The land of the free?

I've been following the Occupy Wall St protest. Surely, this movement represents the very heart of the US - people who have been disenfranchised by greed and risk taking demanding political accountability and social change. How have they been treated by those who have the power and the money?

You tell me.

See http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/news/2011/09/observations-of-a-jailed-journalist/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL4Xc-AGaIA