Oh, those crazy kids. They totally got their message across. Wall Street is greedy? Nope. They are the 99%? Nope. Fairness and justice for all? Nope. They’re a bunch of spoiled, petulant thugs and criminals?
You got it.
On the eve of planned May Day protests across the country, envelopes containing white powder were sent to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and six banks in Manhattan, officials said Monday.
[…] A city official said two of the letters sent to banks read in part: “This is a reminder that you are not in control. Just in case you needed some incentive to stop working. We have a little surprise for you. Think fast.” They ended with, “Happy May Day.”
At one point, people spilled out onto Fifth Avenue in a confrontation with police. Marchers briefly flooded the avenue and blocked traffic before police in riot gear pushed the crowd back onto the sidewalks. The group chanted: “We are the people. We are united!”
After a kickoff event Monday night at Dolores Park, a group of protesters chanting Occupy slogans split off to launch paint bombs at the Mission Police Station and shatter the windows of small businesses on Valencia Street, along with the windows of nearly 20 cars. Organizers immediately distanced the movement from such destruction, but considering the group’s lack of clear leaders or demands, presumably anyone can claim to be acting in the name of Occupy.
Waking up to glass-strewn streets and graffiti imploring “yuppies” and “hipsters” to vacate the neighborhood, small-business owners reacted angrily.
“Nice work, occupiers,” tweeted Jeremy Tooker, owner of the popular Four Barrel Coffee. “You made me leave my sick kid at home to go clean paint bombs off my windows. That’ll show Wall Street, fellas.”
Portland protesters arrested in May Day scuffles with police
Protesters and union organizers shut down ferry service at the Larkspur and Sausalito terminals during the morning commute, marched to the Fruitvale BART station in East Oakland made famous by the police shooting death of Oscar Grant III, and in San Francisco swarmed a bank, and retook a vacant building owned by the Catholic Archdiocese on Turk Street. At least one person was hurt at the site when a protester on the roof hurled a brick into a crowd of demonstrators and police who were tussling below.
Protesters – believed to be from the Black Bloc – smashed storefront windows, banks and vehicles parked in the downtown core, resulting in numerous arrests.
Miami Police said two officers were treated and released for minor injuries and three people were arrested after a series of May 1st protests led by Occupy Miami.
And an ABC coast to coast roundup of the violence.
These people are exactly what the media used to claim the Tea Party was: Violent thugs who will use any means to get their way–including bombs.
In other words, in one day Occupy Whatever caused more disorder, more violence, aqnd more property damage than all the Tea Parties put together. Damn that violent right wing.