Oklahoma lawmakers took to social media to voice their concerns about the state budget.
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Park after dark
But tensions have escalated between city officials and the Occupiers, who have been camped in downtown’s Kerr Park since Oct. 10. Last week, after an alcohol-related disturbance, the city declined to accept the fee for a permit to protest in the park. The following day at an Oklahoma City Council meeting, council members and Mayor […]
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Park after dark
But tensions have escalated between city officials and the Occupiers, who have been camped in downtown’s Kerr Park since Oct. 10. Last week, after an alcohol-related disturbance, the city declined to accept the fee for a permit to protest in the park. The following day at an Oklahoma City Council meeting, council members and Mayor […]
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Counterpoint: Defending the disenfranchised
Unlike earlier protests in history, which were narrow in focus and concentrated on singular issues, the Occupy movement has grander aspirations: to take back America from the moneyed interests that have hijacked democracy in the name of greed. Occupiers call themselves the 99 percent, and assert that the richest individuals and corporations in America have […]
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Counterpoint: Defending the disenfranchised
Unlike earlier protests in history, which were narrow in focus and concentrated on singular issues, the Occupy movement has grander aspirations: to take back America from the moneyed interests that have hijacked democracy in the name of greed. Occupiers call themselves the 99 percent, and assert that the richest individuals and corporations in America have […]
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Counterpoint: Defending the disenfranchised
Unlike earlier protests in history, which were narrow in focus and concentrated on singular issues, the Occupy movement has grander aspirations: to take back America from the moneyed interests that have hijacked democracy in the name of greed. Occupiers call themselves the 99 percent, and assert that the richest individuals and corporations in America have […]
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Deceased ‘Poet’ remembered by Occupy OKC
On Oct. 31, 18-year-old Louis Cameron Rodriguez, called “The Poet,” was found dead in his tent at the downtown protest at Kerr Park. His cause of death has yet to be determined. One man who had befriended Rodriguez in his last few days paid for Rodriguez’s mother to fly in from Clarksville, Tenn., for the […]
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Deceased ‘Poet’ remembered by Occupy OKC
On Oct. 31, 18-year-old Louis Cameron Rodriguez, called “The Poet,” was found dead in his tent at the downtown protest at Kerr Park. His cause of death has yet to be determined. One man who had befriended Rodriguez in his last few days paid for Rodriguez’s mother to fly in from Clarksville, Tenn., for the […]
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Deceased ‘Poet’ remembered by Occupy OKC
On Oct. 31, 18-year-old Louis Cameron Rodriguez, called “The Poet,” was found dead in his tent at the downtown protest at Kerr Park. His cause of death has yet to be determined. One man who had befriended Rodriguez in his last few days paid for Rodriguez’s mother to fly in from Clarksville, Tenn., for the […]
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Occupy OKC memorial set for deceased man
Called “The Poet,” 18-year-old Louis Cameron Rodriguez was found dead Nov. 1 in his tent at the Occupy OKC protests, said Beth Isbell, a moderator for outreach workgroup for Occupy OKC. The cause of death has yet to be determined. Rodriguez was positively identified from a video posted online, Isbell said. The group is paying […]