Recently in California, members of the group Occupy San Francisco have tried to seize control of a piece of property owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco which was originally a high school but is now used by the archdiocese to rent out to tenants in order to fund a scholarship program for poor people. Occupy San Francisco protestors have tried to seize this building, one time in may and one time in April, because they want to use it as a homeless shelter (of course Occupy is a big movement so if they want to set up a homeless shelter why can't they pool their money and some property to use for that purpose, or heck why not rent that very building in stead of trying to seize it).
Because the Occupy protesters were storming the property, Police were called in and the Occupy people started throwing pipes and bricks. One Occupy protester threw a brick or a metal object at a police officer, but the officer ducked and another Occupier got hit by the projectile.
George Wesolek, director of Communications for the Archdiocese of San Francisco, pointed out that Occupy San Francisco claims to represent the poor people against the wealthiest people but that claim is inconsistent with their recent actions, such as a rampage where they destroyed property in the mostly poor "Mission District" of San Francisco and their storming of property held by the Catholic Church which provides one third of all the social services given to poor people in San Francisco.
Unfortunately, during the course of the two break in attempts of the Church property, the building sustained about $25,000 to $30,000 worth of damage, which rendered it unleasable.
Story here.
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