I saw another one of those images that will not leave my mind. Well, there were two.

First the "confrontation" with a resident that came to do some lookie look. He told the kid that they had no right to take over a public park that belongs to the city The kid tried to make the connection between those taxes we all pay and ownership of the commons. The older man could not get that connection. Kid walked away from the obvious confrontation that was coming, bright kid.

In the same vein, when the cops started taking their stuff away... the kids started to mic check the Fourth Amendment and DEMANDED to see the warrant. To do what the cops were doing, they NEED a warrant. Here was the shocking moment of the night. I expected the PD to produce saith document, They admitted they had none. 

Now chew on that one for a minute... and connect dots to GPS systems in cars, and your lovely nude o scanners at the airport. Warrants, who needs no stinking warrants... and that is the mark of a closing society. One of the things OWS is doing is slowing down, hopefully reversing, that slide. 

Now as to why cops all over are selectively enforcing laws to harass and drive OWS protesters... it is actually simple, they are trying to squash what they do not understand by doing what they have done over ten years. FEAR. What happens when the citizens no longer fear you? And those kids were pretty fearless. What happens? Exactly what is happening. People are FINALLY standing up for their rights. 

I just report from the comfort of my couch. I am not the one taking incredible risks... these people are. But that is why the forces of the state are increasingly becoming harder on them. The State sees them, rightfully so, as a threat. I mean how dare they DEMAND to see a warrant? This is actually a very well known dynamic, and with some of the crap that our reps in congress are considering... this will only grow. When people have nothing else to lose, they become pretty fearless. 

All I can say to DC is... that bubble will be your undoing...
 
EDIT TIME IS GMT... for the obvious...