WAOK-AM host Derrick Boazman among those arrested at Occupy Atlanta
Among the 50 or so Occupy Atlanta protesters who were arrested Wednesday at Woodruff Park in downtown Atlanta, 1080/WAOK-AM afternoon host Derrick Boazman was unfazed. “I’m a veteran of protests. This is my 14th or 15th arrest,” he said in an interview before today’s 4 p.m. show. He had spent 15 sleepless hours in jail from 12:30 a.m. Wednesday until about 3 p.m. yesterday. He has since caught up on sleep. “It’s nothing new. I went to jail three times when Fulton and DeKalb counties wouldn’t fund Grady Hospital. That was five years ago.” Boazman was an Atlanta… >>
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