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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 2, 2012

68 Occupiers Arrested In NYC on New Year's Day

New York City police officers arrested 68 Occupy protesters, who returned to Zuccotti Park in New York City and pulled down police barricades to celebrate New Year's.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 8, 2011

Denver PD 'Regrets' Officers' Occupy Texts

A 30-page volume of car-to-car text messages released Wednesday by the Denver Police Department shows — in occasionally unflattering detail — the behind-the-scenes attitudes and frustrations of officers assigned to patrol Occupy Denver protests.

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Inside the Badge by Greg MeyerDecember 6, 2011

Crowd Control Policy and the 'Occupy' Movement

Guess who the elected officials (or campus officials) send in to take down the tent cities and "evict" the protestors. (Do you have a mirror handy?)

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 5, 2011

U.S. Park Police Arrest 31 Occupiers Over Wooden Structure

U.S. Park Police officers arrested 31 Occupy D.C. protesters who had erected a wooden structure in a park two blocks from the White House. Officers used a cherry picker to pluck several protesters from the roof of the structure on Sunday night.

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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienDecember 2, 2011

Mob Rules: Was 2011 the Year of Lawlessness?

Two popular social movements in 2011—flash mobs and occupiers—placed a great strain on cities and their LE agencies. It wasn't long before both movements were infiltrated and hijacked by troublemakers bent on violence.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 30, 2011

Video: Police Clear Occupy Camps In L.A., Philly

Police cleared out the nation's largest remaining Occupy camps by early Wednesday in Los Angeles and Philadelphia, arresting more than 250 and avoiding the more violent confrontations in New York, Oakland, and Portland.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 28, 2011

L.A. Under Tac Alert, Occupiers Seek Court Order to Stay

The Los Angeles Police Department declared a citywide tactical alert early Monday, as officers continued to try to peacefully remove Occupy Los Angeles protesters from City Hall property.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 22, 2011

Man Opens Fire Near Occupy Houston Camp

A gunman who taunted Houston Police officers to "Shoot Me! Shoot Me!" near the camp of the city's Occupy protesters got his wish, as officers shot him twice when he refused to drop a .40-caliber rifle.

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Inside the Badge by Robert O'BrienNovember 22, 2011

Black-Bloc Anarchists: Revolution for the Hell of It

Even though anarchists who use black-bloc tactics are relatively few in number, their strategy and tactics of wreaking havoc, chaos and mayhem provides them with the sensational news coverage they crave.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 21, 2011

Video: Calif. Campus Chief Placed on Leave After Pepper-Spray Incident

Administrators said they placed Chief Annette Spicuzza on leave as "a necessary step toward restoring trust on our campus," UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi, said in a statement.

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