Occupy Oakland: Arresting Public Meditators Beats Out Education as a Budget Priority Every Time:

 

Arrested Meditators: Francisco Ramos Stierle ("Pancho"--on right in white shirt) has this to say about our civic priorities: (click photo for link to  full story)

As Pancho said in a statement from jail:

“When the city of Oakland decided to raid Occupy Oakland, it spent around $2 million dollars to do it. On the same day, Oakland closed five public schools. This is the same thing happening across the country. We do not have an economic crisis, we have a crisis of priorities.”