Vancouver "Occupyers" bit 2 cops, chief says

People participate in the Occupy Vancouver protest on Oct. 15, 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Thousands are taking to the streets in cities across the world today in demonstrations inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City. An estimated 2,000 people participated in the Vancouver occupation. / Jeff Vinnick/Getty Images

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's police chief has issued a public warning to Occupy protesters, ordering them to disperse after an overnight scuffle that sent two officers to hospital with human bite wounds.

Chief Jim Chu says a fight broke out when firefighters moved in to the protest camp to extinguish a fire in a barrel around midnight.

He says police stepped in when people in black masks and others he says were intent on violence formed a human chain to prevent the firefighters from doing their job and began to push them around.

Officers were then punched, kicked and bitten, while one had his ammunition clip stolen.

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However, according to Canada's Globe and Mail, a video of the incident shows police officers shoving some boisterous protesters. The police arrived to extinguish an open fire, which a few Occupy Vancouver participants nicknamed "a sacred fire." A couple of the Occupy participants ended up on the ground from the scuffle. The video can be seen here. (Warning: Video contains offensive language.)

Chu urged legitimate protesters to leave immediately if they wish to avoid arrest, though he refused to say how or when officers might move in to clear the site.

Lawyers for the city of Vancouver were scheduled to appear in British Columbia Supreme Court Tuesday asking for an injunction.

Last Saturday, a woman in her 20s was discovered "unresponsive" the Occupy Vancouver camp, and later pronounced dead, according to authorities. The cause of death has yet to be determined, but Lauren Gill, a protest organizer, said it appeared that the woman died of a drug overdose.

[One_American_________]

Obama's #OccupyPortland Protester Becomes Unhinged, Assaults News Crew:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CNjQuHeYlJg

"A protester yelled and got in the faces of several members of the KGW news crew. In between shouting obscenities and accusing them of "dropping bombs" on people, he proclaimed his commitment to non-violence. Other protesters gathered to help with the situation but became upset they found out that their fellow protester's actions were being recorded."


The OWS Leftists are clearly mentally ill, and this is self-evident when you see it up close.

[FlyingGoat]

Wonder about all these comments. I find the idea that protestors "intent on violence" would form a human chain. Note that in order to form a human chain, you're usually grabbing on to two people, leaving nothing to commit violence with... Erm...Other than teeth and feet, I suppose, but you try attacking someone while holding on to two people. Good luck with that.

The biting officers does sound fairly objectionable, though I do wonder just how that came about. An officer has to be near your mouth in the first place... Sitting on your back, maybe? Really need more info there to figure out who's to blame.

[zoharme]

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[DebbieCorona]

Were the people in black masks part of the black bloc that inflitrated the Occupy Oakland group and created havoc?

[erasmus111]

The firemen should have just turned their hoses on them.

It looked like they were all druggies, not legitimate protesters.

[tsigili]

Organized labor is wreaking havoc.....aren't they?

[Martha12345]

The protesters got tired of waiting for Nancy Pelosi to deliver them their cookies and milk. She tucks them into bed every night after a warm glass of milk.

[ErnestDervishian]

They must have been Caucasian Shepherds.