The OccupyUSA Blog for Tuesday (March 13), With Frequent Updates

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http://www.thenation.com/blog/166752/occupyusa-blog-tuesday-march-13-frequent-updates

9:45 If you've missed the major flap over use of homeless people at SXSW in Austin to provide "hot spots" for wireless.

9:10 Just received an email from an OWS press person: "Occupy Atlanta shut down 5 (?) Chase banks today,
and got a swift and harsh response from local authorities. Currently 8 of their members are being held in DeKalb County jail on a total of $5.2K bond. Below is the email we received from Timothy Franzen, long time organizer from Atlanta.

"The 8 jailed in Dekalb County have been rushed before a judge. This is NOT a good thing. Their bond has been set at $650 cash per person. That's $5,200 to get 8 of the 14 out of jail (it would have been around $650 to get ALL 8 of them out before). This is an OBVIOUS reaction to the prisoners being political. If
you can help in any way, to any amount, please do. https://www.wepay.com/donate/65516 We are short about $4200. and have really tapped our base hard." Strong video of protest and arrests here.

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1. I suppose rapid arraignment better than being left to rot in an un-airconditioned lockup for 72 hrs.

But I guess Georgia's in the business of prosecuting any dissent whatsoever in their new fascist regime they've set up there since 2004