US Uncut Ohio at  Apple Store - June 4
Channel: zapsmedia
Date: 2011-06-08

On June 4, 2011, Apple Computer took extraordinary steps to ensure that no Ohio Uncutters were able to enter their shiny new Apple Store at The Polaris Fashion Place [a vast mall north of Columbus]. At their own expense, and at special duty rates, they hired a uniformed Columbus cop who was in evidence patrolling the entrance when our advance team arrived. A half hour before the event a gentleman, we later learned was the Mall manager, came to the Starbucks we were staging from to scope us out. At noon when our event was supposed to begin, a plain clothes detective from the Strategic Response Bureau of the Columbus Police Department, the charming and sympathetic Detective Roger Dickinson, approached us and made it clear that any attempt to enter the store would result in us being charged with criminal trespass. Clearly Apple had monitored our plans on Facebook and was determined to prevent our protest from taking place. Their heavy-handed success will be short-lived as it simply inspires us to discover new ways to take our message to them and their customers. We shall return - Alec Johnson

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