Brutality Cost the Cops the Upper Hand

[SoDesuKa]

The plan to evacuate Zuccotti Park was probably drawn up when the cops had the upper hand. In those early days, they still glowed with 9/11 Hero Dust and couldn't do any wrong. However, they lost that advantage because of Anthony Bologna's still unpunished criminal behavior, and because of the sneaky and still-unrepudiated entrapment on Brooklyn Bridge.

The OWS protestors have shown guts - a very attractive quality in a growing political movement. Americans love it when Rocky Balboa slugs it out with Apollo Creed. The protesters have risked arrests, jail sentences, and beatings. The corporations, for all their power, don't want to be blamed for televised images of blood streaming down people's faces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gVPkaZykK4



Gonna Fly Now

[Amonester]

1. The 1% R always scaRed to LOOK bad.

They do LOVE to BE bad, though, and they don't CARE.

BUT, to end up LOOKING bad is theiR worR$t nightmare.

[zonkers]

2. NY protests will not end well. I have no faith in NYPD to be anything except agents of Wall Street.

When the time comes for the cat to stop playing with the mouse, I predict NYPD action will be swift and thorough. If you were in NY for the 04 Republican Convention then you know what I mean.

[kayakjohnny]

3. Until the day the protestors show up looking like this....

And level the playing field just a bit.

[kooljerk666]

5. agree %110.........

You know even beating down PTSD vets that can shoot an apple at 1000 yards,
does not seem like a good idea.
Maybe they want civil war?

[SoDesuKa]

4. Bush Coronation in 2004

The Republican Convention happened less than three years after 9/11, a fact that allowed them to treat the event as a coronation. It's significant that the OWS protest occurred just after the tenth anniversary, suggesting that the National Period of Mourning was over. One reason that the cops mis-handled the protests from the outset is that they just assumed they'd automatically be forgiven for everything. It hasn't turned out that way; in fact the white shirts appear to have lowered their profile.

The 9/11 hero thing wasn't going to last forever, certainly not in New York. For one thing, New Yorkers remember being encouraged to return to work breathing toxic air. Today, Ground Zero means more to tourists than it does to the people who live in the city.



EPA's Whitman Okayed Toxic Air