If you accept Oakland Mayor Jean Quan’s framing of the problem here Saturday night, a crowd of unruly and overgrown children had a tantrum/play-date at the expense of Oakland’s hard pressed citizens when some of the displays on the ground floor of Oakland’s City Hall were vandalized (see the pictures in the SFChron here). Attacking … Continue reading »
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Governing the Occupy Movement through crime
In many cities, including most prominently Oakland and New York, tent encampments on public spaces by the Occupy Wall Street movement have been cleared in early morning raids by police (read about the Oakland situation here). This time, at least, police violence seems to have been minimal. But what is regrettable is the use by … Continue reading »