Bull Connor 2.0: The Police Response to Occupy Wall Street
Submitted on December 12, 2011
By David a. Love - Znet
Why are the local authorities breaking up these peaceful protests...often through the use of violence, mass arrests, tear gas, smoke grenades, pepper spray, bean-bag rounds and brute force?...It all reminds me of Bull Connor, that infamous bull horn-toting, civil rights-era Commissioner of Public Safety in Birmingham [Alabama]. Summoned from central casting, the dyed-in-the-wool white supremacist drew attention to himself when he sprayed water hoses and sicked dogs on peaceful public demonstrators, including children.
