Occupy Wall Street 10/15/11 NYPD arrest Times Square

One block from Times Square. Man arrested after following NYPD orders. Entrapment?

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[lancetop]

ANYONE knows that cops are the ENEMY of the people. Cops are the protectors of the 1%. How obvious can it be?

[tothecor50]

@Allahsucks100

Hippie (noun): a person, especially of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal relations expressing love, and expanded consciousness, often expressed externally in the wearing of casual, folksy clothing and of beads, headbands, used garments, etc.

How did the definition of "hippie" evolve to incorporate educated (often college), blue-to-white collar (recently) unemployed Americans? ......anyone? A sad, sad state.

[TRUTHringsTRUE]

@NYYankee42 And what crime did he commit?

[winamux187]

i woulda told that stupid cop to walk thru the crowd of OWS an see what happens to him hahaha

[NYYankee42]

Entrapment implies that the police coerced him into committing a crime. Not the case here.

[shadowkitty56]

@CarlAsvin Ipso facto, the corps in this country are supporting this labor in China which borders on slavery, they've taken away jobs that supported millions of people, they've built up the Chinese economy at the expense of the US and pocketed most of the profits. They never question once if any of this is right or moral. And they leave people like me jobless by not hiring and the kid in Harlem homeless by not paying taxes.

[shadowkitty56]

@CarlAsvin Corporations respond to the demand of consumers, but more fundamentally they respond more to their bottom lines. A Chinese worker in a factory is not beholden to labor laws so bitterly fought for in the 1890s and are actually forbidden from forming unions without "permission." They get paid a tiny amount for the work they do and in effect they are cheap labor for the corps that employ them without the hassle of unions or even a fixed schedule for their work. CONT

[shadowkitty56]

@CarlAsvin because bigshots at Ford and the Motown 3 wanted to make their cars for cheaper and went South of the border (much like a lot of people are doing with China right now.) The only sin of the men who assembled the cars is to want to be able to put their kids through school, have a decent nest egg to retire on, and die. Instead, the bottom dropped out and those that could move did, the ones that couldn't (mostly black I might add) had to live with the results: a war zone.

[shadowkitty56]

@CarlAsvin because bigshots at Ford and the Motown 3 wanted to make their cars for cheaper and went South of the border (much like a lot of people are doing with China right now.) The only sin of the men who assembled the cars is to want to be able to put their kids through school, have a decent nest egg to retire on, and die. Instead, the bottom dropped out and those that could move did, the ones that couldn't (mostly black I might add) lived with the results.

[shadowkitty56]

@CarlAsvin So I should be thankful that you got a coat made in the USA?-Wonderful. Compared to the volume coming out of China, you hit the bloody jackpot (that's why they call it a trade deficit.) There used to be a section of NYC that was called the garment district. It effectively no longer exists, nor any of the jobs it once supported. There are huge districts in the Midwest that have empty factories; the entire city of Detroit is now a shadow of what it once was CONT

[CarlAsvin]

@shadowkitty56 Do you not understand international trade at all? Products in the U.S cost more for consumers. Period. Corporations respond to what consumers want. There are still made in U.S.A products. I just bought a beautiful coat recently made in the U.S and paid a higher price tag as a result. China invests in bonds here because of our low default rate. What are you talking about? Seriously, get your head out of the clouds and actually study Economics. And I'd prefer you crawl on your back.

[shadowkitty56]

@CarlAsvin My mother makes about half what you do. She is more than willing to pay higher taxes if it means helping that kid in Harlem because he needs it much more than her. Life deals different cards, but it is hard to play when the deck has been spectacularly stacked against you. His mama makes a poverty wage. She wants to work for a better life-why not reward her for a change? Why not let her son get a decent education, so you can have more money??