Atlanta demonstrators who clashed with police join officers in bid to save detective’s home

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/demonstrators-who-clashed-with-police-team-up-with-officers-in-bid-to-save-detectives-home/2012/10/08/5d97b1a8-115c-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html

“The police are in the 99 percent and when it comes down to their economic struggles, we’re going to be there to a shine light on those and organize around those,” said Tim Franzen. He and others who were involved with Occupy Atlanta are now part of a group called Occupy Our Homes ATL, which focuses on the housing crisis.

Barber said she is under threat of eviction after her medical bills mounted, partly because of a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cell cancer.

“I know God did not bless me with this house for someone to just come and take it,” Barber, 62, said through tears on Monday.

(More at the link. Via Occupy Chicago.)

Occupy Our Homes ATL:

http://www.facebook.com/OccupyHomesAtlanta?ref=ts&fref=ts