My name is Kelly Schomburg, I’m the girl with the red hair in these pictures. I was protesting at the Occupy Wall Street march yesterday when I and several other women were sprayed with mace and subsequently arrested. Many have already seen the video, which has been spreading like wildfire over twitter, Facebook, tumblr, and other video feeds, along with hundreds of other photos and videos. This is my recount of what happened.
27th of September 2011
NOW I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE HARD FOR YOU, BILLY, BUT CAN YOU SHOW ME ON THE DOLL WHERE THE BAD MAN TOUCHED YOU?
Robert Reich: Why This is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America's Infrastructure
Seems like only yesterday conservative nabobs of negativity predicted America’s ballooning budget deficit would generate soaring inflation and crippling costs of additional federal borrowing.
Remember Standard & Poor’s downgrade of the United States? Recall the intense worry about…
It’s not just “hippies” voicing outrage.
WTF!!! She’s an older woman, this is RIDICULOUS!
Identified: NYPD Officer Who Maced Peaceful Protesters
A photographer has identified the cruel and cowardly NYPD supervisor who point blank maced a penned in group of young women and then slinked away Saturday at the Occupy Wall Street protests:
Deputy Inspector Anthony V. Bologna of the NYPD Patrol Borough Manhattan South.
TAKE ACTION
If you think Deputy Inspector Bologna should be fired and prosecuted for his abuse of power, file an on-line complaint:
- Mayor Michael Bloomberg: http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html
- and NYPD Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly: http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mailnypd.html
- and the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board: https://www.nyc.gov/html/ccrb/html/complaint.html
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Violence against Occupy Wall Street protesters.
My name is Kelly Schomburg, I’m the girl with the red hair in these pictures. I was protesting at the Occupy Wall Street march yesterday when I and several other women were sprayed with mace and subsequently arrested. Many have already seen the video, which has been spreading like wildfire over twitter, Facebook, tumblr, and other video feeds, along with hundreds of other photos and videos. This is my recount of what happened.
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i am ALL about this
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4th of August 2011
A horse at the Benjamin Nuñez campus of UNA, in Heredia, Costa Rica
Recorrido por la Universidad Nacional y Heredia
UNA has two campuses in Heredia: Omar Dengo and Benjamin Nuñez. All of my classes are located at Omar Dengo, which is where the majority of schools are located. The Spaniards in our group have their classes at Benjamin Nuñez since two of them are veterinary students and although I’m not sure what the third one does, I think it must be similar. I liked Benjamin Nuñez much more than Omar Dengo, but I’m predisposed to like places that have animals. They take in horses, goats, sheep, cows—generally animals that have been abused—and take care of them. The horses were incredibly sad to see, especially since my boyfriend has horses so I know what a healthy horse is supposed to look like. These horses were skeletal, skin tight over their ribs, and quite obviously terrified of us. Only one horse, a small pony, was willing to let us pet him; the rest shied away.
There was a goat that was incredibly friendly, despite the fact that it was plain that his horns had been removed in a cruel way. There was only a sharp little nub that remained, but he kept begging for attention despite past abuses from humans. His situation was probably the saddest for me, mostly because I thought it was sweet and a little sad that he still wanted attention from human beings after what he suffered, and when I accidentally brushed too near his horn (or what was left of it) he outright flinched, which was just devastating. The sheep were remarkably friendly too. One of the school employees told us that they don’t usually approach the fence, but they came up to us and let us pet them. We saw cows too, but from a distance.
I really loved Benjamin Nuñez, although we realized later how ridiculous it was to take so many pictures of animals you could find on any American farm. I’ll chalk that up to being from the Tri-State area. Omar Dengo is all right, but it’s more the academic branch of the university than the other campus. By that, I mean that they focus on reading, writing, etc. rather than gaining real experience in practice, such as treating abused animals. Omar Dengo is big; I have a feeling I’ll never be able to navigate well even though all five of my classes are in different parts of campus (planned that well). The campus a little run-down looking, similar to the rest of Costa Rica, but it’s because ticos are much less wasteful than Americans and are willing to put a little wear and tear into a building before replacing it. They are more concerned with whether something is functional rather than how modern or pretty it looks. Although I am used to the skyscrapers of New York, always fresh and modern, I kind of like this mentality. The more time I spend in Heredia, the more I realize how criminally wasteful Americans are. I can’t help but think of how frequently buildings and homes are painted in New York, not even to change the color, but just to look fresh and new. How necessary is that? I suppose in the states it’s more necessary than it is here; another building with a worn paint job won’t look bad in comparison to the surrounding buildings, which have equally worn paint jobs. Maybe I am being overly critical. I’ll save my conclusions for down the line when I’ve been here for more than three weeks.
