The Obama Administration Encouraged Law Enforcement To Let The Occupy Movement Break The Law

by John Hawkins | August 8, 2012 2:31 am

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What do you think the chances are the Obama Administration would have: done this for Tea Partiers[2]?

On Nov. 6, 2011, DHS/National Protection and Programs Directorate Chief of Staff Caitlin Durkovich and GSA Public Buildings Service Commissioner Robert Peck, who has since been fired, communicated via email and specifically discussed Occupy Portland protests that were occurring on federal property in Portland.

Durkovich wrote:

I am sorry to be emailing you on a Sunday night, but wanted to let you know our Press Shop has received a couple of calls from Portland media outlets about a group of 11 protesters who again set up camp at Terry Shrunk Plaza in Portland last night. They have chained themselves to a large drum filled with concrete. GSA controls the permits and has asked FPS [Federal Protective Services] not to enforce the curfew at park and the prohibition on overnight encampments. Reporters have asked if we will be arresting the protestors as FPS did last week.

Our FPS Commander in Portland says they are standing down and following GSA’s request to only intervene if there is a threat to public safety.

Peck responded:

Caitlin: yes, that is our position; it’s been vetted with our Administrator and Michael Robertson, our chief of staff, and we have communicated with the WH [White House], which has afforded us the discretion to fashion our approach to Occupy issues…The arrests last week were carried out despite our request that the protesters be allowed to remain and to camp overnight…

Even with help from sympathetic Democratic mayors and the White House, there have been more than: 7,000 arrests[3]: associated with the Occupy Movement. As I wrote on the Huffington Post back in February, it’s time for the White House to start treating the: Occupy Movement like a criminal gang[4]: instead of working to help it get away with breaking the law.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: http://dustinstockton.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/OccupyPortland_poster01sm1.jpeg
  2. done this for Tea Partiers: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/emails-reveal-fed-agency-ordered-law-enforcement-to-stand-down-and-not-arrest-occupiers-after-consulting-obama-white-house/
  3. 7,000 arrests: https://twitter.com/OccupyArrests
  4. Occupy Movement like a criminal gang: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-hawkins/its-time-for-the-fbi-to-c_b_1256092.html

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