This Time, Its America

With the recent demonstrations in New York City, Occupy Wall Street has been gaining momentum, spreading to several big cities across the US. Representing the “99%’, Occupy Wall Street mirrors the anger of the middle class against the few elite and the inefficiency of congress.  Having set up their own sort of base camp in Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan, O.W.S. has grown over little more than a week to thousands of people. With marches and protests across New York City, they are drawing attention to their struggle for social equality and effective government. But the main media attraction isn’t about the protestors themselves, but police reaction to them. 

Recently, video has emerged showing a police commander indiscriminately, and unprovokedly pepper spraying random protestors, who had done nothing illegal. Other reports of police brutality have been filed, including assault and unjustified arrests. In trying to expose the governments and the upper class, the protestors have also once again laid bare the growing corruptness of our police system and the unchecked police brutality. But this isn’t new is it? No, police have been power tripping for quite some time now, and every once in a while the media latches on to a particular story, a startling revelation of police corruption. But nothing ever comes of it. And that is what needs to change in America. We have so many problems with corruption, and discrimination, and greed, and in proportionate wealth, that we just need to fix it. That’s why there are protests going on now. Because our government is not doing its job.