http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/11/17/ows-protesters-chant-follow-those-kids-as-small-children-try-to-go-to-school-on-wall-street/
No not all, but when they block a school and chant follow those kids, who the hell are they protesting against?
I know not all are like this, but OWS need to thin their ranks if they are to be taken seriously.
Wow, just wow.
QuoteNEW YORK (CBSNewYork) â€" They were caught in the middle of madness.
Some grade school students were forced to walk a gauntlet of screaming “Occupy Wall Street†protesters just to get to school on Thursday.
It was a wild day in lower Manhattan for most everyone involved, including elementary school children who had to brave the mayhem just to get to class on the other side of Wall Street.
GALLERY: Occupy Wall Street “Day Of Actionâ€
In the middle of thousands of protestors yelling and chanting â€" some kicking and screaming â€" CBS 2’s Emily Smith found little school kids trying to get to class. Nervous parents led them through the barriers on Wall Street. The NYPD helped funnel the children, anything to ease their fears while some protestors chanted “follow those kids!â€
I think you're attempting to take out isolated incident and turn it into a bigger issue, which it's just not...
Picking on kids? LOL
That looked like a whole lot of nothing.
Glad to hear NYPD didn't pepper spray and beat the kids though.
So the police move the protestors from the park to the street and then blame the protestor for blocking the street.
Good job OWS... keep up the pressure... democracy in action... ???
Quote from: ben says on November 18, 2011, 08:25:56 AM
I think you're attempting to take out isolated incident and turn it into a bigger issue, which it's just not...
Like people do with the Tea Party?
I'm about as Central with regards to politics as they come. Fiscally conservative, morally liberal.
if you notice in my post, it says, No, not all. But you take it as attacking the whole movement......
Yeah, read the post next time.
QuoteSo the police move the protestors from the park to the street and then blame the protestor for blocking the street.
exactly. this is silly and an attempt to inflame where there's really nothing. go ows!
Prolly millionaire kids too...
.THIS IS ABSURD!!!...THE FEDS ARE JUST HORNY FOR ACTION AND HATE THE FACT THAT THIS UNORGANIZED/ORGANIZED REVOLUTION IS HAPPENING AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, SO THEY FALSELY EXPLOIT THE PEOPLE TO MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE MONSTERS TO LITTLE MINORS. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF WE SEE A FEW KIDS OUT THERE PROTESTING THEMSELVES...(because they aren't going to have a job when they grow up either). I LIVE IN LOS ANGELES AND OCCUPY L.A. WAS ONE OF THE MOST PEACEFUL OCCUPIES IN THE WORLD AND BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE IS GETTING PUBLICITY FOR THEIR RAGES AND UNNECESSARY POLICE INVOLVEMENT, THE LAPD FELT LIKE THEY WANTED A PIECE OF THE CAKE TOO, AND JUST STARTED BASHING US IN FRONT OF CITY HALL....ONE WORD "ILLUMINATI" FEMA CAMPS!!!, NEW WORLD ORDER...JESUS HELP US, THIS WORLD IS COMING TO A DEAD END!!..
Meanwhile, in Reality: Reporters For Right-Wing Publication Daily Caller Beaten By NYPD, Helped By Protesters (http://thinkprogress.org/special/2011/11/17/371349/reporters-for-right-wing-publication-daily-caller-beaten-by-nypd-helped-by-protesters/)
Quote“Direna had a camera in her hand and I had a microphone, and we were being hit,†she said. “When I fell to the ground I said at one point, ‘I’m just covering this! I’m covering this!’ And the officer just said, ‘Come on, get up, get up,’ before pulling me up by my jacket.’†“The protesters came up to me right away and asked if I needed any medical assistance. They were actually very kind and helpful. It was the police officers who were very aggressive,†Fields added.
Remember that our President (whoever it is at any given point in time) shuts down entire cities on a regular basis for political purposes. Think not? Wrong. Presidents have in the modern era literally closed entire freeways end-to-end for hours at a time. It's almost a national sport and yet I hear nobody claim that it's illegal to inconvenience entire cities for the political perquisites of a single individual.
And note carefully folks -- in both the case of the President going somewhere in the US to make a speech or fundraising dinner and the OWS folks marching on the NYSE, the underlying purpose and intent is political speech. Both create disruption and that disruption is intentional. The President could choose to not make his speech, and he could choose to drive a Chevy, dismissing his detail should he so choose (and accepting the risk thereupon) but he doesn't. Likewise the OWS protesters could choose to not make their speech, they could choose to not march today, but they chose not to.
So I am forced to dismiss out of hand the argument that because people and private businesses are inconvenienced that this is a violation of the law. Sorry, but until I as a private businessperson or just an old-fashioned private citizen am entitled to compensation from the President personally when he shuts down an entire freeway for hours so he can have his little security bubble, not to mention every other place he goes, this claim amounts to nothing more than "The divine right of Kings" and we're not supposed to have Kings in this nation.
finehoe,
While I understand your logic your statements are just not true. I have never seen a freeway "shut down end to end" or "entire cities" shut down for any politician. While I would agree that VIP visits are often overdone, the most I have ever seen done for a President was a "rolling roadblock" on freeways and secondary streets shut down for only a few minutes in order to ensure that the motorcade is safe from encroachment. These are almost always preplanned events.
Any citizen can "shut down" a street by obtaining a permit. Proper notice and responsible management will ensure a safe and well attended event. What OWS was doing was simply flooding public streets without permit or planning, rather intending to upset or curtail the ability of others to go about their day.
Of course, if the intended tactic is "civil disobedience" then they have accomplished it, but I believe that is the wrong choice for OWS for a number of reasons.