By Bob Parks ——Bio and Archives--December 5, 2011
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Most of the roughly 300 Occupy L.A. protesters were released from jail by Friday evening, with some immediately speaking out on the police raid that cleared their camp. One speaker suggested that some of those arrested might need therapy. Several said they felt traumatized after witnessing police use nonlethal force and being forced to wait for hours in zip-tie handcuffs. — LA Now excerpt from Don Surber commentaryConsidering what real activists have endured over the course of history, Occupy L.A. are some of the biggest # out there and have no reason to even attempt to place themselves in the same category as “protesters”. Therapy… gimme a break.
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Bob Parks is a is a member/writer of the National Advisory Council of Project 21. Bob’s websites are Black & Right and youtube.com/BlackAndRight