By inviting arrest, Dr. West conflated the Wall Street/D.C./worldwide occupations, the protest against the distortion of Dr. King’s message and memory, and the spirit of the 1995 Million Man March. Dr. West’s principled critiques of President Obama’s affinity to corporate power and this First Black President’s obviously politically gauged non-responses to mass demonstrations and protests against corporate malfeasance are bolstered by his arrest.
by Herbert Dyer, Jr.
