ON OCTOBER 6TH 2019 AROUND 3-3:30PM AN ARTIST BY THE NAME OF ORIEL CEBALLOS WAS ASSAULTED AND ATTACKED BY NOT 1 BUT 5(MAYBE MORE) PARK RANGERS AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. NOT ONCE DURING HIS UNLAWFUL ARREST HAD THEY ADDRESSED WHY THEY WERE ARRESTING HIM. WHEN HE PEACEFULLY ASKED FOR A LAWFUL REASON OF ARREST, THEY ATTEMPTED TO ILLEGALLY ARREST HIM WITH AGGRESSIVE BLUNT FORCE. WHILE AWAITING A SUMMONS FROM SERGEANT JOSEPH, HE WAS UNWITTINGLY "BEAR HUGGED" FROM BEHIND AS HE WAS SITTING ON HIS BIKE. IN A MATTER OF SECONDS OTHER PARK RANGERS RAN TOWARDS HIM TYRING TO TRIP AND CUFF HIM. HE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR AN OFFICER, BUT INSTEAD WAS PEPPER SPRAYED, CHOKED, PUNCHED AND SLAMMED TO THE POINT WHERE THE PRESSURE BEING PLACED ON HIS CHEST ALMOST KILLED HIM FROM SUFFOCATION. HE WAS NOT ONLY ATTACKED, BUT HUMILIATED AND UNLAWFULLY DETAINED FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS. THE MAJORITY OF HIS CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIC RIGHTS WERE STRIPPED AWAY FROM HIM IN THE MATTER OF SECONDS ALL BECAUSE HE FOUGHT FOR HIS BASIC RIGHTS TO BE NOTIFIED ON HIS ARREST. WE MUST STAND BY OUR FELLOW ARTISTS AND FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM. THIS MAN WAS JUST TRYING TO PEACEFULLY SELL HIS ART AND SUPPORT HIS FAMILY OF THREE. TO HELP WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU COME JOIN US IN SOLIDARITY ON OCTOBER 12TH AT 12PM WITH YOUR ART . THIS IS A PEACEFUL PROTEST WHERE WE CAN STAND IN NUMBERS AND SHOW THIS BROKEN SYSTEM THAT PUBLIC PARKS ARE PUBLIC AND THEREFORE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE TO SPREAD LOVE THROUGH ART. WE WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH THEM DEFINE HOW PUBLIC SPACE IS USED AND HURT THOSE THAT PEACEFULLY UTILIZE IT. THIS IS OUR CITY. THIS IS OUR SPACE! HELP US RECLAIM IT!
PLEASE CALL 311 AND REPORT THIS INCIDENT! WHEN YOU CALL REQUEST THE FOLLOWING : "I WANT TO REPORT MISCONDUCT AND POLICE BRUTALITY AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK ON 10-6-19"
THERE WILL BE A COURT HEARING FOR ORIEL CEBALLOS ON
OCTOBER 13TH
9AM
100 CENTRE ST IN MANHATTAN
IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER IN NUMBERS WE'RE CALLING ALL AVAILABLE ARTISTS, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS TO STAND WITH US AT HIS COURT HEARING AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR THIS MAN. SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. STAND WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!
Updates
October 9, 2019
I never imagined this would gain such real momentum so quickly and seeing all these people backing Oriel is honestly overwhelming in the best way possible. It feels like the tide is finally turning and those park rangers are actually going to have to answer for what they did to him that day.
14 Comments
We have a lot of that in Houston so I understand this to well so you have my support.
Such a kind, good hearted, hard working guy. What happened to him was so unfair and unnecessary.
When’s the court date we are all coming - freedom of expression is Non negotiable period -freedom of art is non negotiable as it is one of the oldest forms of expression. Profiting off expression is perfectly legal
I saw the pictures of Oriel being grabbed from behind, in the middle of speaking to another ranger and many other photographs of guy people attacking him at once while he nonviolently tries to move his body away from them. I would like to know Everyone’s side that was involved, but the many photographs show an extreme amount of violence for someone that looks willing to communicate.
They unlawful arrested him and abused this man to make him an example! Please fire the park rangers and make the rules clear
Tired of seeing the black community suffer like this.
FREE HIM!
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ON OCTOBER 6TH 2019 AROUND 3-3:30PM AN ARTIST BY THE NAME OF ORIEL CEBALLOS WAS ASSAULTED AND ATTACKED BY NOT 1 BUT 5(MAYBE MORE) PARK RANGERS AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK. NOT ONCE DURING HIS UNLAWFUL ARREST HAD THEY ADDRESSED WHY THEY WERE ARRESTING HIM. WHEN HE PEACEFULLY ASKED FOR A LAWFUL REASON OF ARREST, THEY ATTEMPTED TO ILLEGALLY ARREST HIM WITH AGGRESSIVE BLUNT FORCE. WHILE AWAITING A SUMMONS FROM SERGEANT JOSEPH, HE WAS UNWITTINGLY "BEAR HUGGED" FROM BEHIND AS HE WAS SITTING ON HIS BIKE. IN A MATTER OF SECONDS OTHER PARK RANGERS RAN TOWARDS HIM TYRING TO TRIP AND CUFF HIM. HE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR AN OFFICER, BUT INSTEAD WAS PEPPER SPRAYED, CHOKED, PUNCHED AND SLAMMED TO THE POINT WHERE THE PRESSURE BEING PLACED ON HIS CHEST ALMOST KILLED HIM FROM SUFFOCATION. HE WAS NOT ONLY ATTACKED, BUT HUMILIATED AND UNLAWFULLY DETAINED FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS. THE MAJORITY OF HIS CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIC RIGHTS WERE STRIPPED AWAY FROM HIM IN THE MATTER OF SECONDS ALL BECAUSE HE FOUGHT FOR HIS BASIC RIGHTS TO BE NOTIFIED ON HIS ARREST. WE MUST STAND BY OUR FELLOW ARTISTS AND FIGHT FOR THEIR FREEDOM. THIS MAN WAS JUST TRYING TO PEACEFULLY SELL HIS ART AND SUPPORT HIS FAMILY OF THREE. TO HELP WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU COME JOIN US IN SOLIDARITY ON OCTOBER 12TH AT 12PM WITH YOUR ART . THIS IS A PEACEFUL PROTEST WHERE WE CAN STAND IN NUMBERS AND SHOW THIS BROKEN SYSTEM THAT PUBLIC PARKS ARE PUBLIC AND THEREFORE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO UTILIZE THAT SPACE TO SPREAD LOVE THROUGH ART. WE WILL NOT STAND BY AND WATCH THEM DEFINE HOW PUBLIC SPACE IS USED AND HURT THOSE THAT PEACEFULLY UTILIZE IT. THIS IS OUR CITY. THIS IS OUR SPACE! HELP US RECLAIM IT!
PLEASE CALL 311 AND REPORT THIS INCIDENT! WHEN YOU CALL REQUEST THE FOLLOWING : "I WANT TO REPORT MISCONDUCT AND POLICE BRUTALITY AT WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK ON 10-6-19"
THERE WILL BE A COURT HEARING FOR ORIEL CEBALLOS ON
OCTOBER 13TH
9AM
100 CENTRE ST IN MANHATTAN
IN ORDER TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM WE NEED TO STAND TOGETHER IN NUMBERS WE'RE CALLING ALL AVAILABLE ARTISTS, FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS TO STAND WITH US AT HIS COURT HEARING AND SHOW SUPPORT FOR THIS MAN. SHOW SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. STAND WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!
Updates
October 9, 2019
I never imagined this would gain such real momentum so quickly and seeing all these people backing Oriel is honestly overwhelming in the best way possible. It feels like the tide is finally turning and those park rangers are actually going to have to answer for what they did to him that day.
14 Comments
Justice for Oriel Ceballos. He was treated like a criminal while he was legally selling his art.
We have a lot of that in Houston so I understand this to well so you have my support.
Such a kind, good hearted, hard working guy. What happened to him was so unfair and unnecessary.
When’s the court date we are all coming - freedom of expression is Non negotiable period -freedom of art is non negotiable as it is one of the oldest forms of expression. Profiting off expression is perfectly legal
I saw the pictures of Oriel being grabbed from behind, in the middle of speaking to another ranger and many other photographs of guy people attacking him at once while he nonviolently tries to move his body away from them. I would like to know Everyone’s side that was involved, but the many photographs show an extreme amount of violence for someone that looks willing to communicate.
They unlawful arrested him and abused this man to make him an example! Please fire the park rangers and make the rules clear
Tired of seeing the black community suffer like this.
FREE HIM!
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