[ican'tbelieveit]

IT DOESN’T MATTER! And I am sorry, but OWS parked out in public parks. Trust me.

Public universities are public property.

And NONE OF THEM DESERVE THIS KIND OF RESPONSE. This response is an overreach of a government.

The government doesn’t act this way when people are being assaulted on campuses (currently going on in Denver). Why should they be excused for this response for people who are sitting there. They weren’t killing anyone, they weren’t even threatening anyone.

You are wrong if you think the government’s response to this was warranted.

[wideawake]

I won't trust you on that point, because I know the two parks that OWS seized - I watched the entire travesty unfold in real time, in person. One was owned by the Brookfield corporation and the other was owned by the Episcopal Church.

And the law absolutely does matter, as does the distinction between public and private.

Public universities are typically owned by the state, not the federal government. And they are typically policed by campus police or municipal police, not even by state police.

The government's response to the Malheur protest was: give them free heat and electricity, allow them regular parcel service and trips into town for supplies, give them access to press conferences and public forums, let them do whatever they want.

The protestors' response was: not only will we do whatever we want, we will destroy property too, plus we expect to be immune from traffic stops - we want special rights that no one else has.

There is no way federal law enforcement could have been more accomodating or lenient. You're basically arguing that Finicum was entitled to draw on a peace officer during a traffic stop. That makes less than no sense.