SoCal street vendors seek relief from blood-and-urine-spattering Occupy protesters

[red states rule]

I remember when speaking about the hippies, Nancy Pelosi said "God bless them"

Lesson to be learned - when the handouts stop the violence begins. SO never give the handouts in the first place

A pair of Southland street cart vendors who were forced to shut down their businesses after “Occupy” protesters vandalized their carts are hoping to get some help from local residents.
KNX 1070′s Tom Reopelle reports a fundraiser in the Gas Lamp district in San Diego on Monday night is aimed at helping two vendors get back on their feet.

The coffee and hot dog carts were located in Civic Center Plaza, the same location as the Occupy San Diego protesters.

That group first settled in to the plaza Oct. 7 and set up a tent city which has since twice been taken down by police.

Coffee cart owner Linda Jenson and hot dog cart operators Letty and Pete Soto said they initially provided free food and drink to demonstrators, but when they stopped the protesters became violent.

And according to one city councilman, bodily fluids were used in the attacks.
“Both carts have had items stolen, have had their covers vandalized with markings and graffiti, as well as one of the carts had urine and blood splattered on it,” said Councilman Carl DeMaio.

The damages will likely require at least a complete cleaning if not a replacement of the cart covers, DeMaio said.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2011/...s-blood-urine/

[fj1200]

I remember when speaking about the hippies, Nancy Pelosi said "God bless them"

Lesson to be learned - when the handouts stop the violence begins. SO never give the handouts in the first place

they initially provided free food and drink to demonstrators, but when they stopped the protesters became violent.

A nice little microcosm of present day Greece. Nobody likes it when austerity is directed at them.

[ConHog]

A nice little microcosm of present day Greece. Nobody likes it when austerity is directed at them.

I'd certainly offer them all a free tazing.

[logroller]

I was watching another video and heard one of their chants-- "This is what democracy looks like." -- Which we don't have in the country, more of meritocracy really, but I came across a word which I had never heard- but obviously describes what OWS promotes-

Ochlocracy (Greek: οχλοκρατία or okhlokratía; Latin: ochlocratia) or mob rule is government by mob or a mass of people, or the intimidation of legitimate authorities. As a pejorative for majoritarianism, it is akin to the Latin phrase mobile vulgus meaning "the fickle crowd", from which the English term "mob" was originally derived in the 1680s.^[1]
Ochlocracy ("rule of the general populace") is democracy ("rule of the people") spoiled by demagoguery, "tyranny of the majority" and the rule of passion over reason, just like oligocracy ("rule of a few") is aristocracy ("rule of the best") spoiled by corruption. Ochlocracy is synonymous in meaning and usage to the modern, informal term "Mobocracy," which emerged from a much more recent colloquial etymology.

[red states rule]

An important lesson has been learned here folks. When you give free food to rats you will not get gratitude in return