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In reply to the discussion: I know, I know Occupy is dead... right [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)At the elite power structure. 300 people on a Saturday morning is not shabby at all.
I guess we need the camps back, in your face.
What is more, 300 people on a Monday at midday is not that shabby either, in fact one of the largest midday rallies I've seen in this town..
I did not say numbers were non important, I even gave you numbers. I tried to explain to you why the activist themselves are not reporting them.
By the way, here is how insignificant this movement is. Central Division, SDPD, was baby seating them, not part of it, all of it.
There is more, Harbor Police had the inner uniformed security circle at the Bayfront Hotel.
And this is not paranoia, this is real, FBI was there as well, and I am betting Secret Service. Why was that? The negotiations on the fourth floor, and foreign VIP nationals. Only reason I could get through the cordon, and to the Starbucks to get water...were the Press Credentials. You might think that they're irrelevant, well for an irrelevant non-violent group, some people in power take them damn seriously.
Gets better, attendees were told to remove badges before leaving negotiating floors, that included press by the way.
But you are correct, these hippies are irrelevant and that overt and covert force was for nothing.
Have an excellent day...you believe they're irrelevant, but the state ain't agreeing with you.