Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.
All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.
[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]
Monday, March 19, 2012
Watch: Police Get Violent As OWS Retakes Zuccotti Park
On Saturday, hundreds of protesters marked the six-month anniversary of
Occupy Wall Street by attempting to retake Zuccotti Park. By the end of
the night, 73 had been arrested
and the park forcefully cleared. In scenes that recalled the early days
of the movement last fall, citizen journalists captured the New York
City Police Department roughing up dozens of apparently peaceful
activists. One of them, Craig Judelman, posted a bloody photo of himself on Facebook with the caption, "just got punched in the face like 5 times by NYPD." Journalists J.A. Myerson and Ryan Devereaux
have good summaries of other alleged brutality, including officers
throwing punches, "rubbing" a boot on someone's head, dragging a woman
by the hair, and breaking a guy's thumb. Many other incidents were
caught on tape.
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