The New York Police Department (NYPD) has so far resorted to 'intimidation' in its attempts to quell the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protests, an American journalist tells Press TV.
“The NYPD has so far reacted by intimidation and instigation and has continued to treat the protesters like criminals and reacted in some cases quite violently to them,” he said, adding that, “Each time they do so, it only strengthens the movement,” Nathan Schneider, editor of the website Waging Nonviolence said on Sunday.
“With every passing day over the course of these protests, I've just been amazed and wondering what the NYPD is thinking, because every action it takes seems to only hurt their image in the public eye and improve that of the protests,” he added.
He pointed out that that the ongoing anti-corporatism protests have ended the US media blackout over “the incredible influence of corporations, especially financial institutions, on our politics and society.”
The movement has achieved “an incredible victory,” as it has been successful to get its message across, Schneider added.
The OWS movement was initiated on September 17, when a group of people began rallying in New York's financial district to protest 'corporate greed' and top-level corruption among other instances of social inequality in the United States.
The campaign has now spread to tens of major US cities, including Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Boston, as well as hundreds of communities across the nation, with more Americans joining the demonstrations each day.
Meanwhile, Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, Ireland, and Portugal are also some of the countries that have recently seen huge OWS-inspired protest rallies.
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