And: The Rained Out Revolution I can't help but ask myself, what if Occupy protestors in 2010 showed up with AR-15s? On one hand, being armed may have given law enforcement pause before they use paramilitary tactics to take down the Occupy encampments all over the country. On the other hand, Occupy was protesting... Continue Reading →
Dehumanizing The Other is the First Step to Violence
The dehumanizing rhetoric aimed at the Occupy protestors will lead to increased violence My first impression when I saw the video from which this indelible image was taken was 'my god, this person is showing absolutely no affect over what he is doing.' An emotional or empathic understanding of a process that inflicts intense pain,... Continue Reading →
An Awkward Moment! On Hiding the Police from my Children
Police need to ask themselves, "what if children were watching us right now?" I found myself in an awkward situation today. I was watching footage from the Occupy movement at Berkeley. Young men and women were linking arms in a line before a contingent of police officers. Suddenly the police erupted in a wave of... Continue Reading →