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Originally posted by beezzer
Um, what are they protesting?
2nd
Originally posted by mikellmikell
reply to post by beezzer
As suspected they don't seem to know
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Originally posted by jjf3rd77
In anticipation of May Day demonstrations, Occupy Wall Street is vowing to pull out all the stops with the “biggest shut down“ New York City has ”ever seen.” Likewise, Occupy Oakland is also gearing up to shut down all travel in the San Francisco Bay area.
www.theblaze.com...
So, how exactly will this help balance out the difference between the rich and the poor? OWS has clearly lost their message and probably their minds!
Originally posted by W3RLIED2
I've found it so easily apparent that the occupyers are nothing more than leftist hippie kids..
The original political meanings of ‘left’ and ‘right’ have changed since their origin in the French estates general in 1789. There the people sitting on the left could be viewed as more or less anti-statists with those on the right being state-interventionists of one kind or another. In this interpretation of the pristine sense, libertarianism was clearly at the extreme left-wing.
Notable investigations include a dogged investigation into Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio's conduct, the Seattle Police Department and New Orleans police.
Earlier this year, Salon writer Justin Elliott wrote an article about the man at the top of the section responsible for the renewed DOJ focus on civil rights: Thomas Perez. Since Perez took over the Civil Rights section at the DOJ, the focus has shifted from counterterrorism back to police brutality.
In just the past few months, the Civil Rights Division has announced “pattern and practice” investigations in Newark, New Jersey and Seattle. It’s also conducting a preliminary investigation of the Denver Police Department, and all this is on top of a high-profile push to reform the notorious New Orleans Police Department — as well as criminal prosecutions of several New Orleans officers.
The “pattern and practice” authority comes from a 1994 law passed by Congress after the brutal beating of Rodney King by white Los Angeles police officers, who allegedly yelled racial slurs as they hit him. The law allows the DOJ to sue police departments if there is a pattern of violations of citizens’ constitutional rights — things like an excessive use of force, discrimination, and illegal searches. Often, after an investigation, the police department in question will enter into a voluntary reform agreement with the DOJ to avoid a lawsuit and the imposition of reforms.
“Under the Bush administration, the Justice Department disappeared here in terms of federal civil rights enforcement. You could see the shift to counterterrorism at the ground level after Sept. 11,” says Mary Howell , a New Orleans civil rights attorney who has been working on police misconduct cases for more than three decades. “Now they’re back doing criminal prosecutions of police and the civil rights investigation, which is huge.”
Predictably, the right wing claims this focus on police brutality is nothing more than an attempt to shift focus from the ridiculous Fast and Furious allegations dogging Eric Holder. This is somewhat laughable, given that these investigations have been in progress since 2009.
Under Perez, at least 17 police departments are under investigation for police brutality, including their most recent report on the Seattle police department, which was scathing and broad in scope.
Originally posted by jjf3rd77
In anticipation of May Day demonstrations, Occupy Wall Street is vowing to pull out all the stops with the “biggest shut down“ New York City has ”ever seen.” Likewise, Occupy Oakland is also gearing up to shut down all travel in the San Francisco Bay area.
www.theblaze.com...
So, how exactly will this help balance out the difference between the rich and the poor? OWS has clearly lost their message and probably their minds!
Originally posted by jjf3rd77
In anticipation of May Day demonstrations, Occupy Wall Street is vowing to pull out all the stops with the “biggest shut down“ New York City has ”ever seen.” Likewise, Occupy Oakland is also gearing up to shut down all travel in the San Francisco Bay area.
www.theblaze.com...
So, how exactly will this help balance out the difference between the rich and the poor? OWS has clearly lost their message and probably their minds!
Originally posted by jude11
Originally posted by jjf3rd77
In anticipation of May Day demonstrations, Occupy Wall Street is vowing to pull out all the stops with the “biggest shut down“ New York City has ”ever seen.” Likewise, Occupy Oakland is also gearing up to shut down all travel in the San Francisco Bay area.
www.theblaze.com...
So, how exactly will this help balance out the difference between the rich and the poor? OWS has clearly lost their message and probably their minds!
In order for the uninformed public to wake up to reality, this has to be done IMO.
Only when they are inconvenienced in their daily lives will many stop and think about what is going on around them and learn about OWS and why it needs to be done. So many still don't understand what OWS is all about and don't realize that their message is for everyone, not just a few.
But the Elite know what's happening...don't they?
Peace
Originally posted by Erectus
It takes a lot of courage to protest when you are unsure what the police response will be. These protests are to call attention to the same things that every body on here rants about. Yea, some of them are pretty spaced out with some wild ideas. Some people on here are pretty spaced out with wild ideas. Give these folks some credit. They are taking action to try to make a change in a corrupt system. They aren't just sitting in their recliner complaining on line. They have accomplished something already.......news coverage.