The Occupy Wall Street protests are finally getting some much deserved media coverage. The movement is growing and spreading daily. In the beginning the media simply refused to cover the story. Not surprising, since most of the media is part of the corporate world that destroyed the economy. The New York Times was one of the worst offenders. They did not even acknowledge the protests outside of their blogs. Then the NYPD saved the day by arresting 700 people. It was a blatant attempt to intimidate the protesters but it forced the media to cover it. That coverage caused support to grow and the movement began to spread around the country.
The coverage was in huge contrast to the fawning coverage given to the tea baggers. Each time a dozen baggers showed up with their mullets and their misspelled signs, every network had camera crews on the scene.
Now the NYPD has changed tactics. The police are becoming more violent in their actions against peaceful protests. They are trying to force the protesters to respond in kind. The NYPD wants to turn incredibly peaceful protests into a riot. That will allow them to move in with force to end the protests.
We saw the same tactics during the Vietnam war protests. Cops would move in and start bashing peaceful kids in the head with their clubs. The kids would respond by throwing rocks and bottles at the cops and the riot was on. To their credit, today's protesters are not taking the bait and each day the NYPD looks more like a bunch of brutal fascists.
This movement could be the beginning of the American Spring, where the working man takes government back from his corporate overlords.
America has been in transition, from a country with a strong middle class, into a country made up of an aristocracy and a peasantry. It is about time that the people stood up.
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