{"id":3046,"date":"2011-10-14T19:22:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T19:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2011-10-14T19:22:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T19:22:09","slug":"security_theate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the19thfloor.net\/?p=3046","title":{"rendered":"Security Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was returning home through the Minneapolis skyways earlier today, a path that usually takes me through the Wells Fargo building. But a security guard indicated that the building was locked down because of something to do with the OccupyMN<\/a> protest that is currently occurring near the Government Center. I took an alternate route home and glanced down at the protesters as I passed over them. They certainly looked peaceful enough. But after I went through the Government Center,  security guards began locking those skyways as well. <\/p>\n

This rather modest protest seems to be making the-powers-that-be inordinately jittery. One wonders how they would react to a truly massive demonstration. Based on what I saw today, not well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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