A survey by The Associated Press shows the Occupy movement has cost local taxpayers nationwide at least $13 million since the protests began.
The data was collected from government agencies in 18 cities with active protests. The numbers reflect costs incurred through Nov. 15, the day protesters were evicted from the New York City encampment.
The heaviest financial burden has fallen upon law enforcement agencies tasked with monitoring marches and evicting protesters from outdoor camps. The steepest costs were in New York and Oakland, Calif., where police clashed with protesters on several occasions.
The costs in each city are more or less in line with the price of policing major public events and emergencies. But the price of the protests is rising by the day.
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for all you idiots that believed occupy wasn't costing anything...you, like our current commander in chief have simply pushed this once great nation further into debt. What is it that you hoped to achieve again? Didn't take a genius to have the foresight to see this.
How many cops should it take to monitor non-violent protestors? I think they just like to show off their shiny new riot gear.(paid for by ,you guessed it, the American taxpayer)
These Occupoopers need to go back home and live with mom and dad since they obviously are not capable of surviving in the real world.
Occupiers are the true patriots. They are testifying to the obvious truth, that the 1 percent has killed the American Dream for their own private, selfish profit. Has any society in human history remained vital and healthy when the distribution of wealth is as skewed as it is in modern America?
patriot1 said...
These Occupoopers need to go back home and live with mom and dad since they obviously are not capable of surviving in the real world. You'd better look more closely at who exactly IS participating in these demonstrations,you obviously know nothing more than what Rush/FAUX tells you.
Occupiers true patriots? Give me a break! The Occupiers do not have a common goal/agenda, this is their weakest link and will cause their demise.
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