These protests are spread across the entire country and the answer to their message is arrest them? Has government lost its purpose or what? If government has become this closed to the needs and problems of a nation of people there is no sense to send by those elected that remain unresponsive.
The movement has to find satisfaction somewhere. These are all peaceful rallies of people seeking to be heard and have their circumstances addressed and dearly nothing happens except more victimization. It has to come to an end and if changing those in government in elections is the venue open to all of us then priorities of the movement have to be made clear to the electorate and at the very least new representatives have to respond to citizens when their lives are in turmoil.
This is ridiculous. What doesn't government understand already?
AUGUSTA, Maine—Eight people were arrested (click title to entry - thank you) following an Occupy Maine demonstration Sunday that spilled from the sidewalk over a waist-high, wooden fence to the Maine governor's mansion grounds, state police said.
The movement has to find satisfaction somewhere. These are all peaceful rallies of people seeking to be heard and have their circumstances addressed and dearly nothing happens except more victimization. It has to come to an end and if changing those in government in elections is the venue open to all of us then priorities of the movement have to be made clear to the electorate and at the very least new representatives have to respond to citizens when their lives are in turmoil.
This is ridiculous. What doesn't government understand already?
AUGUSTA, Maine—Eight people were arrested (click title to entry - thank you) following an Occupy Maine demonstration Sunday that spilled from the sidewalk over a waist-high, wooden fence to the Maine governor's mansion grounds, state police said.
Spokesman Steve McCausland of the state Public Safety Department said protesters were charged with criminal trespass and criminal mischief. No names were immediately available and at least six people had made bail by Sunday evening, McCausland said.
The arrests came the same day protesters in the Occupy Augusta encampment in Capitol Park took down their tents and packed their camping gear after being told to get a permit or move their shelters.
McCausland said the eight were arrested after jumping the fence to the Blaine House lawn and some climbed a portico to the building and unfurled an Occupy banner. As many as 50 protesters, some holding signs and beating a drum, gathered near the Blaine House gates....
