Declaration of Occupy Wall Street

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jillio said:
I was in a major city over the week-end. Took a long lunch from a seminar and myself and several colleagues went to join a gay marriage rally. A block away was the OWS demonstration. No one was bothering them, they were bothering no one. They were being permitted to peacefully carry out their demonstration.
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did they camp out?
 
deafskeptic said:
Wanna bet how often the media will replay what little violence that the protesters will display? :P
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Well of course. It seems that the fringe are eating it up. They will play what makes them money.
 
Steinhauer said:
A video has been played over and over again where a OWS protester yanked a police officer off his motorcycle here in Atlanta. They are claiming the officer accelerated into the protester.

Just ignore those lying video cameras.

Assault Charges Dropped Against Occupy Atlanta Protester
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Riiiight. Like a video camera can't miss something.:laugh2: Virtually impossible to make a video show what you want it to show, isn't it?:laugh2:
 
Steinhauer said:
A video has been played over and over again where a OWS protester yanked a police officer off his motorcycle here in Atlanta. They are claiming the officer accelerated into the protester.

Just ignore those lying video cameras.

Assault Charges Dropped Against Occupy Atlanta Protester
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Did they show what happened before the protestor pulled the cop off the bike?
charges were dropped by the way. So, I guess there's more to the story than what was shown in the video.
 
DeafCaroline said:
Did they show what happened before the protestor pulled the cop off the bike?
charges were dropped by the way. So, I guess there's more to the story than what was shown in the video.
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Incorrect. The aggravated assault charge was dropped. The others against Tremblay remain including one felony
 
I was talking with some friends about the whole Occupy Wallstreet movement and after much discussion we realized we all had the same question. What EXACTLY are protestors trying to accomplish? I mean, what clear tangible thing has to happen for the protestors to be satisfied and clear out?
 
Journey said:
I was talking with some friends about the whole Occupy Wallstreet movement and after much discussion we realized we all had the same question. What EXACTLY are protestors trying to accomplish? I mean, what clear tangible thing has to happen for the protestors to be satisfied and clear out?
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See Post #1789
 
Thanks Jiro. So based on that list of 'demands', I cannot foresee them disbanding happily or voluntarily in my lifetime :-/ .
 
Journey said:
Thanks Jiro. So based on that list of 'demands', I cannot foresee them disbanding happily or voluntarily in my lifetime :-/ .
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In the beginning, I think their purpose was fairly clear. But the movement grew so quickly and with such numbers that it soon became disorganized and fractured. Which is a shame on one hand, because it dilutes the message. But is also an indication of how many people are feeling such dissatisfaction, which should be a wake up call.
 
jillio said:
In the beginning, I think their purpose was fairly clear. But the movement grew so quickly and with such numbers that it soon became disorganized and fractured. Which is a shame on one hand, because it dilutes the message. But is also an indication of how many people are feeling such dissatisfaction, which should be a wake up call.
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I would be very interested to know how many of the people participating really understand the issues and how many have simply hopped on the bandwagon. (not possible but, still, I am curious)
 
jillio said:
In the beginning, I think their purpose was fairly clear. But the movement grew so quickly and with such numbers that it soon became disorganized and fractured. Which is a shame on one hand, because it dilutes the message. But is also an indication of how many people are feeling such dissatisfaction, which should be a wake up call.
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Since there are this many dissatisfied poeple, I hope they made the decision to vote yesterday. That message speaks much louder than camping in a city near you or me.
 
TXgolfer said:
Productive?

Man Arrested for Breaking EMT's Leg at Occupy Wall Street | NBC New York
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We have had and continues to have violence, vandalism, threats of death against shop or vendor owners or other people, private properties that get damaged, serious case of rampant head lice in one squatter camp, cases of drug-resistence tuberculosis in an Atlanta camp, rapes (for both male and female), the general assault on each other, the pissing and crapping in parks and on sidewalks you can see and smell, crapping on a police car, loss of business revenues in nearby stores and shops, deaths in camps with a few from drug overdose, news reporters assaulted and threatened in public areas, trash...lots of trash, lots of arrests, too, a Molotov cocktail attack on Portland's World Trade Center, hacking into a mayor's website, the throwing of urine, blood and other bodily fluids at food vendors for not serving free meals, unplugging an ATM so they can use it to power their laptops, damaged some of the businesses bathrooms, etc, etc, etc..........

I guess you get the picture. They own it. That's what the public will remember them as. And people thought that the Tea Party was bad?
 
kokonut said:
We have had and continues to have violence, vandalism, threats of death against shop or vendor owners or other people, private properties that get damaged, serious case of rampant head lice in one squatter camp, cases of drug-resistence tuberculosis in an Atlanta camp, rapes (for both male and female), the general assault on each other, the pissing and crapping in parks and on sidewalks you can see and smell, crapping on a police car, loss of business revenues in nearby stores and shops, deaths in camps with a few from drug overdose, news reporters assaulted and threatened in public areas, trash...lots of trash, lots of arrests, too, a Molotov cocktail attack on Portland's World Trade Center, hacking into a mayor's website, the throwing of urine, blood and other bodily fluids at food vendors for not serving free meals, unplugging an ATM so they can use it to power their laptops, damaged some of the businesses bathrooms, etc, etc, etc..........

I guess you get the picture. They own it. That's what the public will remember them as. And people thought that the Tea Party was bad?
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RINOs

btw - crapping on police car was from several years ago.
 
Jiro said:
RINOs

btw - crapping on police car was from several years ago.
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I think you are confusing the "poop on cop car pic" with the "Poop on sidewalk pic" The "poop on sidewalk" pic is the one I saw corrected. I believe it was part of the WTO protests. Maybe both were. :dunno:
 
The occupiers interrupted a speech by Michele Bachmann today in Charleston. She was giving a speech to a group of military veterans on board the aircraft carrier Yorktown at Patriot's Point. It was part of a Veterans' Day and USMC Birthday event. It's also the Medal of Honor museum. When she started her speech, the occupiers stood up and started chanting loudly. She left the stage until they were thru. Then she came back to finish her speech.

Video Thursday: USMC Birthday & Veterans Day Tribute | Patriots Point News & Events

Patriots Point - Explore Museum - Medal of Honor Museum
 
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