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Originally Posted by Adder
How have they done that? Obviously it's going to specific to the location.
But take Zucotti Park. It's an empty square block in lower Manhattan. Did they prevent people from getting to the Burger King and the local deli, or were they extra customers for those places?
Same here in Minneapolis. They are impeding exactly no small businesses, and probably providing more customers.
Is LA different?
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Don't know about LA. In Oakland, they are. In SF, they are pretty much ignored.
I'm not suggesting that concern for small businesses is what motivated the Oakland cops to start busting heads.
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I guess I don't get why that's a hard question. Of course. It will fade away eventually, and trying to do something about it almost always pushes that eventually further into the future.
LAPD seems to have handled it well, which is really impressive and might make the raid less counterproductive than the Oakland approach, but it still isn't likely to solve anything.
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I remember years ago when homeless tents sprouted around SF City Hall. Most people I knew really didn't want to go anywhere near the area. I do think there's a point where you say enough. I'm not convinced that any, and certainly not most, of the Occupy protests have been anywhere near that point.
