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It looks completely disorganized to me.
One cannot ignore the fact that the police are through their actions are violating the rights of citizens to speak out.
We all should take notes since we will have to take to the streets to make the changes we need to bring about more equity in our society.
On the bright side, the police misbehavior is drawing the attention the protestors weren't able to on their own.
The district of Brooklyn(and Queens) that just elected a Republican has more in common(religiously, socially and politically) with 19th century villages in Ireland, Russia, and Italy than Park Slope. The two Democratic Jewish representatives before, Schumer and Weiner, won by being the strongest for Israel while Catholic Republicans focused on abortion. This time the Republican brought Israel and abortion together with a low turnout. The district is going to be eliminated next election anyway. Absorbed by neighboring districts that are predominantly Black or Asian.
The government, courts, police departments, and police unions won't hold bad cops accountable. It's time for us to do this.
On top of that, the cops are becoming pawns to defend this corrupt system which has reigned misery on people around the world. The system the police work for can't be held accountable either. If you don't believe that, look at the Obama presidency, where the best we really can say is that we didn't have McCain in there with Sarah Barracuda a heartbeat away. How is that hopey-changey thing working out for us again? Not very fucking good! It's time to kick some ass, because they have shown that THEY are the ones uninterested in civil discourse, so fuck 'em.
Of course, someone who is too lazy to do the work themselves, sitting in front of the monitor demanding spoon-fed information like a baby bird demanding worms probably couldn't understand the situation anyway. Go back to farmville.
But whatever. Cops are being assholes to people who don't deserve it and protesters are being useless. Sounds like things are 5 by 5. Enjoy your self-righteousness. I'm sure it gives you that warm, snuggly feeling you need at night.
There's a nice Twitter list curated by Kevin Gosztola, who has been live-blogging for Firedoglake: @kgosztola/take-wall-street that's good to follow for on-the-scenes reporting. I believe it's only available if you're logged into Twitter.
See also this 11+ minute video of police action from inside the crowd at the protest yesterday. In particular, see beginning at 3:17 when a cop grabs a woman, pulls her over the police barricade, then drags her into the street head-first.
Kevin Gosztola's reporting:
For the live blog go here. The antiglobalization movement was the first step on the road. Back then our model was to attack the system like a pack of wolves. There was an alpha male, a wolf who led the pack, and those who followed behind. Now the model has evolved. Today we [...]
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Good evening. FDL continues to cover the latest developments related to Occupy Wall Street. Those who are unaware of what happened over the past twelve to twenty four hours, here is a quick summary: Early in the morning, some time around 7:30 am, the NYPD came over and on a megaphone said that the occupation [...]
Support for Occupy Wall Street is growing by the hour. Solidarity actions in Chicago, Phoenix and Paris, France, are all getting off the ground. In Los Angeles, Cleveland, and Atlanta, actions are in the works. Each of these may be occupations. And, now there is indication the Industrial Workers of the World [...]
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2011-09-25 3:14 PM - NYPD’s Iron-Handed Response to Occupy Wall Street
The New York police department’s (NYPD) massively cracked down people who were out in the streets of New York yesterday for Occupy Wall Street. Thousands came out to participate in a demonstration that has been going on for over a week and the police, unprepared for the number of people protesting, [...]
I believe that in short, they're protesting the actions of the bankers who ripped us all off and of the legislators and executives who gave those bankers a pass.
On Friday, September 16, 2011, at 5:40 p.m., Kevin Gosztola wrote:
The demand you guys want:
Um, that's just never going to happen. Washington is completely owned by lobbyists and corporations. You'd have more luck demanding the government ordain a commission to end government.
But hey, protesting the banks, wall street, and general corruption is totally fine by me. More power to you. I hope you get what you want, but I'm sure not going to hold my breath.
That being said at least we haven't had to see any comments defending the police and the thin blue line they have to walk and so forth. Especially when this is nothing more than a demonstration of police acting like the uniformed thugs that most are.
Besides which, your bunched panties make me LOL. So hey, worth it.
This is police brutality. I hate the political and economic situation that we've developed in this country and it needs change, but pretending that the police are the problem is foolish and misdirected anger.
http://www.usdayofrage.org/about.html
For these reasons, we come together now to organize state and national non-violent protests and assemblies of people to demand an Article V Constitutional Convention to restore integrity to our elections and government.
The Framers created a method for escaping from captured government—an Article V Constitutional Convention. If 34 states pass resolutions calling for convention all sides have the opportunity to argue for changes they believe will restore democracy. Any amendment proposed must then be ratified by 38 states to become law.
We demand that Citizens United versus FEC which deems corporations to be people when it come to political contributions be overturned.
We demand that corporate personhood be abolished.
We demand state and federal election and campaign finance laws be reformed.
One citizen. One dollar. One vote.
Only citizens should make campaign contributions.
Campaign contributions by citizens should not exceed $1 to any political candidate or party.
Organizers, promoters and supporters called the day, which had been widely discussed on Twitter and other social media sites, simply September 17. Some referred to it as the United States Day of Rage, an apparent reference to a series of disruptive protests against the Vietnam War held in Chicago in 1969.
The idea, according to some organizers, was to camp out for weeks or even months to replicate the kind, if not the scale, of protests that erupted earlier this year in places as varied as Egypt, Spain and Israel.
Bill Steyert, 68, who lives in Forest Hills, Queens, stood near the barricades at Wall Street and Broadway and shouted, “Shut down Wall Street, 12 noon, you’re all invited,” as tourists gazed quizzically at him.
Talking to a reporter, he elaborated, “You need a scorecard to keep track of all the things that corporations have done that are bad for this country.”
Nearby, Micah Chamberlain, 23, a line cook from Columbus, Ohio, held up a sign reading “End the Oligarchy” and said he had hitchhiked to New York. “There are millions of people in this county without jobs,” he said. “And 1 percent of the people have 99 percent of the money.”
Throughout the afternoon hundreds of demonstrators gathered in parks and plazas in Lower Manhattan. They held teach-ins, engaged in discussion and debate and waved signs with messages like “Democracy Not Corporatization” or “Revoke Corporate Personhood.”
Also Spindles, the Fed is a tool; You'd get the same results protesting a hammer.
White shirt = Lieutenant, Captain, Chief.
This man looks to be a Captain based on his flair.
If they try to blame this on agitated ranks, it is clearly coming from the leadership.
It is funny about the police getting so up in arms about people protesting Wall Street. It is Wall Street that is helping destroy police retirement funds. It is Wall Street speculation that is jacking up gas prices, making it very expensive for working class people to drive. It is Wall Street (and the banks) that caused the melt down of the economy, causing police and fire fighter layoffs, frozen wages and increased employee contributions for benefits. They just do not get it.
“I want to get rid of the combustion engine,” John McKibben, an activist from Vermont, declared as his primary ambition.
“I want to create spectacles,” Becky Wartell, a recent graduate of the College of the Atlantic in Maine, said.
Having discerned the intellectual vacuum, Chris Spiech, an unemployed 26-year-old from New Jersey, arrived on Thursday with the hope of indoctrinating his peers in the lessons of Austrian economics, Milton Friedman and Ron Paul. “I want to abolish the Federal Reserve,” he said.
The group’s lack of cohesion and its apparent wish to pantomime progressivism rather than practice it knowledgably is unsettling in the face of the challenges so many of its generation face — finding work, repaying student loans, figuring out ways to finish college when money has run out. But what were the chances that its members were going to receive the attention they so richly deserve carrying signs like “Even if the World Were to End Tomorrow I’d Still Plant a Tree Today”?
I do hope there is some disciplinary action after this nonsense. It's too much to hope that there will be criminal prosecution, unless the Feds step up to the bat.
Here's the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/nyregi…
The last lines are pretty funny:
Looks like someone sold you guys a line of santorum...
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitic…
http://occupytogether.org/
Tomorrow a movement can build from a few : 4 PM rain or shine : Occupy Seattle Meet Up #1 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10…
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevoluti…
Kind of like a Blue Oyster Cult show at a casino.
Does the force pay you that well?
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders…and millions have been killed because of this obedience…Our problem is that people are obedient allover the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty. Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves… (and) the grand thieves are running the country. That’s our problem.”
What I find gratifying about the report is how the protesters identify themselves as taxpayers and thank the police (that aren't using pepper spray in an unprovoked attack) for their service. If we aren't getting a cohesive message, it may be in part due to the MSM ignoring the protest. I'm not there, but I like what I'm reading on the dailyKOS site.
Peace.
http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/20…
*mace*
To demand legal action, look at the following link. It has more details, and information on how to contact those who have the authority to hold "Officer" Bologna accountable.
http://www.commondreams.org/further/2011…