OV: Clean-up order ignored. Protesters demand free cocaine and heroine.
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[del]It isn't updated on any online sources yet but the CBC hourly news on the radio reports that Occupy Vancouver will be ignoring the 10AM order by the fire chief to clean the site up due to fire and safety concerns. They cite that the art gallery is on native land and thus they do not have authority over what happens there. To further make themselves assholes, they are requesting the city and authorities to dispense heroine and cocaine to prescription users that are on site.[/del]
Anyways, here's the latest available news regarding the situation. I'll update it as the latest news comes in.
[B]UPDATE:[/B]
[quote]Occupy Vancouver protesters say they will remove some tarps they consider unsafe but don't plan to comply with all the demands from the Vancouver Fire Department to clean up the camp.
A camp spokeswoman, who only gave her name as Kiki, said the protesters don't recognize the authority of police, firefighters or other city officials in the camp, and they would resist any attempts by armed police to enter the camp on the lawn of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
They said the camp considered itself an autonomous and weapons-free community, and that city officials would be welcome as individuals but not recognized in their official capacity.
The statement came as a 10 A.M. PT deadline passed for the compliance order and protesters did take at least one tarp down.
Fire chief remain optimistic
Shortly afterwards, Vancouver's fire Chief John McKearney took a walk through the camp and said his concerns about safety have grown and he still expects all his orders will be complied with.
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[url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/11/04/bc-occupy-vancouver-victoria.html?cmp=rss]**SOURCE**[/url]
Okay, so in the end there was no mention of native land or drugs. Just pure stupidity.
Could a mod please edit the title?
[quote]Residents of the Occupy Vancouver protest camp have until 10 a.m. PT Friday to clean up and meet the terms of a compliance order issued by the fire department, but it is unclear whether they will comply.
Fire Chief John McKearney ordered the protesters to clear space between the tents, remove many of the tarps and unoccupied tents and get rid of all propane tanks and open flames.
The order was issued on Thursday after firefighters were called to the site when a protester had a cardiac arrest from a apparent heroin overdose.
McKearney said when firefighters arrived they had trouble accessing the camp and found two propane tanks inside some of the tents, despite previous orders from fire officials.
"As all can imagine these tents, not only the tents themselves, the canopies and all the combustible materials that are in there would be a flame thrower if fire did get going in there," he said.
"There must be full visibility, egress and access, on a 24/7 basis," said McKearney.
Protesters object to order
At the camp there was mixed reaction to the order, with some saying the tarps are necessary for residents to keep themselves dry in the cold wet weather.
Protester Matt Kvikstad objected to the fire department's compliance order, saying it was part of an effort to shut the camp down.
"It doesn't matter. They tried to tell us they wanted something done by a certain time before too. We didn't do it," he said.
"They can't do nothing. They are trying to get their foot in the door a little further and further to try and shut us down."
Early on Friday morning some protesters issued a statement saying they would restructure the camp, but may not meet all the fire departments terms by 10 a.m.
“We pride ourselves on creating a safe environment,” the unsigned statement said.
“We disagree that there is a health and safety violation here. We have a plan to restructure our community but until then, due to basic health and shelter needs, we won't be moving some of our tents,” the statement said.
"We are not leaving. Come join us. Everyone is welcome," said the statement.
But at city hall on Thursday Mayor Gregor Robertson said he expects the protest will eventually come to an end.
"I have made it clear the tent encampment has to end, that it's not a question of whether the tents leave the site, it's a question of how."
But Robertson did not set a deadline for the end of the encampment.
The statement issued on Friday morning also included a summary of the purpose of the protest, and some protesters also published a list of 59 demands on Thursday.
"Occupy Vancouver, in solidarity with other city occupations, has come together to transform the unequal, unfair, and growing disparity in the distribution of power and wealth in our city and around the globe.
"We challenge corporate greed, corruption, and the collusion between corporate power and government, and oppose systemic inequality, militarization, environmental destruction, and the erosion of civil liberties and human rights. We seek economic security, genuine equality, and the protection of the environment for all."[/quote]
[url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/11/04/bc-occupy-vancouver-victoria.html]**SOURCE**[/url]
[del]Asking for drugs is totally stupid but then pulling the native land card, even though the majority of the protesters are not native, is totally a dick move and should not count.[/del]
Idiots
Be clean, be decent and don't give them anything to lean on
Where are they asking for that at all? the only time they mention heroin is one person od'd there, and it never once says cocaine...
The drugs bit kinda' ruins their credibility.
Vancouver :rolleyes:
Is there such thing as prescription heroine?
dammit, don't ruin the entire movement by being silly, Vancouver!
[QUOTE=rundevil;33120524]Where are they asking for that at all? the only time they mention heroin is one person od'd there, and it never once says cocaine...[/QUOTE]
It was reported on the radio. I won't take it fully as a grain of salt until something hits Google News about it which should be pretty soon.
It just gets lower and lower.
[QUOTE=valkery;33120597]dammit, don't ruin the entire movement by being silly, Vancouver![/QUOTE]
IMO, the movement ruined itself after expanding out of Wall Street. Wall Street had a clear motive and reason, economic inequality, the others just seem to be trying to fix everything that everyone thinks is wrong in the world, and I do mean [i]everyone[/i]; there was one guy at OccupyTO talking about the FEMA holocaust, one protesting to abolish currency, and plenty of others taking it as a joke with signs like "I was told there'd be cake." When OccupyTO came to my university, trying of course to get a bunch of likely liberal and easily influenced students involved in the protest, the only thing about the economy I heard them talk about was student fees for a short while, the rest was just gripes about the government and meaningless sensationalism.
The occupy movement is going to run its own credibility down if it doesn't get its act together, there is a legitimate problem with economic inequality, but if you try and throw a bunch of other shit into the mix, nobody is going to take you seriously because they can't tell what you want. The spawn-offs need to re-orient themselves, pick a clear directive and stick to it or they'll never be listened to, and people will just start hating them more because the living conditions at the camps will keep getting worse, making the parks they occupy look and smell like shit, and the purpose of the movement will keep getting more and more diluted until it becomes just a total joke with absolutely no credibility, and OTO and evidently OV seem to be getting there pretty fast.
Vancouver fuck yeah.
[QUOTE=DaCommie1;33120741]IMO, the movement ruined itself after expanding out of Wall Street. Wall Street had a clear motive and reason, economic inequality, the others just seem to be trying to fix everything that everyone thinks is wrong in the world, and I do mean [i]everyone[/i]; there was one guy at OccupyTO talking about the FEMA holocaust, one protesting to abolish currency, and plenty of others taking it as a joke with signs like "I was told there'd be cake." When OccupyTO came to my university, trying of course to get a bunch of likely liberal and easily influenced students involved in the protest, the only thing about the economy I heard them talk about was student fees for a short while, the rest was just gripes about the government and meaningless sensationalism.
The occupy movement is going to run its own credibility down if it doesn't get its act together, there is a legitimate problem with economic inequality, but if you try and throw a bunch of other shit into the mix, nobody is going to take you seriously because they can't tell what you want. The spawn-offs need to re-orient themselves, pick a clear directive and stick to it or they'll never be listened to, and people will just start hating them more because the living conditions at the camps will keep getting worse, making the parks they occupy look and smell like shit, and the purpose of the movement will keep getting more and more diluted until it becomes just a total joke with absolutely no credibility, and OTO and evidently OV seem to be getting there pretty fast.[/QUOTE]
I do agree that people should find one thing to be mad about and stick to that, but you can't really blame people for wanting to use a protest to further their beliefs.
Why can no one spell heroin right?
[QUOTE=TehWhale;33122059]Why can no one spell heroin right?[/QUOTE]
Oh crap. I didn't notice the extra e there.
Anyways, I updated the OP so the title should be changing as soon as a mode comes through here.
Heroin, not heroine, for fucks sake
[QUOTE=DiBBs27;33120549]Is there such thing as prescription heroine?[/QUOTE]
No you have to find a tower where she's been imprisoned.
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