the world. Cops just got grabby during an LA march this week against a bank (an action against foreclosure fraud). I'm not going to get teary-eyed and forgive Bloomberg and Quan and Villaraigosa and Denver PD and Pheonix PD and Seattle PD and Austin PD and Chicago PD and on and on and on (just naming some of the worst, not directly correlating it to "democrat" although they're in there) because they have perpetuated violence and crime against our movement while we are being peaceful.
It would be really nice for the riot police to leave us alone as we exercise our 1st Amendment rights against criminals and criminal acts. Noting that the same people who were harassed and nearly grabbed this week in LA as they marched on a bank, were also earlier in the week protesting at a major LA intersection not near a bank, and zero cops were present. It is obvious where the power lies in this country, and who will and will not do anything to support the 1st Amendment. Zero banksters arrested and charged, 7400+ Occupiers arrested... Those of us who have been arrested and/or beaten...would like for it to stop. For the Constitution to be present and respected. Portland Occupy was just grabbed and pepper-sprayed (Portland PD loves pepper spray) for having an anti-austerity march in solidarity with Europe. Check the Occupy Underground forum for video of this. Five Chicago activists are being charged with terrorism for the No NATO action earlier this year. There is much more.
Just because we're doing good work on the east coast does not mean we're not being screwed on the west and elsewhere. The reason lots of people stopped showing up at Occupy is because they didn't want to get beaten up by cops who toss around felony charges on a whim. The mayors responsible for outrageous violations have not really backed down from their stance regarding us or done a thing to repair their crimes. 
Listen to LAPD chief Beck and mayor Villaraigosa discussing OccupyLA's use of water-soluble children's sidewalk chalk, after LAPD shot up a crowd with rubber bullets, who were irate and in disbelief at members having been arrested for chalking:
It's a mess out there.
And another example of the difference between the tealiban and Occupy: cops don't beat up and arrest the tealiban. Which should imply a lot about those who send the cops and with whom they are in bed.
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