There's a term for that. It is called....."Law Enforcement"

Its what happens to violent individuals when they demonstrate that they cannot be responsible protesters like the gallant Tea Party activists. (which, by the way, have had ZERO arrests I may add).

You break the law and cause destruction you go to jail.

Yeah....sucks huh?

THE MIDDLE CLASS IS BEHIND YOU OCCUPY WALL ST!!!! GIVE EM HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is their goal? Camp out until the banks give them money? I think it's funny to watch. Where do they shower?

One of the pictures showed guys wearing gas masks, probably to getpast the BO.

So long as we see everyday news telling Us that wages will be stagnant until at least 2021, at the same time that CEO pay has gone up 28% so far for this year, this protests will not stop.

People all around the world have finally open their eyes as to what is going on on every country of every language, regarding the modern economics of dominance ( A form of slavery, economic slavery that is ).

The entire world economic/capitalist system has been rigged in order to get more work out of people, with less benefits and/or pay, and if we add to that, an element of taxation from the Governments around the world, you get the idea.

This is not a conspiracy theory, this is two systems ( Capitalism and Governance ) working in rapport.

This is how we end up with Asian sweat shops, and Child labor.

Remember and don't ever forget this, any time you see these companies reaping billions of dollars in profits, at the same time they pay their CEO's millions in salaries: Someone along the chain of production or distribution pay for that, be it child labor, sweat shops, low wages, no benefits, skeleton crews performing the jobs of full staffed crews, etc, etc.

So long as we keep buying Chinese plastics from Wal-Mart and the likes of it ( Target, Sears, K mart Etc ), this situation will not stop.

So don't forget, every time you buy something " CHEAP ", someone along the line suffered the consequences of that item being " Such a good cheap deal ".

Also, the " Cheaper we buy " the worst the cycle gets, because they ( The Capitalists ) keep lowering wages, since we don't need better salaries anymore because everything they offer Us is so " Cheap ".

In that way they can give themselves multi-million dollar salaries, bonuses, and rig legislation in order not to pay taxes, at the same time that they cannot afford a .25C/Hr raise for their workers.

Too bad the Tea Party only includes a limited segment of American society in their ranks and support the 1% and their 40% hold on wealth. Do some really think they can continue this unstable economic system, that is meant to only benefit a few?

Gee Michelle, looks like you've rationalized the whole thing but guess what? This ain't your typical anything. It's a new day. It is not extreme to demand our rights. The cops will inflict pain to those to demand to loudly. What the authorities have missed is the same as the political conditions that sparked the Arab Spring, all the money and power at the top and nothing including hope for the rest of the people. This is not a rationalization, it's the reality that a revolution has begun. It's time for justice. No matter how this revolution unfolds it will never be the same as before. The internet assures us of that.

but you see their is the other problem as they are now wanting to control that, already law can snoop in your emails, your face book post, your cell phones with out a warrant or due legal process all under the home land crap rules, they want to stop the terror threat, empty prisons and drop them over their and tell them if you survive you win a chance to be free again, bet you in 90 days they would all would ask for peace and throw down weapons.

To show that they are MACHO.

American democracy, my ass.

Were you there? Does the picture tell the whole story? Why do you assume it is the police officer that started the confrontation? Leave your bias to yourself unless you know the whole situation.

There's a term for that. It is called....."Law Enforcement"

Its what happens to violent individuals when they demonstrate that they cannot be responsible protesters like the gallant Tea Party activists. (which, by the way, have had ZERO arrests I may add).

You break the law and cause destruction you go to jail.

Yeah....sucks huh?

Not many, but they're out there....

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20084409-245/tea-party-leader-arrested-on-piracy-charges/

Oh, and why would authorities arrest people who they fund?

It might be little crowded down there with you and your couch potatoe conservatives!

Yea crowded with whiny little b*tches. Time to go "Tiananmen Square" on their punk a$$es.

yabecoo "Time to send the social parasites, entitlement whores and misery pimps back to their mommy and daddy's basements."

@"yabecoo",,

,Thanks for your kind, well thought out post . Yours is exactly the kind of name calling, reactionary, uneducated mind set that allows and supports the insidious bank fraud this protest is all about.

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There is NOTHING wrong with the idea of taking the protest to the doorsteps of the corrupt, self serving, treasonous bankers who crashed our economy in 2008.

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THEY have already reached into the homes of the American Middle class, stolen their homes, destroyed their jobs and families, corrupted our system and Constitution. Absolutely destroyed lives.

I have NO pity for the fate of the corrupt rich tied to bailouts, the destruction of the economy, or board of the disgusting, evil, treasonous "Federal Reserve", nor our worthless politicians on their payroll.

Obama sure as hell as done NOTHING to prosecute the thieves who ruined our economy nor to protect the public in any way. In fact, he has kept the same wall street rats that infested the White House under George "W"(orst president in history) Bush!!!!!

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This protest will continue to grow and these protesters are actually doing more to fight for our country, our freedom , and our constitutional rights than all of our brave, honest soldiers being misused in two immoral, USELESS wars started by the same republican criminals who own (and are owned by ), our CORRUPT BANKING SYSTEM.

LONG LIVE THIS PROTEST & THANKS TO ALL OF THE PROTESTERS !!!!!!!

When people are having a peaceful protest and one or more of them start in throwing bottles or engaging in other violence, the chances are that they belong to the police or government and are acting as agents-provocateurs. In other words they're there to give police an excuse to come down on the protesters with a heavy hand. If someone next to me threw a bottle I would restrain them and drag them to the police line, push them right at a cop and tell them to keep their cops on their own side of the line... You can spot them because they usually try to hide their faces with kerchiefs, masks and such. It was a favorite government tactic back in the 60s. Also, look for the people who start suggesting that the peaceful protesters engage in violence- its a dead giveaway.

I agree with EricSimon- the situation we have in America now has a close resemblance to Germany of the 1920s and 1930s. We are becoming everything I was told we were against when I grew up and when I was in the Army. The fascism is now becoming blatant.

Close, I see the wake and bake started early this morning. Have another hit off that bong.

Yabecoo - you are clearly a JERK! I am NOT a hippie, don't smoke pot, drink or even smoke, I have a job, a house, and am not being directly effected by what is happening in the country. But I AM sympathetic to their cause and know that many hard working people who have played by all the rules - are now hurting due to the actions of CEO's, the banks, politicians, and brown-nosers of the wealthy. Go ahead and be smug but there is karma and people like you just might be on the other side of this issue when you lose everything you have worked for. BTW - I am not a "liberal", a democrat, or a conservative or Republican. I am an Independant who votes for the candidate and not the part. But I am horrified by the "let them eat cake" attitude coming out of Washington. Perhaps they should remember just where that attitude brought the French aristocrats! People are marching peacefully now but if something is not done and done soon - maybe they will be armed in the future.

Throwing bottles and disobeying police orders is not peaceful. The Occupy Wall Street protest is effecting other people who work and run businesses in the area. What about their needs? I'd say they are being the jerks and you are an enabler of them.

You are a disgrace, period.

Yeah I agree. The banks were at fault? Hmmm. Last time I checked if you couldn't afford it, you didn't buy it. Over spending on a mortgage you can't afford withdrawls money from the economy. A couple months of bad luck and you can't pay mortgage, your credit card debt is up, and it was all due to your choice. I see your point completely. Did I ever tell you about the Easter Bunny?

yabecoo, please go back and read #4.4.

Merlin:

engaging in other violence, the chances are that they belong to the police or government and are acting as agents-provocateurs

If that is the case then the protestors should turn on them (the bottle throwers) and bash their heads in. Unless you may be wrong.

There's a term for that. It is called....."Law Enforcement"

Its what happens to violent individuals when they demonstrate that they cannot be responsible protesters like the gallant Tea Party activists. (which, by the way, have had ZERO arrests I may add).

You break the law and cause destruction you go to jail.

Yeah....sucks huh?

if i understand your use of the phrase "law inforcement" correctly, the exercise of physical force and power is what the law offers to those it protects, that is" the law (justice in greek) is the interest of the stronger party", the quote being thrasymachus in book i of plato's republic.

what happens when a stronger party appears? the law changes!

Nice try....

But protecting the rights of individuals just so they can defecate on police cars, urinate in public and trash the local businesses is not interest of the stronger party. It is of the interest of the general public....

Had you study logic instead of gay studies and global warming you would have known that...

Nice try though...

Did you listen to the program by Howard Stern on Sirius? He had people on his program that were at the protest and they didn't have a clue why they were there. Too funny!!! It was hilarious.

actually he is not...that is the inherent hypocrisy is the BS movement.

yabecoo "Time to send the social parasites, entitlement whores and misery pimps back to their mommy and daddy's basements."

@"yabecoo",,

,Thanks for your kind, well thought out post . Yours is exactly the kind of name calling, reactionary, uneducated mind set that allows and supports the insidious bank fraud this protest is all about.

______________________________________________________________

There is NOTHING wrong with the idea of taking the protest to the doorsteps of the corrupt, self serving, treasonous bankers who crashed our economy in 2008.

______________________________________________________

THEY have already reached into the homes of the American Middle class, stolen their homes, destroyed their jobs and families, corrupted our system and Constitution. Absolutely destroyed lives.

I have NO pity for the fate of the corrupt rich tied to bailouts, the destruction of the economy, or board of the disgusting, evil, treasonous "Federal Reserve", nor our worthless politicians on their payroll.

Obama sure as hell as done NOTHING to prosecute the thieves who ruined our economy nor to protect the public in any way. In fact, he has kept the same wall street rats that infested the White House under George "W"(orst president in history) Bush!!!!!

___________________________________________________________

This protest will continue to grow and these protesters are actually doing more to fight for our country, our freedom , and our constitutional rights than all of our brave, honest soldiers being misused in two immoral, USELESS wars started by the same republican criminals who own (and are owned by ), our CORRUPT BANKING SYSTEM.

LONG LIVE THIS PROTEST & THANKS TO ALL OF THE PROTESTERS !!!!!!!

There's a term for that. It is called....."Law Enforcement"

Its what happens to violent individuals when they demonstrate that they cannot be responsible protesters like the gallant Tea Party activists. (which, by the way, have had ZERO arrests I may add).

You break the law and cause destruction you go to jail.

Yeah....sucks huh?

Dennis,

Neither freedom of speech nor freedom of assembly grants permission to engage in anarchy. I think the NYPD (not a fan BTW) has shown tremendous restraint given the size and duration of this protest. Speaking of duration, for a group of people who are so concerned about the use of the taxpayers' money, they seem very unconcerned about the cost to the taxpayers of NYC for their month long rant. Make your point already and go home.

Close the FED:

and our constitutional rights than all of our brave, honest soldiers being misused in two immoral, USELESS wars started by the same republican criminals who own (and are owned by ), our CORRUPT BANKING SYSTEM.

Most of the past wars (& Police Actions) were started by the Democrat Presidents in power at the time.

WWII: Roosevelt

Korea: Truman with UN

VietNam: Kennedy with UN

Somalia: Clinton with UN

Desert Storm: Bush 1st with a coalition of the willing

Afghanistan & Operation Iraqi Freedom: Bush 2nd with a coalition of the willing

Libyia: Obama and NATO

Somalia: Obama - alone

The money for President Obama's campaign came from the Rich like Soros, Wall Street Hedge funds, the Large Bankers like Goldman Sach, etc. Do you really think for a moment the President wants to actually see anything come of this protest?

All this is being done as a diversion from his failed policies paid for by Soros and others that fear President Obama won't be re-elected. The work by President Obama is not done yet for these Rich Fat Cats and the protestors on Wall Street are the fall guys. Too sad, they are being duped into this.

Once the heads start being rolled, the President will drop his support like a ton of bricks.

Downtown NYC

"The protesters may have a point, but on a practical level, they make it a pain for a lot of people to get to work in the morning."

That is unfortunate "Downtown", but please keep in mind that the corrupt, greedy wall street hedge fund managers and the evil, corrupt to the core "Federal Reserve" make life a pain and destroy families and the foundation of our Republic,,,,,,,, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.

Patience, it takes a while to ferret out the rats, but it is good for what America is supposed to stand for. Freedom and liberty.

Sorry that you're inconvenienced but there are families loosing their jobs and homes over this. People can't support their families and can't get adequate healthcare. The line must be drawn somewhere. Your inconvenience is nothing in comparison to what others are suffering due to the greed and corruption of Wall Street and the big banks.

Awwwww - poor baby. Well, at least you HAVE a job. At least for now. When you don't perhaps you will appreciate just why these people are protesting.

TRMS and Kathy, the protesters are so damn quick to remind everyone of their right to assemble (there actually is no Constitutional right to protest), and yet you so blithly dismiss the rights of other citizens to assemble (get to work) and to engage in the conduct of their lives. Sounds a bit hypocritical to me.

Government deregulation of fannie and freddie (see Chris Dodd and Barney Frank) is a major cause of this. Figure like this. You pay rent at 650 per month, but you figure you might as well be paying a mortgage. So you look for a house. Wow t...his one looks great, and it's only $840/month !! Well that's only $200 more than what we pay now, and we'd own it. Let's do it. So they did, even though they weren't prime lenders. That alone takes $200 out of the economy. Enter credit cards and debt. Along comes health issues, car issues, add that to the millions of Americans that are now putting 30-40% of their rent into mortgage and it will take an effect on the economy. Add Obama and his ideals and progress stops. Not a hard equation in reality.

I don't have a credit card, if I can't pay cash, I can't buy it. If I pay more in taxes and fees, I spend less on goods. Cut my taxes so I can spend more. The real bailout that is needed is for college grads. If you actually graduated, we'll eliminate all student loans. For me, that's $449/month for the next 30 years. 2/3 is the cost of interest. 46k turned into 122k. Obama loves to spend money and he needs more taxes to do so. Welcome to what you voted for.

No inconvenience in Los Angeles. Here, many of them are camping around city hall and have had a few marches since they have been there with no police incidents.

There a constitutional right to peaceful assembly and that's what they were doing until the police tried to infringe on that right. I haven't yet seen one picture ANYWHERE of a protester being violent or "deficating on a police car" as someone else on here suggested. I'm sure if that was happening a conservative blogger would have gotten a picture somehow and put it up somewhere. I have only seen pictures of cops hitting and shoving and pushing and protesters trying to peacefully hold their ground. Dr. King did the same thing and they said the same thing about the people that were with him. This is how change begins. When the problems are so deeply entrenched as these are the only way things change is for people to bring attention to it.

I have not dismissed anyone's right to get to work. This comment said that it was DIFFICULT" for him to get to work. I'm just saying his inconvenience is not as important as what the protestors are against.

His inconvenience is not as important as what the protestors are against - to the protestors and to you, not to the person inconvenienced. If the protestors are interfering with others going to work, moving about, conducting business, living - then they are not peacefully assembled and the police have the authority to limit their movements so as not to interfere with the rights of others. If you are ordered by the police to move and you don't move - you are NOT peacefully holding your ground. I'm not saying whether the protestors are right or wrong - only that you don't get to be wherever you want to be, for however long you want to be there, completely ignoring the effect you are having on others and still claim to be non-violent and peaceful. Sorry, but no.

You have to get a permit to assemble. If you break the rules of the permit, the police will come in and disassemble your group by any means they deem necessary for the re-establishment of the law.

Too much time in the doughnut shop.

You're a liar! How dare you make such a statement!

I demand an apology!

If you notice Charlie, the only people being "violent" are the police. Look again. They are playing psychological tricks on you.

The Tea Party movement was "real" for only a short time until mainstream politics took control of it. Now it is a nothing more than a novelty branch of the republican party. That may be the reason the occupy movement is trying to stay politically neutral. Protesters are not democrats or republicans. The protesters are Americans.

Hey HollowheadHolly. There's a term for that. It is called....."Law Enforcement"

Its what happens to violent individuals when they demonstrate that they cannot be responsible protesters like the gallant Tea Party activists. (which, by the way, have had ZERO arrests I may add).

You break the law and cause destruction you go to jail.

Yeah....sucks huh?

Troll

Charlie, excuse me while I puke! The Tea Party people are brown-nosers of the wealthy (Koch Brothers etc.) and are not interested in helping the middle class. A rat is a rat no matter how they pretend.

Kathy, you must not have gone to any of the Tea Party rallies. Most are honest, hard working Middle Class familes that want a smaller government and less taxes. This President and his policies of spend, spend and more spending are too much for any country to handle. The OWS protestors should be protesting Washington and the White House, not Wall Street.

Some of those corporate big wigs should be investigated for fraud and mishandling of their customer's money right along side some in Washington. But to do that, they need to have the spot light on them, not on the protestors protesting something they know little about. For most of the OWS it is a "happening". They are there just to be there.

They are actually the designated bait.

I find it interesting that you think these photos look good for the protesters. I am part of the protest, and I actually very much disapprove of MSNBC's portrayal of it. They make it appear as though it was a violent clash, when really there was just some macho posturing by the police and the protesters peacefully standing their ground.

Holly, aren't you getting board? How many vacation days have you used up to help protest, and what are your goals? Another group thinking with emotion and not logic, keep it up, I find it amusing!!!

Look, Lame Duck,

They cannot continue this like they are. They are trashing the place and it now smells like hell. They are defecating on the American flag. Most of these people are disgusting and are the slime of the earth. They should close off the area they are in, arrest all of them, fine them for three times what it will take to clean up the place and pay for all the police that had to work to keep them from destroying the place. Also, throw them in jail for trashing Wall St.

A lot of these people should have gotten beat up long ago. Bunch of spoiled brats that think they can do whatever they want to do, no matter how wrong they are.

There's a term for that. It is called....."Law Enforcement"

Its what happens to violent individuals when they demonstrate that they cannot be responsible protesters like the gallant Tea Party activists. (which, by the way, have had ZERO arrests I may add).

You break the law and cause destruction you go to jail.

Yeah....sucks huh?