Occupy the Midwest participants were beaten and arrested late Thursday evening. Sorry this is short, but I'll get more details. Call St Louis Mayor and Police Dept. NOW to show your solidarity with our Occupiers. St Louis Mayor Francis G. Slay phone 314-622-3201. St Louis Police is 314-231-1212. This was an unprovoked attack on many who were on public space, on the sidewalk or street, as they were leaving the Compton Hill Reservoir Park.
Occupy the Midwest is being held March 15-18th in St Louis. Schedule of events can be found on their website at http://www.occupythemidwest.org/...
Video shows the Occupiers were starting to move out of the park when officers closed in and starting using batons on the Occupiers. There were about 120 people in St Louis today for the first day of Occupy the Midwest. A couple thousand more are expected Friday and Saturday at the event. Let's not back down. Get to St Louis ASAP for events Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Here's the video from tonights crack down.
http://www.ustream.tv/...
I spoke with my friends with OccupySpringfieldMO and they are all ok. We're hyped for more events tomorrow. Stand up with us and let your voices be heard. Let the powers that control us know that the world is watching.
Sorry, I'll update more tomorrow as I get more information. I'm currently not at the action, but I'll be down there tomorrow and Saturday for sure.