Marathon Pundit: Exclusive video: Occupy Chicago spokeswoman on NATO 3 terror suspects--they are "actually some of my friends"

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Exclusive video: Occupy Chicago spokeswoman on NATO 3 terror suspects--they are "actually some of my friends"

Last week at Occupy Chicago headquarters on the Near Southwest Side, a press conference was held about the anti-NATO Summit protests. Many groups had speakers--handling Occupy Chicago's duties was Zoe Sigman.

Early this morning three out-of-state Black Bloc anarchists, Jared Chase, Brian Church, and Brent Vincent Betterly, were arrested on terrorism charges. According to local law enforcement officials, the suspects are accused of planning attacks on President Obama's campaign headquarters, Mayor Emanuel's home, financial institutions, police stations and police cars. They are also accused of making Molotov cocktails in their apartment. The suspect's lawyers, who are with the ulta-left wing National Lawyers Guild, claim the three were brewing beer.

Sigman declared that the demonstrators had only non-violent intentions. She though differently of Chicago's cops.

"The police on the other hand are intending to be violent, Sigman said to me and a Chicago Tribune reporter. "We have them recorded saying stuff to us about how they're so excited that they're going to beat our heads off."

Today the Trib wrote, "The trio also was in a car that was stopped by police a week ago, leading to a YouTube video of the stop that has prompted protesters to complain Chicago police were harassing the car's occupants."

Anarchist at the Chicago
F*ck the Police march

Again I refer back to that god-awful cell phone video recorded last week where Chicago police officers allegedly made threats to the suspects now known as the NATO 3.

In response to my question about anarchists, Sigman, after asking me to define anarchy, replied, "I identify as an anarchist." True, she alluded to the classical, pre-Black Bloc anarchists--I mentioned Jean-Jacques Rousseau to her and unknowingly assisted her--but let's face it, that definition doesn't apply to the 21st century.

After the now-infamous "F*ck the Police" march Tuesday night on the South Side, I called on Occupy Chicago and allied groups to denounce that march

But where do you draw the line between the anarchists and the occupiers?

Editorial note: I originally posted this exclusive Marathon Pundit video on May 10. Those using my video are requested to link to this post as well. Also, while I obviously added credits, the video is raw and unedited.

Breitbart.com has exclusive video of the suspects at the FTP march, ironically, in front of a police station.

UPDATE 7:30pm: ABC 7 Chicago has more.

An Occupy Chicago spokesperson says she knows the people who live in the apartment who were not arrested.

"My friends Zoe and Bill live in the apartment. They're home-brewing enthusiasts. They brew their own beer. You have materials like that," said Occupy Chicago's Rachael Perotta.

According to Occupy Chicago, recent video shows some of the people currently being held on the terrorism charges being pulled over by Chicago police in a traffic stop.