tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post7212458071618162383..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Are the Police Directing Indigent and Drug Users to Zuccotti Park, in an Attempt to Sabotage Occupy Wall Street Protests?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-418182347988076812011-11-02T18:51:00.339+01:002011-11-02T18:51:00.339+01:00Yes Jim that is correct.
However it does not help...Yes Jim that is correct.<br /><br />However it does not help the protests to have people intruded on them by those in opposition, people who do not wish to be part of their protests. <br /><br />Further, if it is your contention that this is being done to help those who are homeless or drug users - there are better ways to help. And that becomes completely disingenuous when the police use their presence to justify their actions AGAINST protesters, or when the right wing is using those people to try to delegitimize the protests.<br /><br />It puts those individuals in the position of pawns - unwilling pawns themselves, and makes the protesters unwilling players with those pawns in that ugly game.dog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-54692959562602412822011-11-02T16:16:42.710+01:002011-11-02T16:16:42.710+01:00I would think having a spotlight on the homeless a...I would think having a spotlight on the homeless and drug users would only amplify the call to tax the 1% to pay for services that these people deserve. Isn't that part of the message from the 99%?Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-940502248284973392011-11-02T15:22:17.962+01:002011-11-02T15:22:17.962+01:00Not particularly; there may be some people who are...Not particularly; there may be some people who are homeless, certainly many who were unfairly foreclosed upon make up a segment.<br /><br />But what appears to be happening is that those who are NOT interested in the politics and economics of the movement are being directed to the protests to both make them appear more 'rag tag', but also to try to put more of a strain on the efforts of the protesters to provide food and shelter to those genuinely participating in the protests. It is an attempt to burden and stress their limited organization efforts.<br /><br />Ditto any drug users; if they can insert people they know have a problem, they can very dishonestly then turn around to try to mis-characterize the protest and protesters to discredit them unfairly.<br /><br />It is a mean, nasty, ugly, cruel way to exploit people who should be directed to services that genuinely CAN assist them, and it is a very sleazy and fundamentally dishonest tactic by those police. When THAT is how the police act, it is much harder for anyone on the receiving end of such a tactic to have any respect for them or to believe them when they want to negotiate or operate in good faith.<br /><br />It undermines both sides acting well, and that is sad, and it does not reflect well on the police, not at all.<br /><br />Shame on the cops.dog gonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151618317070878675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-2233293115608853342011-11-02T14:30:40.222+01:002011-11-02T14:30:40.222+01:00So the homeless are not part of the 99%?So the homeless are not part of the 99%?Jimnoreply@blogger.com