Getting my beauty sleep
Was exhausted today so crashed out in the early afternoon rather than going to today's march and when I woke up it was too late to go to the rally - assuming there was a rally. The news reports were interested in different matters: people getting arrested and pepper sprayed, for instance. Reading between the lines of the Denver Post report, I gather that when people had illegally pitched tents in the park the police used this as an excuse to dismantle the kitchen and confiscate all the blankets and food and belongings they could, most of which had nothing to do with the tents. But I don't know this for sure.
And of course the police and the protesters did other stuff too. As for what happened on the Capitol steps, I have no idea other than what the news reports say. The Occupy Denver site has less about the Capitol ruckus and more about what happened at Civic Center Park ("Police Move In To Clear The Park"), which is two parks over, across a couple of streets.*
Concerning tactics, well, I assume the people who pitched the tents were acting freelance, since I was at the general assembly the night before and pitching tents wasn't among the plans we discussed. But if news reports are all about clashes with police, then no other message is getting across; and I don't see how this helps to connect us to the 99 percent we're supposedly acting on behalf of. But I'm not an integral part of this thing and I'm not planning on becoming integral so have been uncharacteristically reticent about tossing in my two cents. I love these people, even when they do dumb things. I've got a comforter I rarely use, so I'll donate it when I get a friend to drive me.
*Also, the two incidents were likely to involve two separate police forces, the force at the Capitol being state police, the force at Civic Center Park being Denver police.
Click to viewAnd of course the police and the protesters did other stuff too. As for what happened on the Capitol steps, I have no idea other than what the news reports say. The Occupy Denver site has less about the Capitol ruckus and more about what happened at Civic Center Park ("Police Move In To Clear The Park"), which is two parks over, across a couple of streets.*
Concerning tactics, well, I assume the people who pitched the tents were acting freelance, since I was at the general assembly the night before and pitching tents wasn't among the plans we discussed. But if news reports are all about clashes with police, then no other message is getting across; and I don't see how this helps to connect us to the 99 percent we're supposedly acting on behalf of. But I'm not an integral part of this thing and I'm not planning on becoming integral so have been uncharacteristically reticent about tossing in my two cents. I love these people, even when they do dumb things. I've got a comforter I rarely use, so I'll donate it when I get a friend to drive me.
*Also, the two incidents were likely to involve two separate police forces, the force at the Capitol being state police, the force at Civic Center Park being Denver police.