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[huffsantacruz] Anonymous, activists to test Orlando police Monday by
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Anonymous, activists to test Orlando police Monday by feeding homeless
in park
by Stephen C. Webster, rawstory.com
July 1st 2011
Hacker activists with the protest group "Anonymous" have in recent
weeks taken down over a half-dozen major Orlando, Florida-based
websites and spammed tens of thousands of unsolicited faxes all over
the city as a response to an ordinance that prohibits feeding homeless
people in public parks.
In a release Friday on the progress of what they called "Operation
Orlando," the group insisted that its efforts were in no way connected
to the activists with Food Not Bombs (FNB), who've been arrested for
feeding the homeless in a city park.
Keith McHenry, who helped found the group 30 years ago, was arrested
last week and is still imprisoned. McHenry's view is that food is a
right, not a privilege, so he and the group refused to abide by the
law.
In response to the arrests, Anonymous toppled the websites of the
Orlando Chamber of Commerce, the Orlando International Airport,
Orlando's fraternal Order of Police, the mayor's reelection site and
two popular tourist and events websites featuring the city's
attractions.
They have also sent an image (pictured) of Walt Disney mascot Mickey
Mouse, face covered by a Guy Fawkes mask, to tens of thousands of fax
machines and Orlando-based email addresses, in an effort to drum up
support for feeding the homeless.
"[The] Mayor has called us criminals and terrorists," the hackers
wrote, in an advisory. "We'll own the criminal label. All
revolutionaries are by definition criminals."
They added that they hoped to "follow in the footsteps" of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. by creating "a way to wage war peacefully," which
they believe to have accomplished. They also demanded that McHenry be
released and the city's ordinance be repealed, or they would continue
their hacking campaign.
Anonymous's release also noted that FNB plans to be out in Orlando at
9 a.m. on Monday, July 4, to continue their work by feeding homeless
people in the park -- publicly flouting the city's law, which could
cause officers to swoop in and make arrests.
"Come to protest, or to serve food with FNB," Anonymous urged. "Or
bring your own tables and food and serve beside them. [We] call upon
all our brother and sister Anons in Florida to don your masks and do
the same."
Original Page: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/07/01/anonymous-activists-to-test-orlando-police-by-feeding-homeless-on-monday/
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