Remember the mass round-up in Clark Park last fall because of "powerful and important people"?
In Clark Park, the unemployed and military veterans are targeted too, as described in this Key West report. It starts with the powerless, and the frightened people stay silent. As survivors of past transformations have explained: It's easy to stay silent and sacrifice the powerless, because no one really believes a time will come when the middle class will also be the targets. I know its not civil to understand the patterns of class warfare and a shift to plutocracy, but i do see patterns all the way from Key West to Clark Park and beyond. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/us/31keywest.html?hpw “It’s for vagrants,” said the police chief, Donald J. Lee Jr. “People who are out on the streets, disrupting the quality of life or experience for visitors, residents and businesses.” "The police now regularly question the homeless but ignore visitors like the man at a table near Ms. Skinner’s Jeep last week. He was passed out before sunset, snoring, with a 16-ounce beer in front of him and two chickens pecking near his feet. Only his pressed shorts and a half-eaten Godiva chocolate bar suggested that he had a home... ...The homeless see it as a double standard. They say the police are “profiling” them with arrests for small infractions, like drinking outside in violation of open-container laws. “The tourists come here and drink all day long,” said Manuel Casas" ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
