The title of this article is what attracted me to it, out of fright and disgust. The fact that the police force would accept private donations from companies that are in the midst of being widely protested against is just plain scary. No, JPMorgan Chase did not give a gift made entirely of monetary currency, but they sent the NYPD expensive technology, such as patrol car laptops. As a pro-OCW lawyer being interviewed for the article put it, “(t)his gift is especially disturbing to us because it creates the appearance that there is an entrenched dynamic of the police protecting corporate interests rather than protecting the First Amendment rights of the people...” From what I gather, besides a better distribution of wealth among large companies, OWS also hopes to halt political corruption through the means of private donations by the leaders of large companies such as JPMorgan Chase. Isn't that the same thing that's happening with the donations to the NYPD? “Here's some money, now during any protests against us, act accordingly” is what that says to me. It is indeed, disturbing.
The author of this article seemed to agree with what I was thinking. The article was written for those who have been following the movement, as the author did not really explain much about the basis of OWS.The author even furthered the conspiracy by stating “Keep in mind that’s just a single year’s worth of donations. As a private non-profit, the New York City Police Foundation does not have to release detailed donor information, so we don’t know of the the full scope of Wall Street money flowing into the NYPD.” This made the author's opinion quite clear in my mind; that stuff like this needs to end.
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