Police State Targets Occupy Movements

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http://www.thenation.com/blog/164150/police-state-targets-occupy-movements

On October 17, hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered in Liberty Park around cakes that had been donated by local businesses. The group was celebrating the one-month anniversary of the occupation, but the moment was simultaneously both joyous and somber.

Though OWS had won some clear victories against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, they had also withstood brutality at the hands of the NYPD.

Each candle glowing atop the cakes represented a protester who had been arrested.

While the Occupy actions have become national symbols of resistance, the movement has also served to underline the problem of America’s massive police state, which is used to suppress freedom of expression and assembly rather than as an instrument to safeguard those liberties.



***IMO - you cannot separate politicians holding office from the 'police state'.

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1. "the police are acting as though the greatest threat to America's government is freedom

of expression. Maybe they're right."

Dang, I've gotta re-subscribe to The Nation.