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We're fortunate recordings of these events are making their way onto Youtube.

Remember, it wasn't the civil rights protests that put pressure on the government as much as it was *video* of the civil rights protesters getting water hosed.

Whether people agree with the "goals" of OWS or not, Americans tend to have sympathy for unarmed protesters who get beat down by thugs in cop uniforms.

It the same old problem that never changes. No accountability for police bad behavior. Who are you going to complain to? The cops? Thanks to the thin blue line asshole mentality police have, any complaint is likely to go nowhere. The only thing that has changed is more and more people are catching cops on film, and they don't like it. Cops reaction to what they don't like has always been violence so again, it's the same old shit. The one change is that with the advent of digital, people can make youtube stars out of the bad cops, so even if the PD refuses to punish them everyone can see them for what they are. Pigs.

Sweet fucking Jesus, When the Death Star has to arrest old geezers, Anglican priests, it's getting desperate. Flailing.

Reminds me of when the Soviet Politburo were putting poets in prison.

I doubt Wall Street even gets a try at save-an-empire Perestroika II, with 48% of America reduced to poverty or near-poverty.

We're all turd-world now.

What profession? Why, police officer of course. Someone films you from their property you just step right up and arrest them!!! As for age, whatever age they let you on the force, you'd know that better than I would JL.

It's surprising that with all these people getting bashed, there's little footage. Video has the power to trump cops lies.

With all the pricey photo/video gear I've heard about getting trashed at OWS, I'm left wondering why the small/cheap video camera around the neck trick, left in record mode, still hasn't caught on.

Re Occupy & Trinity Church: You don’t need to be Christian, or even religious, to understand -and embrace- the idea that "Whatsoever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." But many of the 1%, in blind greed and endless schemes, have forgotten this. They have closed their eyes to what the word "society" should really mean, and what it can mean. But due to Occupy Wall Street, we are finally talking less about CUTS and more about BLEEDING. Instead of demanding m-o-r-e budget cuts -to be borne by the middle class and poor- we are FINALLY focusing on the shameful bleeding that the poor and middle class has endured, for all too long. Instead of talking about even m-o-r-e cuts in the taxes of millionaires....we are now talking about fairness and justice - about an economy and a political system that is increasingly run for the rich, and by the rich. Instead of talking about LESS government, we are talking about a government that WORKS FOR ALL OF US, not just a favored few. Thank you OWS, for reminding us that people -ordinary working people- really DO matter, and for helping open our eyes to what’s going on in this country, and why. The attempt by OWS to occupy Duarte Square (the empty lot owned by Trinity Church) is much more than a plea for sanctuary. For like Zuccotti Park, it’s an attempt to carve out a protected space, a living conscience for the city, amid the repression. A refuge...in a city where control-freaks would sweep us under the rug, and out of the way. In a city where they would pen us in, and try to permit us to death. In a city that tells us to “move on, move on”..... you don’t belong, you don’t count, you don’t have a right to be here...don’t assemble, don’t block the street, don’t trespass, don’t EXIST! They would deny us, deny our lives, deny our very futures. IF WE LET THEM. But OWS responds, both in word and in DEED: it says we’ve had ENOUGH - we BELONG, we STAND our ground, and we DO matter! This IS our land, and we want it BACK! The word OCCUPY...says it all! That’s why OWS has captured our imagination. That’s why a living breathing OCCUPIED public space is important for OWS. Like Lady Liberty’s never extinguished torch that burns in our harbor, OWS needs to have a concrete, persistent, in-your-face presence.. ..to continually remind us of what we’ve lost, of what we are, and what we can be; a protected place to affirm, illuminate, defy...and inspire. Trinity Church, with its oft-proclaimed ideals (and its huge land holdings), should look deep into its collective soul, do the right thing, and help OWS secure a sanctuary. Not merely a space of refuge, but an enclave of hope, of non-violent change, and compassion. And dare I say: a space of love - love of country, love of your fellow man and woman, love for the poor and oppressed. Can thoughtful Christians argue with these simple Christian / these simple HUMAN values? For if Christ were physically with us today, as He was 2000 years ago, He would be among the FIRST to climb those fences, and occupy Trinity’s Duarte Square. Of this I am certain. Let us hope and pray and plea...that Trinity Church -and others- hear the call, and respond. For the old ways are not working. Find a quiet place somewhere, and consider this: Each of us has only one brief life....one chance....one roll of the dice....and many choices. The time has come to choose....to risk...and to act. If not now...then when? If not you, then....who? You DO have the power my friend....and the choice IS yours. Don’t let your hopes and dreams die: LIVE YOUR IDEALS!