Occupy, gone a little too far.

Name: Nikki Keisler

North County Times

"Judge Rules Against Cops in Occupy Oakland case"

http://www.nctimes.com/news/national/judge-rules-against-cops-in-occupy-oakland-case/article_11ebe9d2-0a69-554e-968c-f25602b7ad85.html

Topic Article Adresses: Government 

        

        This article talks about how Oakland police officer, John Hargraves, has had a ruling issued against him in a case involving the Occupy Oakland  Protest. It is said that Officer John Hargraves delibratly covered his name plate while working the Occupy Protest. He is said to have done this because previously the name and the adress of an officer were released by a protester demanding that the officiers house be broken down. Another Officier has a ruling against him too because he failed to report this crime. The judge has not yet decided what the fate of the officiers are.

        This connects to what we are studying in class because it is like less deadly and more modern version of The Boston Massacre. For example, in the British Soldiers directly disobeyed orders and fired at the colonist in self defense because rocks and ice were being thrown at then. Like the British soldiers, John Hargraves was disobeying orders but was protecting his home, his family. Another example of the connection, is that like the colonist did, the Occupy protesters were protesting government. In summary, John Hargraves' crime was an accidental recreation of The Boston Massacre.

     
       This connects to my life as a citizen because I witnessed the Occupy Oceanside protest. I saw that the protest could get out of hand a times but not nearly as much as this one did. This also connects to my life as a citizen because two of my uncles are police officers. Now if they covered up there name plates than they would defiantly be fired.

     
       My opinion of the officers actions are that he acted wrongfully in covering up his name because if he felt his family was in danger that he should of acted more maturely. For example, he could of went to his commanding officers and told him he was concerned for his families safety. If he did this than his job might not be on the line. And also if he is a police officer then shouldn't he expect to be in danger?  For instance, when you become a police officer you are going into the line of fire. If he thought he was going to be safe in this job then he was wrong to choose this profession