Occupy Dallas continues to gain momentum SMU Daily Campus

 While attending college at Louisiana State University, Eubilia Engel decided to study nursing. Once in the program, she decided nursing was not a good fit so she dropped out.
Engel, 23, has been traveling and working odd jobs ever since. She currently lives in Arlington with her younger brother who attends the University of Texas at Arlington. She works as a part-time waitress.
When the protest movement Occupy Dallas began Oct. 6, Engel jumped at the opportunity to join and has been a strong figure in the movement. She is in charge of running the library at the Occupy Dallas headquarters on S. Akard Street. She organizes the books that have been donated and distributes them to people interested in learning about issues involving political science or economics.
She has been camped out at the site since day one, leaving only to work and bathe.
Engel is one of the dozens of people who have joined Occupy Dallas. Their demands aren't completely clear and interviews with a handful of people recently found a wide array of perspectives and goals.
The group on any given day includes people from those who barely graduated fifth grade, to people with graduate degrees and full time jobs.
"Think about it like a family at the Thanksgiving dinner table, when everyone goes around saying what they are thankful for. You are not going to get one consistent answer," Robert Porter, a leader for Occupy Dallas who received his MBA in Management Information Systems from University of Dallas and currently works for the Texas Department of Transportation, said. "A key thread that everyone participating in Occupy Dallas agrees on is fighting injustice."

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Occupy Dallas Marches In Support Of Dallas Police CBS [video]

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Occupy Dallas found themselves toe-to-toe with police officers again today. But it was a far different scene than Monday’s clash in downtown that sent 23 of its members to jail.
Police have used riot gear and taken a hardline approach to protesters in Oakland and Atlanta.
Despite a confrontation in Dallas Monday, this branch of Occupy Wall Street did something unexpected Thursday.   The group marched from its camp site behind city hall through downtown to Dallas Police headquarters.

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Occupy Dallas protesters march to police headquarters to show support for officers

The members of Occupy Dallas apparently don't hold a grudge.
The group marched from their campsite at City Hall to Dallas police headquarters this afternoon to support the force and higher pay for officers, staff writer Tanya Eiserer reports.
Their demonstration comes just three days after Dallas police arrested 23 protesters who blocked an entrance at a Chase Bank downtown.
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Occupy Dallas: Thanks for Your Witness blog from @ericfolkerth

Just a short blog today to publicly thank the folks at Occupy Dallas for organizing a march in support of the Dallas Police, and to offer some brief reflections on it.

As you may have heard, 23 members of Occupy Dallas were arrested Tuesday, in front of a downtown Chase Bank location for blocking customer access to the bank. They were charge with disorderly conduct, and held overnight.

I recognize that not everyone will be supportive of that kind of direct action, and might question that tactic. But one of the long and proud traditions of American civil dissent is non-violent protest that ends in arrest.
As some will recall, I've marched with Occupy Dallas several times now. (A previous reflection here)

Tuesday, I visited the camp for about an hour, just as people were returning from the arrest scene, just to listen to folks and help them process what had happened.

While I was not there at the Chase Bank, by all accounts it was peaceful and non-violent. Those involved accepted the fact that their actions might lead to their arrest, and they spent the night in jail. And as I was leaving the camp to go to my home Tuesday night, some of the Occupy "brothers and sisters" were preparing to walk back over to the Lew Sterrett jail, to sleep outside, holding vigil there, in honor of their colleagues in jail that night.

Occupy Dallas March to Support Police Protesters speak out against budget cuts to police

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Occupy Dallas is back in action Thursday, three days after nearly two dozen of its members were arrested. The group blocked the entrance to a Chase bank downtown Monday, so police took them to jail and charged them with criminal trespass.

Thursday at noon, protesters will leave their camp behind City Hall and march to the Dallas police headquarters on Lamar. Despite being arrested by Dallas police, members of Occupy Dallas are showing their support for police, protesting budget cuts to the police department.

"The police men put their lives on the line for us every day and they're getting paid a fifth of what the politicians that sit in office that are corrupt," said protester Jared Schiffner.

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