My Occupy LA Arrest, by Family Guy writer Patrick Meighan

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Originally Posted by Honu

They werent sent to prison

For a misdemeanor.

and he failed to mention the fact that the protest impeded people from going to their jobs as they Occupied dowtown L.A.

Really? People sitting outside city hall on the lawn at midnight, which is when the raid occurred, impeded people going to their jobs?

they also fail to mention that some buisness couldnt open and some couldnt recieve supplies.

Really? Which?

I thought L.A. handled the situation very well they told them when they had to leave and even after that they gave them additional time to get their crap and go. No sympathy from me. They knew the score and made their choice

No, that's not true: the police gave them no warning, they came out of City Hall, surround the protesters on the lawn, broke them into four separate sections, and would NOT let them leave with their stuff. See .. this was shown LIVE on multiple UStream feeds, and the press was there - and removed from the site so they couldn't film and observe directly.

Fourth Amendment matter to anyone?

They made the choice to not resist arrest for a misdemeanor - not moving when ordered to by a policeman. So do you consider being forced to kneel on cement for 7 hours, with your hands ziplocked behind your back, police brutality or not? How about vomiting repeatedly and passing out with zero police help while in custody? Do you think that should be legal in the United States of America? Or do you think a militarized, fascist police state is just what is needed in the USA right now?

I thought you guys were supposed to be big, basic, freedom-loving Conservative American patriots? Dell? As a self-professed Libertarian, you should be infuriated at this. But you are not. Why not?

So you guys think that peaceful legal protest with civil disobedience over a misdemeanor should result in nerve damage for a professional writer? And that's okay with you guys?