"New Zealand media have decided that the TPPa protests were about 2 police officers being attacked, and that the ideology was against the secrecy.
"The
media do not talk about NAFTA, they ignore the criminal corrupt
contracts that are being concocted by some 600 American business
lawyers, for who?
"The
media do say the TPPa is good for New Zealand exporters, fgs, how
many of us are exporters?"
--JZ
D8
TPPA Shutdown Protesters Refuse To Be Ignored
Occupy Savvy,
8 December, 2012
The frequently foolish John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, has a long track record of outright “ignoring” mass dissent amongst the population, boiling for over a year now.
8 December, 2012
The frequently foolish John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, has a long track record of outright “ignoring” mass dissent amongst the population, boiling for over a year now.
When
8,000 protesters amassed on the steps of Parliament in May, John Key
claimed from inside that very building, to be unaware
of their presence.
Today
those protesters showed that they will not be ignored.
The mainstream
media version of
today’s events is that a rogue female protester assaulted a cop,
resulting in the unrest. However, eye witness testimony from those on
the ground paints a vastly different picture.
As
does the extremely valuable live video coverage of the event,
broadcast by Occupy
Eye(NYC,
DC) and Redstar309Z (Auckland,
NZ) from the ground. Their streams are a must-see.
Below
is a mash-up of media from the day – videos, photos, and tweets. We
will continually add links and information as able.
After
Professor Jane Kelsey from Auckland University School of Law was
denied entry to hand over the petition, the boxes were set it alight
in protest. #d8 #tpp #tppa
Keyweekat’s
video of the symbolic burning of the rejected petition signatures:
The
protesters then scattered with a large group gathering for debrief at
Aotea Square, which was quickly surrounded by police, apparently
intent on kettling those still within the vicinity.
However
the display of violence against the young female had infuriated the
crowd, who openly confronted the police, telling them to stand down &
leave immediately, which they apparently wisely chose to do.
Police
Walk Of Shame from Aotea Square after assaulting protesters incl.
young women
:
- Middle-aged protester shows her bruises from being physically grabbed and thrown by police #d8 #tpp #tppa #anfs
3News
(who have a long track record of misrepresenting protest actions in
New Zealand) claim there were 30 police present. In reality, there
were a multitude of squads of 30-45 police each and likely in excess
of 30 police vehicles.
We
might wonder where TV3 and the other corporate media get their
information from. However, we know full well where they get it from.
In fact, we captured them getting it!
3News
report there were 30 police present. You be the judge.
There
were squads of cops like this at each corner/entrance to Aotea
Square, blatantly attempting to kettle the protesters who had fled
to Aotea to escape the violence at Sky City
Police
face off against protesters after assaulting numerous people (as per
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/27569157 live footage) #tpp #tppa #d8
Also
check out this must-read
blogpost with
more commentary and pics & vids shot from different angles.
Thank
you to the world for watching. Special thanks to Global
Rev & Ustream for
carrying the livestreams today. Big boo to Sky News for stealing
Occupy Eye’s stream without permission. More to come about that!!!
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