Groups commit crimes in several cities instead of peacefully protesting
According to the Occupy Wall Street website, members are "fighting back against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process ... inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia." They say they represent the "99 percent" and aim to expose the venality of the "1 percent."
It's time to be brutally honest. At what point does a supposedly peaceful protest turn into a glorified camp out rampant with crime, sexual assault and filth only comparable to Woodstock?
In the past week, occupiers have thrown vehement temper tantrums in a McDonalds when they were refused free food, vandalized businesses and caused extreme violence in Occupy Oakland and nearly half a dozen sexual assaults have occurred, forcing occupiers to create "women only" tents. All of this is a far cry from the peaceful protesting OWS claims on their website and it seems as if the protestors' efforts are hurting other 99-percenters rather than the elite 1 percent.
The Occupy pandemic has become a nuisance for law enforcement and regular citizens who can barely make their way to work through the public urination and feces-infested streets. The protests have become a laughable excuse for a social movement and are instead a muddled assortment of grievances for which there is no longer a cohesive foundation.
Saturday in Occupy DC, protestors attempted to shut down an intersection and block moving cars, resulting in three of the protestors being struck by a car. Chaos ensued as police tried to let the driver through while occupiers erupted in anger, claiming the driver hit the protestors on purpose. The disillusionment of the occupiers is blinding them from reality and they are essentially using the Occupy movement to terrorize and intimidate the general public.
The credibility of the movement has collapsed under the media coverage showing videos of physical assaults and tented clusters of squalid conditions as protestors squat in front of government institutions across the country. The benefits of such a hazardous, violent and destructive protest are minimal at best. Reports of rat infestation and theft circulate through the media as protestors continue to run rampant through cities.
By jumping in front of cars, destroying local businesses, and abusing women, these occupiers are destroying the lives of the 99 percent they claim to represent and are causing more disorder and chaos for government and police than any 1-percenter ever could.
The Occupy movement has grown out of control. The question remains: Will Occupy Wall Street be a success? But the answer already appears evident. Instead of looking for jobs, being productive members of society and advocating violence-free change, the Occupy movement protestors have left us all with more problems than we started with.
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