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Yeah, its a privately owned park, but not private property. It is provided to the city as a public space-probably in exchange for density concessions or something. We do the same thing here. You can build this building that isn't quite in keeping with our zoning regulations, but you need to provide something back to the city. So its not like its someone's backyard.
My fear, whether you agree with them or not, is doing this only makes the situation worse. There ARE people that want this protest to end. There ARE people that want them to get back in line, and shut up. By forcing them out, you create martyrs of sorts. It's the same thing with the protest of closing accounts, and locking them inside and arresting them.
You make them news. If BoA had simply asked them to form a line, and they'll let them close as many accounts as you want, there isn't going to be a protest there the next day, because there is no struggle. If you wait a month, they are going to basically get frozen out of the park, because New York gets bloody cold. No news if they, well, freeze out instead of burning out on their own.
This is what pisses me off.
The authorities are being stupid. The police are burning through mega OT, which now those against the protest are blaming on the protesters. For what? NOTHING. This group is actually very self-managed, because they know they need to keep public opinion on their side. The banks pissed me off because they are too stupid to realize the best way to handle that protest was to comply. They ARE customers, yeah?
And if the banks are too stupid to realize how to handle that situation, are they maybe to stupid to fail?
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