Amazing

A remarkable moment at UC Davis.

Police pepper spray a bunch of kids in the face, which is increasingly a common occurrence.  I have to agree - looking at the videos that are flying around - that we have militarized our police forces.  Look at the guys in this video.  Amped up, armed to the teeth, body armor... to deal with a bunch of college kids?

This is made even more glaring by how the students respond.  Watch the first three minutes or so, then jump to about minute six.  (In between is a lot of chanting "Shame on you!")  The students basically invite the police to take a moment, think about what they are doing and leave.

A friend of mine sent me a You Tube video slamming the OWS as a bunch of hypocrites and moochers.  I agree that in some ways they are easy targets.  They have beards!

But to actually watch that video, I think it's pretty clear who the mature, measured people are in that video and it's not the police.  I couldn't have maintained my composure in circumstances like that.  They did.

There is a multi-million dollar effort by lobbyists and PR groups to destroy the support OWS has with the American people.  It should come as no surprise that people agree with OWS on the issues but dislike OWS in particular.

That's the way American politics has been done since Nixon.

But notice, too, in the video how many people have cameras.  In their phones, in their tablets.

It's tough to warp the truth if you no longer control the filter.