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| [credit: Mike Lukovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution] Wackdoodle sez, "Shucks, Mr. Jamie done took ma other home." |
The inevitable establishment reaction to "Occupy Wall Street" has begun as Mayor Bloomberg directed his rent-a-cop force to evict protestors that have occupied Zuccotti Park for a month. The development company that owns the park said it plans to power wash the park section by section beginning at 7am. The company said protestors would be allowed to return after the washing, but it plans to enforce regulations that have been ignored: no tarps, no sleeping bags, no camping. The nation has witnessed the use of city police officers on "paid detail" to private companies as violent enforcers against the primarily young, peaceful protesters. The NYPD said it will make arrests if the corporate owner of Zuccotti Park requests help to remove occupiers. Corporations pay an average of $37/hour to employ an NYPD officer while the City gets a 10% administrative fee on top. Some of the biggest names on the Street like Goldman, the Exchange and even Lehman Bros. have used paid detail cops. All that is missing are the brown shirts and the "T" word.