Whirl-Mart Arrest
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Wanted to share this post from Colorado
http://colorado.indymedia.org/newswire/display/12124/index.php
Since its creation in 2001 in Troy, NY, Whirl-mart has been staged in all sorts of places internationally by autonomous organizers and groups - from Arkansas, to Stockholm, to London, to Australia, to Mexico City and lots of places in between. But this is the first known occurrence of an arrest taking place! ther have been threats and police presence, but never has whirling (reclaiming consumer space in a single file line, while not actually shopping) been deemed illegal. Is it me, or is this a broader trend that represents the criminalization of assumed legal behavior as the
police state coagulates its post-911 power. I would love to hear your related stories.
Wanted to share this post from Colorado
http://colorado.indymedia.org/newswire/display/12124/index.php
Since its creation in 2001 in Troy, NY, Whirl-mart has been staged in all sorts of places internationally by autonomous organizers and groups - from Arkansas, to Stockholm, to London, to Australia, to Mexico City and lots of places in between. But this is the first known occurrence of an arrest taking place! ther have been threats and police presence, but never has whirling (reclaiming consumer space in a single file line, while not actually shopping) been deemed illegal. Is it me, or is this a broader trend that represents the criminalization of assumed legal behavior as the
police state coagulates its post-911 power. I would love to hear your related stories.
posted by thevacuumcleaner at
10:49
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