Occupying America

As the mainstream media begins to print standard-length reports of the Occupy Wall Street protests, the movement itself has spread to other major American cities, including Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.

This blog has been reporting regularly since the beginning of the demonstration and occupation seventeen days ago. These reports will continue.

Today, I ask: Why is it that in all these past days of protest the only reports of violence have been about police violence. For sure, the physical violence has been committed by only a few law enforcement officials. Yet, the greater violence is to the public, many members of which have received the message that public protest is dangerous. "You cannot be safe anywhere," is the message received loud and clear.

Yet on they come, the protestors of every stripe and age. Justice is on the march, love is on the wing, and soon hearts will be on the mend.