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The New York Times' The Lede blog has a great round up of other videos, Twitter updates and photos displaying the carnage from last night. 

_{Please help spread the word about these important events in Boston.}

Occupy Boston and ACLUm actions against the Patriot Act! On the 10th anniversary of the Patriot Act, please join us for a series of events and demonstrations at Dewey Square.

NOON: Rally at Dewey against the Patriot Act.

1PM: March leaving from Dewey against the Patriot Act.

Then...

DemocracyNow! has a report from Oakland this morning describing how Oakland police raided and arrested at least 70 people at Occupy Oakland early this morning. There are numerous reports of police using sound bombs, tear gas, and even scattered reports of rubber bullets. The latter is unconfirmed. 

• A 24 year-old Vienna law student has exposed some nasty truths about Facebook the company would prefer were kept in the dark. Under European privacy law, individuals are entitled to any records held about them, even if the records are held by a private company. Max Schrems requested all records Facebook had on him, and received over a thousand pages worth of material, including statuses and photos he had deleted. His finds are pretty shocking. 

In case you missed it, here's what's been going on regarding police surveillance and abuse of Occupy movements nationwide. As usual, the NYPD is a repeat offender.

"What Democracy Looks Like: The View From Occupy Boston" from Michael Gill on Vimeo.

Please go to this important teach-in if you are in the Boston area on October 22, 2011. It's not run by the ACLUm, but looks like the content will be right up our privacy-obsessed alley! Share widely!