The Occupy Wall Street movement took a lot of unnecessary heat from, well, The Heat this weekend. First, Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna maced women in an act of clear, unwarranted police brutality, and then there were mass arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge for absolutely no good reason. So, as if the NYPD didn't already look like total jerks, there's more disturbing news coming out about who's backing their movement to break up the peaceful Occupy Wall Street demonstration.
JPMorgan Chase -- one of the biggest banksters that Occupy Wall Street is standing up to -- made the largest donation in the history of the New York City Police Foundation to the NYPD's nonprofit organization ... just in the nick of time! They donated $4.6 million, supposedly to fund new laptops in patrol cars and security monitoring software. Seems pretty benign ... at first.
Clearly, CEO Jamie Dimon said he hopes the donation shows how much they value the NYPD's "hard work." I'm sure that's, uh, part of it. But it's more likely he appreciates how hard the NYPD worked to put demonstrators in their place. The bribe-like donation is so blatant, it's almost unbelievable!
Then again, it also illustrates to a tee what the Occupy Wall Street movement is about. This kind of shady corruption and government being in bed with greedy corporations is so outrageous, it's an insult to New Yorkers and the American people. Regardless of when the donation took place, I'd be hard-pressed to think of any other reason that JPMorgan would have given such a "generous" chunk of change other than to influence the city-run institution.
And you know, it's indicative of the very disease that pervades all levels of government. We can't even vote in politicians who haven't been bought in some way, shape, or form by these white-collar criminals anymore. That's why there has never been a better time for the "99 percent" to stand up and call for an end to corporate corruption. With hope, the OWS movement has only just begun.
What do you think about JPMorgan Chase making this donation to the NYPD?
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The movement is gaining momentum in its THIRD week now and Occupations are popping up all over the country! Stand up together and use your voice to give to those without through peace and solidarity. Tax the rich and feed the poor- you are the 99%! See my Occupy Wall Street painting and Anonymous homage on my artist’s blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2011/09/occupywallstreet.html where you can also see videos of the protests and police brutality as well as get other sources for coverage of the movement.
Hmm...isn't that special.
i absolutely think it was a payoff. if i didn't think it was related to OWS, i could even see to link it to clearing their names with the last of their stimulus money. (c'mon, you 'member... they were throwing big lavish parties with our taxes... now you remember?)
the problem is, this will become just like every other reason OWS is even coming around... because there is always someone to be bought off, always someone who will take a buck and look the other way. wake up people!! that's OUR 'bucks' they're taking!!
Yes, Bloomberg just bought himself a shiny new NYPD, but he's a philanthropist, dontcha know! But when I blew through my 5$ allowance on a weekend, Dad always scolded me..."Where's your allowance!? What did you DO with your money! What do you think this is, anyway?"
So, NOW they're whining cuz Al Queada is a-comin'. HA-HA...made ya look!
Or is he buying THEM now? Next, he'll be raising the Black Panthers. Oh wait...he's a philanthropist! Riiiight.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/nyregion/27bloomberg.html?ref=nyregion
It's a good thing he gave to much to medical research, cuz I'm about to be sick. It's not like those big donations actually BUY any influence, right? But seriously, something else about this old article bugs me. A little help, if you please?