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October 31, Associated Press
– (National) Dozens arrested at 'Occupy' protests in
Texas, Oregon. Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested October 30 in
Texas, where they clashed with police over food tables, and in Oregon, where officers
dragged them out of a park in an affluent neighborhood. In New York and many other
East Coast cities, it was a snowstorm that made it difficult for demonstrators to stay
camped out in public places. In Portland, Oregon, police have allowed protesters to
sleep in two parks surrounded by office buildings despite policies outlawing camping,
but the mayor warned demonstrators the week of October 24 that he would not allow
them to take over any more parks. Late October 29, hundreds of protesters gathered in
another park — Jamison Square in the wealthy Pearl District — and defied a midnight
curfew. About 30 people who had decided to risk arrest sat on the ground. Police said
the arrests were made on charges that included criminal trespassing, interfering with a
police officer, and disorderly conduct. Police in Austin, Texas, made 39 arrests early
October 30 as they moved to enforce a new rule banning food tables in the City Hall
plaza where protesters have camped out. Most protesters were charged with criminal
trespass, said the police chief.
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October 30, WAVE 3 Louisville
– (Indiana) IU activates emergency alert system after
shots fired on campus. Indiana University (IU) activated the IU emergency
notification system October 29 at 2:57 a.m. when officers responded to a call about a
man firing a weapon in the 1400 block of N. Jordan Avenue. Police arrested a non-
student, on felony charges of intimidation, criminal recklessness, and pointing a
firearm, and a misdemeanor charge of carrying a handgun without a license. He was
arrested when an IU officer saw a man knocking on a sorority door. Witnesses
identified him as the man who shot the weapon and it was recovered close by.
According to fraternity members, the incident began at the conclusion of a Halloween
party when visitors were leaving their house. This man, not a house member, was
waiting on a ride. He became irritated while waiting and pulled out a gun and pointed it
at a house member.
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October 29, Los Angeles Times
– (California) Most of guns stolen from LAPD may
have hit black market. All but three guns in a cache of weapons stolen earlier this
month from an unguarded building used by the Los Angeles Police Department's
(LAPD) SWAT unit remain missing and may have been sold or traded on the black
market, police said October 28. Police arrested two men on suspicion of committing the
heist and three others for allegedly possessing the recovered weapons, said a police
commander. Much to police officials' dismay, however, the rest of the roughly 30
weapons stolen were not found in the suspects' possession. Although the weapons,