Are crackdowns a turning point for Occupy protests?
Are crackdowns a turning point for Occupy protests?
- October 27, 2011
- David Meyer, sociology professor, is quoted on NPR and four other radio stations October 26, 2011
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From NPR:
Police crackdowns in Atlanta and Oakland, Calif., to disperse protests affiliated
with the Occupy Wall Street movement could mark a turning point in the tactics of
both the demonstrators and the authorities dealing with them, experts say.... The
violence could have a galvanizing effect on the movement, but it's also possible that
if the protesters are perceived to be in the wrong, the clashes with police will only
add fuel to the movement's critics. "They will point to the most extreme incident
and try to generalize it to the whole movement," says David Meyer, a professor at
the University of California at Irvine.
For the full story, please visit http://www.npr.org/2011/10/26/141733471/are-crackdowns-a-turning-point-f...
Also ran on:
-Minnesota Public Radio
-Vermont Public Radio
-North Country Public Radio
-KUHF-FM
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