Police Destroy 5,000 Books In Their Eviction Of #OccupyWallStreet

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3. A Sampling Of Books That Were Destroyed

24. UPDATE: Despite Initial Reports Stating That Personal Property Was Being Destroyed, The Books Are Fine And Well In Storage

Crisis averted. At least book-wise.

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  • melyssaf thinks Police Destroy 5,000 Books In Their E... is Ew  about 6 months ago
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  • Shut upppp, people. The books are fine. Don't get your panties in a bunch.

    girlskill
    6 months ago
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  • I'm all for the classics, but christomighty, people, you're living in a park and getting kicked out every other night. Use an iPad, Kindle, Nook, Nintendo GameBoy…whatever. Anyone that has moved into/out of a house or apartment KNOWS that moving tons of books sucks ass.

    shrinkage
    6 months ago
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  • Ezekiel G. thinks Police Destroy 5,000 Books In Their E... is WTF & Fail  about 6 months ago
  • Thanks for the update, it's a relief that the books weren't discarded as initially reported.

    jameslas
    6 months ago
  • That's it MrFugate keep being a good lil Naz…. I mean American, make fun of the protesters and don't question authority, even after the destruction of the class you are apart of

    dpandolfo86
    6 months ago
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  • Call me crazy but the books were not destroyed because of content, they were thrown out because they were left behind as trash. What are the police supposed to do? But making this into some kind of content issue is moronic. I am sure they threw out copies of the Da Vinci Code and issues of FHM (or the like) as well. Why are not all the books listed? Either show all or none but selectively picking what books were disposed of is nothing short of propaganda.

    MrFugate
    6 months ago
  • You know who else liked to destroy books…

    bookslut
    6 months ago
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  • I'm surprised the NYPD didn't burn them.

    Doug B.
    6 months ago
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  • Look closely at the “Art & Culture” box. On the right, there is the guitar tabs for Creed's “My Own Prison” album. Really? Art & culture?

    hueyrocks
    6 months ago
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  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbzZ4exda68

    tinishiar
    6 months ago
  • Yeah, where is the classic button when we need it?

    Butter Finger
    6 months ago
  • OH MY! Where will we ever find books to replace these?! If only publishers would print multiple copies of the books they publish!

    tinishiar
    6 months ago
  • Exile Vilify thinks Police Destroy 5,000 Books In Their E... is WTF  about 6 months ago
  • Anthony Bourdain?

    Johnny LaRue
    6 months ago
  • smg7320 thinks Police Destroy 5,000 Books In Their E... is Fail & WTF  about 6 months ago
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  • ebooks make me sad :(

    HoneyLuster
    6 months ago
  • ebooks are all the rage now

    Alita B
    6 months ago
  • There's some serious irony in the fact that Fahrenheit 451 is on this list.

    zacherym
    6 months ago
  • I believe Julia was a member of the Junior Anti-Sex League.

    therblig
    6 months ago
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  • When people can't critically read, democracy dies.

    Tim B.
    6 months ago
  • It's okay. We still have Wikipedia.

    IcemanD
    6 months ago
  • Goddamn it, I didn't mean to hit the heart. Incidentally, check out that hedera on the fly of Dubliners. It's totally decorative and not being used as punctuation. :) (Don't kill me, Jack.)

    turtlefeed
    6 months ago

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