Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Profiling Fleas ...


   
Profiling the Fleas



Jack of FablesFor each of the 984 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in New York City between September 18 and October 15, police collected and filed an information sheet recording the arrestee’s name, age, sex, criminal charge, home address and — in most cases — race. The Daily Caller has obtained all of this information from a source in the New York City government.

  • Homes listed on those police intake forms have a median value of $305,000 — a far higher number than the $185,400 median value of owner-occupied housing units in the United States
  • .At least 95 of the protesters’ residences are worth approximately $500,000 or more
  • The median monthly rent for those living in apartments whose information is readily available is $1,850
  • .Of the 984 protesters arrested, at least 797 are white.
  • The median age of “Occupy” protesters taken into custody is 27 years.
London’s Daily Mail newspaper, for example, recently highlighted signs of wealth among the throngs in Zuccotti Park.

“Sleeping beside the hardcore activists are increasing numbers of wealthy students turning up to make the most of the party atmosphere, drugs and free food,” reporters Paul Bentley and Micela McLucas wrote in October. “While they dress down to blend in ... [Cont]


Tell me you're surprised.


7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Paging Capt. Renault!
Tim

Anonymous said...

In fairness, real estate and apartments are REALLY expensive in NYC. 1000 MIGHT get you a decent (not fancy or in a really good building) studio, 1800 is about right for an average 2 bedroom.

But yeah, bunch of middle class white protesters and homeless.

Sapo Mal

Anonymous said...

BTW, Occupy Oakland's website gots chants. Take your pick. http://www.occupyoakland.org/
oy vey ole'

DonM said...

Hey Hey
Ho Ho
Most of us
are really slow

Chuck Martel said...

It's similar to the U.S. communist movement in the 1920s. The socially-conscious elite like John Reed, Louise Bryant, and Eugene O'Neill used to hang out in Greenwich Village. They would summer on Long Island where they could write poetry, act in plays, rail against the capitalists, and rhapsodize about the joys of Bolshevism.

Anonymous said...

You misspelled Bullshitism, Chuck, and you highly overestimate the COWS intelligence.
GrinfilledCelt

Jess said...

When I was their age, people would socialize by going to a nice warm bar with good alcohol.

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