Genius NYPD arrested Naomi Wolf

[EFerrari]

http://gothamist.com/2011/10/18/naomi_wolf_arrested_while_protestin.php

[EFerrari]

1. Here's the MoJo take:

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/10/ows-cuomo-naomi-wolf

[grasswire]

2. who is the man to her left? n/t

[Bonobo]

6. Looks a little like Jason Bateman. nt

[EFerrari]

7. I don't know. I'll ask see if someone answers.

[L0oniX]

3. Stupid asscarrot NYPD.

[coalition_unwilling]

25. Class traitors and enemies of the people - n/t

[stevedeshazer]

4. Dumbshit move.

The cops, well, that was stupid.

[Firebrand Gary]

5. Collect 200 and pass go! That is pure fuel to the fire.

Oops, thanks for the dumb shit move NYPD.

[Major Hogwash]

8. She looks dangerous to me.

Better not give her bail. You never know what she will do next.

[Remember Me]

23. Yeah, she could write another groundbreaking, truthtelling book!

Shock Doctrine is MUST READING for those of us who really don't want more fascism carried forward any further in the 21st Century. And it's playing out all around us.

[Major Hogwash]

24. Oooh, spooky.

And it's sooo close to Halloween, too!

[Dawson Leery]

9. NYPD: parasites on the taxpayer.

Go to JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs for food for your kids.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. #5 Harass Citizens Groups

Is it fascism yet?

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Shhhh, we cannot use the F word!

:hi:

I was told that here no less.

[Major Hogwash]

12. Well, if it's not fascism, what the hell do they want to call it?

Because it sure as hell isn't a democracy.

[AngkorWot]

13. I think democracies can have laws against marching without a permit.

:shrug:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

15. Maybe, maybe not. I'll let the nice lady describe it in her own words:

In my book Give Me Liberty, a blueprint for how to open up a closing civil society, I have a chapter on permits – which is a crucial subject to understand for anyone involved in protest in the US. In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of "overpermiticisation" – requirements that were designed to stifle freedom of assembly and the right to petition government for redress of grievances, both of which are part of our first amendment. One of these made-up permit requirements, which are not transparent or accountable, is the megaphone restriction.

So I informed the group on Hudson Street that they had a first amendment right to use a megaphone and that the National Lawyers' Guild should appeal the issue if they got arrested. And I repeated the words of the first amendment, which the crowd repeated.

[bigmonkey]

16. And usually they support oppression.

Those laws do.

[fascisthunter]

20. lol!!! Hilarious!

[Major Hogwash]

21. I don't think she was marching. It looked to me like she was just walking.

And no permits are needed for just walking, that I know of.
It seems to me that they violated her right to assemble with others, as guaranteed under the Constitution.

In my opinion, New York is screwing up by arresting anyone.
We held a rally here last weekend and no one got arrested.
The cops that were there just watched from a safe distance away from us.
And although not many people showed up, maybe 45, we had a guy with a bullhorn that used it to lead the others along with the chants they wanted everyone else to say.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Well as I said

I read it here...grains of salt...the other equivalent term is corporatism though.

[fascisthunter]

19. ha! It's part of my name

tough cookies for whoever that was. Hiya Nadin...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. A dangerous criminal and enemy of the state.

[Major Hogwash]

22. They should recall Bloomberg.

He is a crappy mayor, in my opinion.
And he is way too much of an authoritarian.

[Blue Owl]

17. Meanwhile, an armed teabagger roams free

:mad:

[Emit]

26. Oh, wow!

Thanks for posting ... I had not seen this.