

I do recall a good number of the Tea Party crowd carrying weapons around. Aren't the OWS protesters using the same right?

 

[Wolseley]

I do recall a good number of the Tea Party crowd carrying weapons around. Aren't the OWS protesters using the same right?

I remember maybe about three cases of Tea Party members carrying permitted handguns---perfectly legally. As for the OWS folks, I don't know the legality of the knives and clubs they had at the location, but if they didn't use them, the question is kind of moot, unless of course they were violating a local ordinance.

 

[jameseb]

I do recall a good number of the Tea Party crowd carrying weapons around. Aren't the OWS protesters using the same right?

Whoa, whoa, whoa... hold on there. There were only a handful of such people, and they were doing so because they were trying to bring attention to gun rights. Personally, I thought that was going too far, although it was perfectly legal.

I don't see what "protest Wall Street!" has to do with knives and maces though...

 

[Aeneas]

In other news,

Second Amendment | LII / Legal Information Institute

Isn't it amazing how OWS protestors are mostly adults and allowed to own guns? Never would have guessed.

 

[jameseb]

In other news,

Second Amendment | LII / Legal Information Institute

Isn't it amazing how OWS protestors are mostly adults and allowed to own guns? Never would have guessed.

Wow. That so totally doesn't address the confiscated knives, maces and home-made shivs, not to mention that they weren't allowed there to begin with.

 

[Aeneas]

Wow. That so totally doesn't address the confiscated knives, maces and home-made shivs, not to mention that they weren't allowed there to begin with.

Are you not allowed to own knives and Mace where you live?

 

[jameseb]

Are you not allowed to own knives and Mace where you live?

I don't live in a privately owned public park that bans weapons.

 

[Davidjayjordan]

Never trust weapons to protect you. trust the Lord and use your head and wisdom and FAITH.

The system has been stck piling weapons for ever, its now they make war on others and their own people. Weapons will not save you, they only make you more of a target

 

[Sayen]

This is a lot of to-do over a vague article. I'll bet half the posters on these forums regularly carry a knife or mace (mace, the spray, not maces, the medieval head bashers). Needles are a weapon? How many 'makeshift' weapons, like the pipe in the cardboard, were actually found? Why would people abandon their weapons on the side of the road? Too much is fishy here.