Protest against greed suppressed

The cult of capitalist greed is looking so untenable right now that demonstrators in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, held a mock funeral for it.

Predictably, this didn't sit well with right-wing city authorities. Police say they were just trying to keep a burning effigy from blocking the street, but witnesses say otherwise.

Witnesses say cops unleashed pepper spray and batons on the protesters. One said that the demonstrators were "very peaceful until the cop pushed one of the protesters down." It was also reported that an officer grabbed a protester by his scarf without any provocation whatsoever.

Despite what witnesses have reported, the police chief insists authorities did everything right, for the city had not issued a permit for the protest.

Uh, hello??? A permit for a protest? As long as you're on a public right-of-way and you're not obstructing movement, since when do you need a permit to protest? I used to think there was something called a First Amendment, but I guess not anymore.

We didn't even need a permit to protest Kids Helping Kids, so why should someone need a permit to protest capitalism in general? In fact, police allowed us to keep protesting KHK.

Capitalism is a failure that's bankrupted working families and gutted entire countries' economies. Hopefully it can be buried in an unmarked grave in the desert so nobody can dig it up and unleash it again.

(Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/264/story/1309773.html)