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Occupy Atlanta members join police in bid to save detective's home

Nearly a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in an Atlanta park, they're now drawing support from officers in their efforts to help a longtime detective avoid losing her home to foreclosure.Demonstrators say they'll join active and retired Atlanta police officers Monday at the Fayetteville home of retired Atlanta police Detective Jaqueline Barber. Group members say Barber was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, after buying the home about 20 miles south of Atlanta. She now faces eviction.Tim Franzen, one of the leaders of the group now called Occupy Our Homes ATL, says police officers are among the 99 percent of people they aim to help.Representatives of U.S. Bank, which is involved in the foreclosure proceedings, couldn't immediately be reached....

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  1. 'Occupy Atlanta' Protesters Plan to Camp at Park Despite Arrests

    Occupy Atlanta organizers said Sunday that they plan to again try to camp at a city park, setting up yet another showdown with police a night after 20 people were ar...

  2. 'Occupy Atlanta' Shelter Tests Positive for Tuberculosis

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    Rep. John Lewis is one of 435 members of the House interminably frustrated by the arcane ways of the Senate. At an Occupy Atlanta protest, he encountered a process a...

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