Friday, October 4, 2013

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Restore the Fourth 1984 Day, August 4, 2013
Photo: Stacy Lanyon

I first came to Occupy during the sleepful protest at Trinity Church. I learned about it by watching it online. We would have cops come and take our property in the middle of the night. We were trying to spread awareness. The media always shows the bad part. The NYPD sent people in to bring out the badness of the group. We were just trying to spread awareness to help bring change to situations like getting money out of politics and stopping Stop and Frisk. Occupy was for a number of causes that I really believed in.

It’s important because there is a lot of injustice. It’s important to bring a better world for tomorrow. I wouldn’t want my child to grow up in the world that we are living in right now. It’s hard to get health care. It’s hard to live. There’s racial profiling. There are drones flying over cities 24/7. We have dangerous fracking and tar sands pipelines going in. It’s very good to bring awareness to those who don’t know what’s going on. The media doesn’t tell you the truth. They tell you what they want you to hear.

I want a world where freedom is really free. We shouldn’t have to fight for freedom, for something that is ours. Our constitution has laws in place that are meant to protect our human rights. They shouldn’t be taken away. Politicians are changing things for the worst, not the better. I want it to be better. I want reform in all states. I don’t want a police state. I want to see everybody get along. I don’t want to see racism. I don’t want to see police brutality. I want my kid to live in a better world. I want education. I want justice for all, not just for the people who’ve got the money. I think the world we're working for will be a lot more prosperous. We just have to bring more awareness. There’s always going to be some type of issue that we’re not going to agree with other people on. People will actually communicate with each other to resolve those differences. People won’t be so quick to jump off on the wrong end and curse you out. They’ll actually listen to what you have to say. 
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