Occupy Las Vegas

A few months ago, the Occupy Movement came to Las Vegas. It’s an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. While some things are the same, some are quite different from other Occupy protests across the country. One of the most glaring differences in Las Vegas and other Occupy movements is the lack of arrests. Las Vegas has had only 21 arrests at one protest. They were arrested for blocking a public roadway and everyone behaved civilly. Protestors were not pepper sprayed, protestors were not confrontational (other than blocking the street). We have seen numerous stories from across the country about the criminal activity within the Occupy movements: rapes, murders, theft and vandalism are just a few that make the news. These stories are missing from the Occupy Las Vegas movement. Another difference is how the Las Vegas chapter went about their protest. They went to the local government and worked with them to find a location to house the occupy encampment. Occupy Las Vegas obtained a permit, provided port-a-potties, trash cans and even have insurance. They claim that fringe groups influence and violent protestors were not allowed in the movement and repeatedly promoted their peaceful intentions and so far have lived up to that promotion. I also agree with the occupy movement in one other aspect, that our country is broken and going in the wrong direction, I also agree that a small percentage of people in the country are controlling things to their own benefit at the expense of the population in general. I just don’t agree with how it got broke, who broke it or who are the 1%.
In some upcoming articles, I’ll go through their redress of grievances or their 99% declaration and point out some flaws in their thinking and mislabeling the blame as well as areas where they are correct. Everyone in the country has the right to be upset with the direction of America, but we have to look at the rational, logical path to correction.