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Another Tucson Occupier taken into custody

by on Dec. 01, 2011, under Capitalism, economy, jobs, Trickle Down Economics, Tucson

Marisa Muro of Occupy Tucson was taken into custody on Nov. 30, 2011. (Image Credit: Alex Maldonado)

As police and local governments begin major crackdowns across the US, the Tucson Police Department and Occupy Tucson continue their nightly dance of citations, arrests, and resistance at Veinte de Agosto Park downtown.

From Alex Maldonado, Occupy Tucson Peacekeeper and Veteran For Peace…

Tonight [Wednesday, Nov. 30], eight Tucson Police Department cruisers, one SUV and another unmarked SUV encircled Veinte de Agosto Park for the nightly issuing of citations for staying in the park after hours for Occupy Tucson.

As citations were being issued, Marisa Muro, peacefully refused her citation and was taken into custody without incident.  Muro is basically deaf with only 20% hearing in each ear.

Since Thanksgiving evening, nine occupiers have been taken into custody for refusing their citations.  Occupiers spend the night at the Pima County Adult Detention Center, have their arraignment hearing in the morning and are then released.

Tucson’s newly-elected Mayor Jonathan Rothschild will be sworn in next Monday, Dec. 5, 2011. Will the police change their tactics then? Only time will tell.

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    • kristikrinklekrankle

      They keep taking people who are nicer, kinder and more thoughtful than the majority of people anywhere.

  • alohapuna

    Don’t expect anything to change with the City of Tucson.

  • J

    What does hearing ability have to do with the fact that someone was breaking the law?

    • tunkashila

      If police are supposed to give warnings to potential citees before issuing citations (and they are), then it has some bearing. 

    • kristikrinklekrankle

      They keep taking people who are nicer, kinder and more thoughtful than the majority of people anywhere. I think they just mentioned Marisa’s hearing because it is a distinguishing characteristic that is remarkable for its impact on her life. However, they neglected to mention her occupation: working long hours with our disabled population. Marisa is a soft-spoken young woman who was exercising her right to peacefully dissent – not “a law-breaker”.

    • ample waters

      you and your “waaa waaa they are breaking the law”… Jesus, you are disgusting.  what about the fact that we’ve all been robbed by the collusion of our government and big business??  You are a moron.  

  • MD

    This is how TPD is spending our tax-dollars. Arresting a peaceful woman for being in a park after posted hours.  I’m sure we can all sleep soundly tonight knowing that there is no other crime in the city for TPD to tend to.  
    Why is there a law at all?  Why does TPD think a person standing in a park is a threat to society?  Why are they wasting my tax dollars on a peaceful protester?  Are there no murderers, rapists, thieves, banksters to be pursued?   Did they police every single park in the city and cite every single person in the parks after hours? 
    What is the government afraid of?

    • Uri Jerkov

      MD, I am a tax payer and I would like to see TPD arrest anyone that is in a park afterhours and refuses to leave. So yes, this is how I would like to see my tax dollars spent, thank you for asking.

  • Fraser007

    Its going to be cold, wet and windy this weekend. Enjoy your revolt.

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Hannley has authored medical research articles, print magazine and newspaper stories, and numerous cancer prevention and self-help publications.

She has been a blogger since 2006, joined the ranks of Tucson Citizen bloggers in October 2010, and started contributing to the Huffington Post in 2011 and to Salon.com in 2012.

Hannley holds a masters’ degree in public health from The University of Arizona and a bachelors’ degree in journalism from The Ohio State University. She is a native of Amherst, Ohio but has lived in Tucson since 1981.