Guantanamo On The Hudson

THIS PRETTY MUCH sums up the whole damn thing.

By the time we hit the streets with this issue, we're sure it will be common knowledge, but it wasn't until late last week that the NYPD announced their plans to turn Pier 57, at 11th Ave. and 15th St., into a giant holding pen. It was originally intended, of course, for the thousands of protestors they're intent on rounding up during the convention.

Trying to hold all those promised ne'er-do-wells in local precincts would have overloaded the system. They needed one big area ringed with barbed wire where they could stash them until they can be properly processed. (We can't wait to see those pictures pop up on the wire services.)

The message sent by all the security preparations prior to the convention was clear, but never so perfectly encapsulated as this makes it. What the NYPD and the GOP are saying to protestors of every stripe (and New Yorkers in general) is this: "If you don't agree with us, we look at you as enemy combatants, security threats and would-be terrorists. And we're going to treat you like the diseased cattle you are."
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http://www.nypress.com/17/35/pagetwo/pagetwo2.cfm

Sing Sing is only 35 miles up the river. I hate Republicans. ><

This seems to be getting more attention suddenly.