Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Occupy Disorder: #ForTheFuture

Here in New York City, when Mayor Bloomberg’s private army goes on an arrest binge, the reasons range from trespassing to carrying books or food into Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park) to making signs to wearing masks to that old standby: disorderly conduct.

In other words, it’s illegal to conduct yourself in a disorderly manner.

But who’s discerning disorder from order? At Liberty Square, it’s those heavily armed folks wearing blue uniforms. The unarmed humans sharing free food, playing guitars, and setting up think tanks? They allegedly have no say in deciding what distinguishes order from disorder.

Read my new article here

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One of my recent OWS photos:

MLK Day Union Rally


Posted by Mickey Z on 01/18 at 01:24 PM
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