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Citing Fire Risk, New York City Cuts Occupy Wall Street’s Power

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Citing safety concerns, New York City’s police and firefighters confiscated potentially hazardous fuel cans and power generators from Zuccotti Park. “The gasoline & generators in Zuccotti Park posed a real threat of fire or explosion, particularly given the congested conditions,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office tweeted. Adding, “It’s illegal to store/use generators & fuel if it threatens public safety, so FDNY informed protestors that those items must be removed…Only goal was to keep protestors & public safe. From the start, we’ve done that in a way fully consistent w/the 1st Amendment.”

CBS 2 reports:

The FDNY were looking for safety violations. At issue: Propane tanks and gas generators being used to keep the protesters warm. The inspection, involving dozens of firefighters, was overseen by Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano.

Protesters turned over six generators and a dozen of gasoline cans, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

The Nation‘s Greg Mitchell blogged that law enforcement offices came around 8am and conducted a surprise inspection, raiding generators and fuel cans, citing them as a fire hazard. “Propane supposedly a threat, but campers point out they only use ‘bio-diesel.’… Cops and firemen sniffing bottles and jugs.” With temperatures beginning to dip below 40°, occupiers have been handed a bold, new challenge since their demonstration began September 17.

Watch police and fire personnel remove the power station below via The Atlantic;


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  • Pablo

    2-4 inches of snow this weekend. This should be hilarious.

    Hey, are we going to get the clip of Larry O’Donnell interviewing the Oakland Police Chief and a protester last night?

    L.O. to Protester: “Did you see anyone throwing bottles or rocks at the police?

    Protester: “Um, yes.”

  • Anonymous

    I was online talking to one of the live-stream crew when the NYFD showed up and confiscated their generators and fuel.  It’s a pretty predicable ploy in an attempt to freeze them out.  Well, it’s not going to work.  They’re just switching to crank generators, bicycle and solar generators.  They’re not going anywhere.  They can’t cook now though, so if you want to help, send power sources or hot food to 1 Liberty Plaza NY,NY.  Thanks!

  • Pablo

    Running in place is a good way to keep warm!

  • Anonymous

    mу bеst friеnd’s brother is making $ 81 per hоur working
    from home. hе was оut оf his jоb fоr eight mоnths but this september his salary
    wаs $ 7500 only by wоrking оn thе cоmputer fоr а fеw hоurs a day.

    for more info go to С А S H S H А R Р . С О М

  • Wake up

    Give me a break when you have tons of people smoking around fuel your asking for a big problem and something that can easily be avoided. Its amazing how blind people can be.

  • Anonymous

    There is a point rapidly arriving where OWS drowns out it’s own message by becoming a huge nuisance and doing all kinds of harm and damage.

    Do these people and this movement want to be remembered for their cause or their damages and problems?For populist anger or theft and drug use?

    These people are in the wrong place,they should be occupying capital hill and the White House lawn.

  • Anonymous

    They’re not morons.  They know how to be safe with generators.  

  • Anonymous

    waa waa waa

  • TruDat

    Their scum and no amount of liberal media whitewashing can hide that fact.

  • TruDat

    Sounds like the perfect place for Al Queda to set off a dirty bomb.

  • TruDat

    Wrong.

  • Ralph

    oh no, not the biodiesel too!

  • TruDat
  • Anonymous

    The Iraqi vet that the Left and the Meida, including Mediate, was trying to get radicals to rally around turns out to be ANTI-MILITARY AND ANTI-JEWISH;

    http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2011/10/good-grief-leftie-hero-scott-olsen-is-founder-of-i-hate-the-marines-com/

  • Anonymous

    Not hardly. She sounds more opressive than progressive.

  • Anonymous

    If you want to help, go get arrested delivering contraband to them. No one wants to assist an illegal occupation of private property, except liberal nut cases of course.

  • Anonymous

    But they are morons or they wouldn’t be there in the first place.

  • Anonymous

    You had to this was bound to come out.

  • Anonymous

    Cut their power, cut their water, cut their buttocks with a bull-whip. Head ‘em up, move ‘em out.

  • http://www.facebook.com/TheStilettoBlog Victoria Knox

    What is the “biodiesel” made from — their pee and poo, since they lack Portapotties? Why waste it befouling police cars when you can use it for warmth and cooking?

  • Pablo

    Apparently, they don’t know how to be up to code.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1572984371 Cindy Nowicki

    The vets organization, named ( I think?) “Veterans for Peace,”  is also aligned and works with, Code Pink…..

    Thanks for the link…

  • Anonymous

    What? You mean serving in the USMC is not all puppy-dogs, rainbows and unicorns dancing in the mist?
    What a rude awakening! I’ll bet this twit had to be forced to do everything and I would be surprised if he ever made it past private.

    Adding the antisemitism to his laundry list of bad traits and wow, what a shining example of a veteran to hold up as a pro-demonstration supporter. If we look at the other supposed veterans supporting this movement are we going to find similar qualities in them too?

    Most of the vets I know are not opposed to observing the law or disobedient when orders are given by the police. If anything, a lot of the police and fire department guys have some service experience before they joined the PD or FD.

    This fake movement is pure astroturf and they prove it daily.

  • lazzzlo

    Oakland gets snow this weekend…boy I am out of touch.  No wonder Darla asked me where I was from.

  • lazzzlo

    Good luck on a crank generator.  We’ve dealt with them down here in Florida when the power goes out during storm season.  

    MRIs would work for the food.

  • lazzzlo

    I wonder who makes them there generators?  And what kind of global footprint that might make?

    Plus the oil, gasoline and the non-perishable containers that contain said fuel.

  • http://www.thefriendcenter.com/ SoThere

    dood,

    we put idiots like that on Point.

    “TMP”

  • lazzzlo

    The only reason I am being this mean is because it is funny watching people re-define their creature comforts, but only for a bit.

    I think it is great; I’ve been “outdoorsy” for over 30 years.  It’s uncomfortable and, I’m tall, my back eventually ends up hurting.

    Y’all seem woefully inadequate to stick your guns.

    Get an REI catalog and order appropriately.

  • Anonymous

    That’s about the extent of their usefulness. I wouldn’t trust them behind me either.

  • http://twitter.com/weezmgk weezmgk

    Biodiesel is vegetable oil. It’s very difficult to ignite, even with a directly applied open flame. The confiscation of biodiesel gensets & biodiesel fuel is nothing but a bureaucratic manoevre designed to silence OWS. Won’t work. There will be a bucket-brigade of charged batteries carried into the encampment. Next?

  • Bohratom

    Bloomberg needs to get some balls like his fried Rahm has in Chicago.

  • Anonymous

    Bravo!

  • Anonymous

    Two activists from Alaska have arrived to train them on how to properly camp out in cold weather.  They’re receiving all the help they’ll need.

  • Anonymous

    Boo!

  • Anonymous

    Still afraid I’m going to oppress you.  BOO! again!

  • Anonymous

    All the violence expressed against your fellow Americans.  Thank you for expressing it on the record.

  • Anonymous

    No, not really, you and the whole Occupy movement don’t impress me or cause me to be afraid. You are a pitifully weak group of foolish children.

    I am not impressed or oppressed by you. I do hope you get some help for those delusional episodes you put on display here on a regular basis.

    I do think there is a certain irony in that people who call themselves progressive are so repressive of ideas other than their own. Your superiority complex is completely unwarranted.

  • Anonymous

    All veterans are for peace, as long as it does not come at the expense of freedom.

  • Anonymous

    I think you need to come up with more than part of a word to describe yourself.

  • Pablo

    OK, that’s funny right there. You think maybe they’ll learn to build a fire? In Lower Manhattan? Aaaaahahahahahahaaaa!!!!!

  • Fuzzytoes

    Did anyone notice all those cars and buses with gas tanks and engines with generators on them running around creating fire  hazards. Get real. Get them off the street, protect the population already. Also keep that stuff out of the woods and forests too.

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