On Wednesday evening, November 16th, I had an appointment to meet someone at the Starbucks next to Zuccotti Park.
We spent several hours talking. After we finished it was probably around 8 or 8:30, I wandered back to Zuccotti Park. It was raining. Soon there was a big commotion at the tiny little People's Library. This is a photo of the restored 'library' from earlier in the day of the police raid you're about to see.
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I immediately saw the reason for the pandemonium and now, so will you. I've been looking all over to find video of what happened next. I watched in horror, chocking back tears, as these books were seized and thrown into a garbage disposal unit.
I spoke to one good officer standing watch on Broadway and witnessing the carnage, and he said, 'yeah, this is bad, this is real bad'.
Here it is, from the You Tube Account of the People's Library. I would have posted this earlier had I found these videos.
The NYPD came in, and in yet another unwarranted and fascistic show of force, took the few books that were neatly arranged on the stone bench.
Have a look if you can bear it.
I submit to you that this is one of the most frightening developments to date in the history of Occupy wall Street.
In the first video, you will see the police move in preparing to seize the books.
In the second video you will see employees in yellow rain suits throwing the books in garbage dumpsters.
One week before ordering the destruction of OWS,Mr. Bloomberg was partying with his girlfriend at a benefit for the NY Public Library. This is an evil little man, if you don't know it already.
This is the final video of the police retreating.
You can read another diary here about Mr Bloomberg destroying books.