It was a long weekend for the Occupy guys in DC. The cops came early on Saturday to Occupy at McPherson Square, where the young punk Occupy folks camp out. Around 6AM, their site was covered in a pretty strategic fashion by a fair number of cops. Even the news media admitted that it was coordinated like a opera....with all the police standing quietly and only one person speaking to the Occupy folks.
The McPherson Square Occupy folks have a unique management system....no one in charge. Basically....they all generally huddle and share their opinion. In a group situation like this.....there is no central theme or person in charge. It took around an hour for the Occupy folks to finally agree on vacating and allowing the cops to "clean" their mess.
Based on news reports....the maintenance crew found plenty of trash, dead rats, live rats, bottles of urine, and urine-soaked sleeping bags. It was a pure and simple mess. The sad thing is that these folks were intending to just continue in such an environment.
What remained at McPherson Square after this? There were a few odd tents left. You can stay out there.....but sleeping bags and long-term equipment are forbidden. You can't cook at the site either. The amusing thing is that the Occupy guys wanted everyone to know that they were staying eternally.....in interview after interview.
So Sunday came, and the cops arrived at the Freedom Plaza....the second Occupy site in DC. This is a bit different in terms of management. They have mostly the 1960s crowd....older generation folks. Yes, they are a bit organized. Yes, they have rules. Yes, they require daily cleaning of their site. Yes, they don't let anyone just walk in and camp out. Yes, they are friendly toward the local homeless crowd, but they don't let them become part of their camp. And yes, they aren't likely to do heavy drugs or consume vast amounts of booze.
The cops found a friendly unit, and their cleaning of the Freedom Plaza campsite didn't take that long. One guy ended up arrested for being a bit hostile toward the cops, but everyone else was friendly, and their mess didn't amount to anything much....compared to the younger generation Occupy over at McPherson Square.
The sun will rise on this Monday, with a cleaned up Occupy situation in DC. The only thing you can get out of this whole mess? If you were ever given a choice of camping out with Occupy.....you'd best avoid the young punks, and settle for the older hippy generation protesters.
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