Police wary of Occupy presence at Gingrich speech
Campus police were on alert after being warned of the presence of Occupy Charleston members on the Sottile Theater balcony during Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s speech on Monday. According to one public safety officer, they were given the tip by an “anonymous suited man” and subsequently moved several more officers upstairs to the balcony....
Ten members of Occupy Charleston arrested in Marion Square
Ten Occupy protesters were hauled off one-by-one early Wednesday morning amid furious chants and screams from their fellow occupiers. A little after midnight, more than 40 police officers arrived at Marion Square and encircled the protesters’ camp near the fountain at the southwest corner of the park. Nine of the arrested were released from county...
Charleston ‘Occupies’ Brittlebank Park for 99 hours
Stopping on a slightly familiar historic Charleston street corner, I called the Occupy Charleston organizer I was supposed to interview. “I’ll meet you outside,” she said. “Oh, and I hope you don’t mind if some of my friends are here.” She led me down an old cobbled alley and through a gate into a pleasant...
Occupy Wall St. spreads to Charleston
#OccupyCharleston, the grassroots movement that has recently sprung up in the wake of the ongoing Wall Street protests in New York, held its first general assembly Thursday evening. Nearly 80 people crowded into Gage Hall, Charleston’s Unitarian church, to structure, organize and discuss future plans for the movement. Occupy Wall St. is an ongoing series...