GLOBAL REVOLUTION HQ RAIDED IN BUSHWICK; 6 ARRESTED • #GLOBALREVEVICTION


“We can do all of this from laptops”—Vlad Teichberg, GlobalRevolution.TV, after the #OccupyWallStreet and global protest news livestream channel was evicted from its NYC base

UPDATES FROM GLOBAL REVOLUTION

The Global Revolution collective has been covering Occupy Wall Street via live stream since Day 1. Originally based in Zuccotti Park, Global Revolution’s base of operations have relocated as the Occupy movement’s locations have changed. Most recently, a base of operations was established in Bushwick, Brooklyn, at 13 Thames Street.
JAN 2ND, 8PM EST  a notice was posted at the property stating that the production space is “imminently perilous to life,” and adds, “Violators of the Commissioner’s Vacate Order are subject to arrest.” No one else in the building was evicted.
JAN 3RD, 9PM EST — Six people in total were arrested at 13 Thames between 2-3pm on January 3rd and charged with Trespass, Obstructing Governmental Administration and Resisting Arrest. They are likely to remain in jail overnight.
JAN 4TH, 10AM EST — Video of arrests at 13 Thames added to Video Journal below.
JAN 4TH, 2:23PM EST — Streaming from inside the police van after arrests added to Video Journal below. As of now, everyone is still in jail. Update from the Atlantic Wire.
JAN 4TH, 9:30PM EST — We believe the arrestees are being arraigned.
JAN 4TH, 10:15PM EST — Confirmation that all arrestees have now been released. See Video Journal below for footage of the six released.

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