When the Occupy Your City movement camped in front of the Oakland, California city hall, the police waited until 4 30 am, cut off all media access, brought in officers from other jurisdictions, and forcibly cleared out the camp. An Iraqi war veteran was hospitalized with a serious head injury because the police SHOT tear gas, at close range, into the mostly peaceful crowd.
NO WONDER MOST OF THE WORLD THINKS WE ARE HYPOCRITES.
The Occupy people are tying to get the attention of their leaders, who seem to believe that it is OK to rescue the rich people, but also OK to let the poor people lose everything.
Economists have been saying that stimulus is necessary to bring us out of recession. China listened and their economy is doing very well. Western leaders, except for President Obama, seem to believe that economies work like household budgets and that they should just cut back on spending.
It looks like they well not listen until the 99% take to the streets in protest.
I did not want it to come to this. But, if you feel that you need to protest, PLEASE KEEP THE PROTEST PEACEFUL.
Large protests get out of control unless they are internally controlled. You need protest marshals with the authority to give instructions to the protesters. Listen to those with protest experience.
PEACEFUL PROTEST IS A POWERFUL WAY TO GET YOUR MESSAGE HEARD.
VIOLENT PROTEST CAUSES THE OPPOSITION TO BECOME MORE POWERFUL.
Yes, Oakland made a poor choice when the not-quite-ready-for-prime-time interim police chief decided that no one was going to camp outside HIS city hall. A more experience officer would have analysed the political ramifications of his actions. After all, Oakland is only a few miles from People's Park.
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