America really has become the “land of the thief, home of the slave.” While a minority of awake citizens desperately tries to shake their neighbors from their deep slumber, the masses continue to sit in front of the television, suck their thumbs and watch Desperate Housewives, while the oligarchs laugh incredulously at them all the way to the bank.
We all know that Attorney General Eric Holdercouldn’t find a guilty banker if it came up to him and sat on his lap, but these statistics are pretty amazing and a testament to how apathetic and lost of a culture we have become. This database of all the Occupy protestors arrested and whereit happened is pretty cool.
From the Huffington Post:
Here’s a fact that may make your blood boil: Nearly 8,000 Occupy Wall Streetprotesters have been arrested in association with the activist movement,while not one banker has been prosecuted for the actions that lead up to the country’s financial meltdown.
The website OccupyArrests.com has tracked 7,736 in 122 cities nationwide since the Occupy movement began in September 2011.
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This has become the land of justice for some but not all.
ReplyDeleteOr is it because despite the fact that the bankers made huge mistakes they were not, in fact, breaking any existing laws at that time. Bad or poor judgment is not always illegal.
ReplyDeleteThe protestors on the other broke numerous laws and were generally given a "pass" by local authorities. Chaos was too often allowed to go unchallenged.
Can anyone give me the name of a specific banker that has committed a specific criminal offense, along with the statute citation of the criminal offense alleged to have been committed?
ReplyDeleteI didn't see the bankers taking dumps on the streets in full view!
ReplyDeleteGotta love the comments from conservatives on this site who buy in to the false us vs. them dichotomy and believe that liberals are the root of all evil, and who are too blind to understand that both sides have sold us down the river here in the Corporate States of America.
ReplyDeleteBut you go ahead and keep on thinking that if only Republicans were in charge, everything would be better.
12:40 They just took a dump in everyone's 401k.
ReplyDeleteBut, they're right, the bankers did nothing illegal. It mad eme open my eyes though, and research for myself and not trust my "financial adviser". My portfolio has grown 3 times its starting amount, and I haven't looked back. (Thank you OIL)