What started out as peaceful has taken a turn for the, well, less peaceful.
There are several splinter groups roaming Downtown Seattle breaking things, while the crowd in Westlake Park has swelled to around 500.
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day in Westlake Park
May Day Law Enforcement
May Day Vandalism
Niketown:
May Day: Niketown Damage
May Day: Niketown Damage
May Day: Niketown Damage
American Apparel:
May Day: American Apparel Damage
May Day: American Apparel Damage
May Day: American Apparel Damage
More photos from May Day in Westlake Park: http://www.seattlerex.com/live-from-westlake-park-2/
Wow. I’m not even sure what to say. What idiot douchebags. And they’ve done nothing in the process to further their cause. Whatever that might be.
How embarrassing.
Their cause: You worked for shit that I want. I don’t want to work. Give me your shit.
You know, as much as I get where you’re coming from, and you’re probably not completely wrong, I think you’ve also perfectly described the mentality of a typical bank.
If you dive into fractional reserve banking a bit, what you find is that financial company executives don’t “work” either. At least nowhere near as much as their lifestyles would indicate. They thrive mostly by doing what you have accused the vandals of doing.
Taking other people’s shit. Shit like homes, retirement funds, etc.
At the end of the day, a few broken windows is nothing compared to the destruction wreaked upon the USA by some of our finer banking institutions.
It just so happens that we don’t have news cameras following bank CEO’s around all day, for if we did, there would probably be a revolution by morning.
I don’t support this vandalism, but neither will I pretend like it’s the worst thing that goes on in this country on a daily basis, and I wish some of our larger corporations only screwed with us one day out of the year.
And that’s why the DOJ has so aggressively pursued criminal charges against the Wall St financial firms.
Oh wait… that hasn’t happened yet.
But that must be just around the corner, bound to happen any day now.
Otherwise, people might get the impression that Government and Wall St are in bed together or something…
Well, I suppose the Government’s just been too busy so far investigating the civil rights abuses perpetrated under the last administration and going around righting wrongs and creating peace in the world…
It is possible it is about the shit they are fed and not the shit they want.
Rex, I work with investment bankers on a weekly basis and what you are saying has some merit. Financial institutions should in no way be absolved of the damage they have done. I have no problem with fractional banking in theory, but some American banks were leveraged 40 times off their balance sheets. Obviously a disaster waiting to happen. In Canada I think regulations allow for about 8-10X and our banks required no bail outs.
As for the occupy crowd, their cure for the disease would kill the patient.