Police and the Press

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/opinion/police-and-the-press.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Though I wish that I could say that the actions of the New York Police Department surprise me, frankly, they do not. Personally, I thought that the author did a good job of clearly explaining the situation in Zuccotti Park. I feel that this is something which is extremely important, especially when one considers the chaos which surrounds coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement. I enjoyed the list-like way which the author chose to depict the events. This solidified the issues, helping me to recognize various trends in the behavior of the police.

However, this same list-like method also proved to be a weakness, at least in my opinion. I felt that, in some ways, it served to dehumanize the entire situation, eliciting little emotion in me, the reader. This is odd, especially when one considers the emotionally-charged subject of the article.