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Captain 99%

Wouldn't it be nice if the people had a Superhero?

Last night was completely peaceful.

No one was arrested.

The drums are back.

The food cart is back.

At the 7pm General Assembly at 'The Horse' the group reaffirmed it's dedication to nonviolence and there was a lot of discussion about moving into the second phase of Occupy.

There were none of the tensions of the night before.

I think that might have been a warning to behave on this night.

Early in the day the group said that they weren't going to try and occupy Grant Park on Saturday night and that they didn't want anyone to get arrested.

That seemed to establish a kind of a 'truce.'

Hundreds of people demonstrated in the financial district and marched to Grant Park.

There was a lot of love and optimism in the group.

I spoke with some officers who assured me that everything was cool.

I told them about the behavior of the officers in the financial district the night before... how it was really pissing a lot of people off... how it really agitated the demonstrators.

They said that there was no order to crackdown coming from above.

There was no anger Saturday night in the mass over the way that we were being treated by the police.

The focus seemed to be on the future.

Speakers came from several states to talk to the group.

To talk about what they were doing.

To talk about where it all should go.

In some cities they're occupying vacant or abandoned buildings.

We all know we can gather en masse...

we know we can stand on a street corner carrying signs.

Now the question is 'what can we do?'

Enemy of the State

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Taken in: United States / Illinois / Chicago / Loop (show map)

Taken on: October 29, 2011

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Camera: Nikon D300, f/2.0, 1/60 sec, 35mm (=52mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

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