In several cities nationwide today protests were held to call for the seizure of BP assets - pics

Washington DC...


Activists from the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition hold a rally to demand the seizure of BP's assets to provide comprehensive compensation for all people affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in Washington May 12, 2010.


WASHINGTON - MAY 12: Activists protest outside the government offices of BP Amoco Corporation May 12, 2010 in Washington, DC. The group gathered to protest BP's role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill caused by an explosion on, and subsequent sinking of the Deepwater Horizon Oil platform whose wellhead is still leaking oil at an estimated rate of 1,000-5,000 barrels a day.


Activists from the ANSWER (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) Coalition hold a rally to demand the seizure of BP's assets to provide comprehensive compensation for all people affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in Washington May 12, 2010.

Chicago...



CHICAGO - MAY 12: Ronald Schupp protests against British Petroleum (BP) near the company's offices May 12, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. In several cities nationwide today protests were held to call for the seizure of BP assets to help pay for damage from the massive oil spill along the Gulf Coast following the explosion at the company's Deepwater Horizon oil rig.


CHICAGO - MAY 12: Bill Preston protests against British Petroleum (BP) near the company's offices May 12, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. In several cities nationwide today protests were held to call for the seizure of BP assets to help pay for damage from the massive oil spill along the Gulf Coast following the explosion at the company's Deepwater Horizon oil rig.


CHICAGO - MAY 12: Don Baird protests against British Petroleum (BP) near the company's offices May 12, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. In several cities nationwide today protests were held to call for the seizure of BP assets to help pay for damage from the massive oil spill along the Gulf Coast following the explosion at the company's Deepwater Horizon oil rig.


CHICAGO - MAY 12: Bill Massey protests against British Petroleum (BP) near the company's offices May 12, 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. In several cities nationwide today protests were held to call for the seizure of BP assets to help pay for damage from the massive oil spill along the Gulf Coast following the explosion at the company's Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

Los Angeles...


A protester shouts slogans against BP during a demonstration in front of the BP 'Green Curve' Station, in Los Angeles, California, on May 12, 2010. BP battled on May 12 to cap a huge oil leak, lowering a box dubbed 'a top-hat' into the Gulf of Mexico amid mounting US anger over a spill flowing unchecked into the sea for three weeks. Frustrated by the failure to staunch the leak, President Barack Obama dispatched a top team to BP's command center in Houston, Texas, to throw the administration's scientific expertise behind the British oil giant's efforts.


A protester shouts slogans against BP during a demonstration in front of the BP 'Green Curve' Station, in Los Angeles, California, on May 12, 2010. BP battled on May 12 to cap a huge oil leak, lowering a box dubbed 'a top-hat' into the Gulf of Mexico amid mounting US anger over a spill flowing unchecked into the sea for three weeks. Frustrated by the failure to staunch the leak, President Barack Obama dispatched a top team to BP's command center in Houston, Texas, to throw the administration's scientific expertise behind the British oil giant's efforts.

San Francisco...


Demonstrators protest BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico outside BP offices in San Francisco, California May 12, 2010.


Demonstrators carry signs as they protest BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico outside BP offices in San Francisco, California May 12, 2010.


Demonstrators protest BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico outside BP offices in San Francisco, California May 12, 2010.

If an entity poisoned a large area of a productive fishing region, made the shipping lanes inoperable for commerce, and washed a toxic substance onto the shores of private property of the citizens of a region that pay taxes on said private property, the assets of said entity would be seized, the leaders marched through the streets to have rotten cabbage thrown at them by the citizenry followed by due process and punishment.

In America, our elected leaders look for ways to save their asses for campaign contributions and future jobs.

Maybe they both need to be marched through the public square and the cabbage throwing may commence followed by due process.