ʻO koʻu hopu ʻana, a ʻoi aku ka pololei, ʻo kaʻu hoʻouka kaua pilikino.
Ke paʻi nei au i nā kiʻi o nā mākaʻi e hopu ana i nā mea hōʻikeʻike ʻo Occupy Wall Street ma ka lā 12 Dekemaba Winter Garden flash mob, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia me ka lōkahi me ka pani ʻana o ke awa ma ke kahakai komohana, i ka wā i ʻike ai au iaʻu iho. "ʻO kēlā," lohe wau i kahi leo e ʻōlelo ana ma ka leo ʻino "New Yawk", me ka ʻike ʻana e kuhikuhi ana kekahi luna mākaʻi kiʻekiʻe iaʻu ma luna o ka lālani o nā kānaka, "hele ʻo ia. Hele 'o ia."
I ka manawa like, ua like wau me kahi quarterback o ke kula kiʻekiʻe e hoʻopau ʻia e ka 1970s Oakland Raiders. ʻElima mau mākaʻi, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o koʻu 5'11” a me 190 paona, ua hāʻule i ka laina o ka poʻe kūʻē, nā mea paʻi kiʻi, a me nā lālā hui ʻo Rude Mechanical Orchestra a hoʻokuʻi mai iaʻu i ka papahele marble o ka Winter Garden. I koʻu weliweli, ʻike wau ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kino iaʻu ma luna o kaʻu Nikon D200 a me ka ʻeke o nā lens, a, i koʻu weliweli nui loa, ua ʻike pū wau ua hele lākou i waho o ko lākou ala e wehewehe i kaʻu mau neʻe ʻana e pale i koʻu. mea paʻi kiʻi e like me ke kūʻē ʻana i ka hopu ʻana. "E oki i ka pale ʻana," i hoʻōho mai ai kekahi mākaʻi iaʻu i koʻu waiho ʻana i ka paʻi ʻana i ka papahele ma lalo o 1700 paona o ka mea maikaʻi loa o New York City, "e hoʻōki i ke kūʻē ʻana." "Metal cuffs," lohe au i ka walaʻau ʻana o kekahi o lākou. “ʻO nā pūlima metala. E kau i nā puʻupuʻu metala ma luna o kēia kanaka ʻakaʻaka. I ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana mai ka haʻalulu mua, ua ʻike au ua paʻa au i ka lima ma kahi noho me ka lālani o 17 mau kānaka ʻē aʻe, 10 kāne a me 7 wahine, ma lalo o ka hopu ʻia no ka "hewa hewa" a "kūʻē i ka hopu ʻana." Kokoke mākou a pau he mau lālā o ka hui media Occupy Wall Street a i ʻole nā mea paʻi paʻi kiʻi kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia e nā mākaʻi e aloha aloha i ka neʻe ʻana o Occupy.
ʻO nā hola he 36 a me 55 mau minuke e hiki mai ana, he hoʻāʻo e hoʻohana i ka hana ʻoihana paʻakikī i kēlā me kēia lā o ka ʻōnaehana hoʻoponopono kalaima e hāʻawi i ka legitimacy i ka hana hopu a hopu ʻia e ka "pūʻali koa pilikino a Michael Bloomberg i hoʻolālā ʻia e pipi i ka media kūʻokoʻa i loko. e waiho ana i ka uhi ʻana o Occupy Wall Street iā Fox, ka New York Post, a me The Daily News.
Ma hope o kā mākou "perp walk" pono ma mua o kahi laina o nā mea paʻi kiʻi, nā mea nānā maʻamau, a me nā mea kūʻē i kahi "kaʻa paddy" ma ke kahua kaʻa kaʻa ʻo Winter Garden, ua loaʻa i nā kāne he ʻumi i hopu ʻia i loko o ka hale paʻahao, ʻaʻole nā mea ʻino nui i hakakā mai iaʻu. i ka honua i kekahi mau minuke ma mua, akā he pūʻulu o nā kāne a me nā wahine maʻamau i luhi wale. He ʻokoʻa lākou a pau mai ka poʻe steroid freaks nāna i hākōkō iaʻu i lalo i ka honua he 15 mau minuke ma mua. ʻO lākou ke ʻano o ka poʻe aʻu i hele ai i ke kula kiʻekiʻe a me ke kulanui, ke ʻano o ka poʻe aʻu e ʻike ai ma nā hui ʻohana. Ua hauʻoli lākou a pau i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hana ma ka Great Recession, akā ʻaʻole lākou a pau i ka hauʻoli e koi ʻia lākou e hana lōʻihi i nā hola keu e hoʻoponopono iā mākou ma o "ka pūnaewele." Inā lākou e hana ana ma kahi pahu hoʻouka i ka pule ma mua o ka Kalikimaka, ʻo mākou kēlā kaʻa i hiki mai i ka hola ma mua o ka "manawa haʻalele" pono e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma mua o ko lākou haʻalele ʻana i ka home.
ʻO koʻu mau hoa kūʻē, ʻo wau hoʻi, ua mau nō koʻu naʻau. ʻAʻole i hoʻomaka ka luhi o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. Ua hoʻohenehene mākou. Kiʻi mākou i nā kiʻi a me ka "live streamed," kahi ʻenehana e hoʻolaha ʻia ai ke wikiō kelepona i ka Pūnaewele i ka wā e paʻi ʻia ana, i loko o nā mākaʻi. Ua lawe ʻo Charles Meacham, he mea paʻi kiʻi akamai i kā mākou mau kiʻi me kāna Canon 5D Mark II i hiki iā ia ke hoʻohana, ʻoiai me kona mau lima i nakinaki ʻia ma hope o kona kua. Ua hoʻohenehene mākou i nā mākaʻi ma ka Mahele ʻEhiku. Ua pāʻani au me kekahi wahine mākaʻi, e kuhikuhi ana i kāna lipine "WTC" a hōʻike i koʻu manaʻoʻiʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻelemakule a lilo i mākaʻi ma 9/11. ʻO Elizabeth, he lālā o ka hui media OWS i pale aku i ka hopu ʻana, hele wāwae ʻole ʻo ia i loko o ka hale paʻa a hoʻomaka e hoʻopaʻa i nā mākaʻi ma kāna kelepona paʻa. "E kuʻu Akua," i hoʻōho ai ke kākau ʻōlelo me ka ʻakaʻaka ʻana o mākou a pau. Ua hoohenehene mai kekahi makai o ka Mahele Ehiku ia'u, i kona lohe ana mai ia'u e uwe ana no ka luku ia ana o ka'u D200, ua hai mai oia ia'u he "kanaka Nikon ponoi," lalau aku la i ka'u pahupa'i, a pa'i i ko'u kii. ʻIke ʻoe, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "he paʻakikī kēia mau kāmela prosumer metala." Huli ʻo ia i ka pahupaʻikiʻi a huki i koʻu manaʻo i ka LCD. Ua kūlou wau ma luna o ke pākaukau me nā lima lima a ʻike wau ua hopu maikaʻi ʻo ia i ka maka ʻeleʻele i loaʻa iaʻu ma mua.
Ua hāʻule koke ko mākou ʻuhane i ko mākou ʻike ʻana i ke keʻena liʻiliʻi kahi e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ai mākou he 10 a pau no nā hola 14 e hiki mai ana. Aia ma kahi o 6 kapuaʻi a 7 kapuaʻi, a honi e like me ka mimi. Ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia au i loko o kahi keʻena paʻa ma hope o koʻu hopu ʻia ʻana ma ke alahaka ʻo Brooklyn, akā ua hoʻololi ʻia i kahi hale nui ma hope o hoʻokahi hola wale nō. ʻAʻohe o mākou i manaʻo e hoʻolimalima mākou i ke koena o ke awakea, ahiahi, a me nā hola he nui o ke kakahiaka nui o ka lā aʻe i paʻa loa a pono mākou e hoʻololi i ka moe ʻana i ka papahele a noho ma ka papa haiki ma lalo o ka mālamalama. kukui uila ma luna o ke poʻo. ʻO ka mea e ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ʻo kā mākou hale paʻahao wale nō ka mea ma ka Mahele ʻEhiku, a i kēlā me kēia manawa, i ka hala ʻana o ke ahiahi, e kū mai kahi mākaʻi ʻaʻahu ʻaʻahu ʻole e hoʻokuʻu i kāna "koi," i kēlā me kēia hihia koe ka mea i hopu ʻia no ka mea. nā uku lāʻau liʻiliʻi. ʻO ia hoʻi, no ka hapa liʻiliʻi o kēlā mau hola 14, ua like ia me 13 mau kāne i loko o ka cell 6 x 7 ma mua o ka 10. E hoʻāla i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ua loaʻa ka hapa nui o mākou i ka nicotine a me ka caffeine, a ma ke ahiahi ahiahi. , he ʻano ʻino mākou. Ua hoʻōho mākou i nā mākaʻi, ʻo ia ka mea, i kēlā manawa, ua hana ʻelua o ka manawa. Aia i hea ko mākou mau kelepona? Ma hea kahi ʻaina ahiahi? I ka manawa hea mākou e puka ai? ʻO kā mākou hoa paʻahao lōʻihi loa ʻaʻole o Occupy-Wall-Street cell, he mea kūʻai lāʻau haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa me ka inoa alanui ʻo "Lucifer" ʻo ia paha ka mea paʻahao maikaʻi loa a mākou i hālāwai ai i kēlā pō, ʻoiai inā he hoaaloha maoli a hoʻoweliweli paha ʻo ia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo. ua ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma mua o ka 10 a hiki i ka 1 ke waiho nei i ka nīnau.
ʻO kekahi o kā mākou hui, ʻo Al, he 50 mau mea hoʻokani hapa manawa a me ka stereotypically "paʻakikī" kamaʻāina New Yorker, me he mea lā ua paʻa ka manaʻo e koho i kahi hakakā me kekahi. I ka wā i lawe mai ai ka poʻe mākaʻi i kahi kanaka ʻōpio muscular i kona mau makahiki he 20 i hoʻopiʻi ʻia no ka hoʻouka kaua degere ʻekolu a ʻike maopopo loa ʻo ia i ka ʻona, ua hoʻokuke ʻo Al iā ia i kahi kihi e like me ka ʻiole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā ia a hiki i kona noi ʻana i nā mākaʻi e wehe iā ia. ke kelepona. I ka hāʻawi ʻana aku o nā mākaʻi a wehe i ke kanaka ʻona, ua huli ʻo Al iā mākou i ke koena, e kāhea ana iā mākou he poʻe ʻōpio ʻōpio, nā pussies i hoʻonaʻauao ʻia, nā kipi i lawa ʻole i ke kumu, a nāna i kau iā ia a maloʻo ma ke ʻano he kākoʻo hoʻokahi o Occupy. ʻO Wall Street me ka ʻāʻī e koi i kona mau pono. ʻO ke koena o mākou, ua hoʻomaka lākou e hoʻokuʻu iā Al, a laila e paʻi kekahi i kekahi, a laila hoʻi i ka mākaʻi.
ʻO ia hoʻi, lilo ka poʻe i loko o nā wahi paʻa i mea leʻaleʻa, wikiwiki loa. ʻO ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā wahi kokoke i kekahi manawa e hoʻomohala i nā pilina pili aloha a me ka lokahi, akā pono kēia i ke aʻo ʻana. Pono ka hoʻomākaukau a me ka hana nui. ʻO ke ʻano maʻamau, ʻo ia ka hakakā, e koho i nā hakakā ma luna o nā mea liʻiliʻi, e hoʻopuka i ka huhū ma kahi kokoke loa o ka manawa kūpono. Ua ʻike pinepine au i ka lehulehu ma The Tombs, ʻaʻohe mea aʻu i hoʻoweliweli mamao ʻia e nā mākaʻi, e komo ana i nā pāʻani hoʻōho me ka ʻole. ʻO ia wale nō ka wikiwiki o ka manawa.
ʻO ka mākaʻi, ke manaʻo nei au, ua ʻike nui lākou, a noʻonoʻo ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu o ko lākou mana. I ka hala ʻana o ke ahiahi, ʻike lākou iā mākou i ka liʻiliʻi a me ka liʻiliʻi e like me ka hoʻolei ʻana o nā ʻēheu hema ʻē aʻe, a ʻoi aku e like me nā mea lawehala liʻiliʻi maʻamau a me nā ʻano haʻahaʻa like ʻole a lākou e hana ai i kēlā me kēia lā. Nalo lākou i ko lākou hewa a pau e pili ana i kā lākou hana ʻo ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ko lākou hoa kanaka i loko o ka hale. Hoʻopau lākou i ka huhū, nā luna aupuni liʻiliʻi a lilo i kanaka "maʻamau" wale nō i loko o kahi lumi piha i nā "holoholona." Ua lilo mākou i "kino." ʻO lākou hoʻi, lilo lākou i "puaʻa." ʻO ka nui aʻe o ko lākou lilo ʻana i "puaʻa," ʻoi aku ka nui o mākou i "kino."
Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana o nā wahine kākoʻo ʻo Occupy Wall Street 7, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o kahi keʻena ma lalo o ke keʻena. Ua hīmeni lākou i nā mele. Ua hoʻōho lākou iā mākou ma ka pā. Ua hoʻopololei lākou i ko lākou lauoho a minoʻaka i ka paʻi ʻia ʻana o ka manamana lima a paʻi kiʻi ʻia, aia ka pahu kiʻi ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o nā kaola. Akā ma ʻaneʻi nō kahi iʻa. I ka wā i kū ai ʻo Lucifer, ko mākou hoa hoʻokipa aloha, ma nā kaola a nānā pono i kekahi o nā wahine, ua lulu ka makai i kāna kiʻi i kona poʻo me ka huhū. "E haʻalele," i ʻuhū ai ʻo ia, ʻo ia wale nō he 16, poina ʻo Michael Bloomberg a me nā mākaʻi o New York City i hoʻopaʻa i kahi 16 mau makahiki ma kahi mua. A i laila, he ʻōlinolino o ka manaʻo o kahi mākaʻi. Hoʻokumu ka hale paʻahao i nā kānaka i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia a laila hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia iho i kona hiki ke pale aku i ke koena o ke kaiāulu mai kēlā mau kānaka hoʻohaʻahaʻa i hana ʻia. ʻAe kēia i ka mākaʻi e hōʻoia i kona ola ʻana. hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻo ia i kona manaʻo no ke kanaka ma ke ʻano ākea, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka mākaʻi e hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi iā ia iho no ka hana ʻana i kāna hana, "ma muli o nā kauoha." ʻOi aku ka pōʻino o ka honua, ʻoi aku ka nui o kā mākou makemake i kahi mākaʻi ikaika a hoʻouka kaua.
ʻAʻohe mea e hoʻopakele i kahi mea hoʻopuka New York Post a i ʻole ʻekolu i manaʻoʻiʻo he pōʻino ʻo Occupy Wall Street. ʻO ka mea ʻino loa, ʻike ʻole ʻo New Yorkers i ka neʻe ʻana o Occupy he mea hoʻonāukiuki, akā aia ka pilikia. Ua ʻoki ʻo Ray Kelly i ka hui liʻiliʻi ʻōpio ʻo Stalin i kekahi manawa masquerades ma ke ʻano he komisina makai ma ke aupuni democratic, ua waiu i ka hoʻouka kaua hoʻoweliweli o Sepatemaba 11 i nā makahiki he ʻumi i hala ma ke ʻano e hoʻohālikelike ai ʻo George W. Bush lāua ʻo Dick Cheney e like me nā amateurs. I loko o kona noʻonoʻo, pono e hoʻopau ʻia nā mea a pau e hoʻopilikia iki i kāna ʻoihana, ʻo ka pale hope loa i ʻelua mau mokulele e hāʻule ana i ka lani o Manhattan, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka Hoʻololi Mua.
He kūlanakauhale paʻakikī kēlā ʻo New York e hoʻokele, he pilikia kona me ke kaʻa, ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe, a me ka lehulehu, nā pilikia e pono e hoʻokele ʻia e kahi ʻoihana ʻoihana kūlanakauhale nui a ikaika loa, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole hiki mai ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i ke kūʻokoʻa democratic. , akā ma ke ʻano he "pono," e like me nā kuʻikahi e pono ai mākou e lawe i mea e hoʻomau ai ke kaona nui o ka lehulehu. ʻO ka holo ʻana i ka totalitarianism i ke kūlanakauhale ʻoi loa o ʻAmelika e like me ka hina hina a me ka banal. ʻO Kelly, ke komisina mākaʻi, nona ka ʻoihana i hiki ke pana i nā mokulele a alakaʻi i nā hana naʻauao ma nā ʻāina ʻē, a ʻo Bloomberg, ʻo ka Napoleonic billionaire liʻiliʻi i hiki ke hoʻolaha a puni ke kālā e kūʻai aku ai i nā mea kūʻē a pau i kāna ʻaihue ʻana i ke kolu o ka manawa ma ke keʻena, ua kūleʻa. ua hoʻomaopopo i ka hapa nui o nā poʻe New York e hiki iā lākou a ʻo lākou wale nō ke holo i nā kaʻaahi i ka manawa.
ʻO ka poʻe hoʻolaha ma Fox, ka Daily News, a me ka New York Post, ua hopu lākou i kēia "pono" i mea e hoʻouka ai i ka Occupy Wall ma ka inoa o ka ʻoihana kālā. ʻO nā makemake o ka Bloomberg authoritarian, ka Stalinist Kelly, ka "1%" a me kā lākou mau keʻena PR ma ka ʻoihana pāʻoihana e hui pū i ka liʻiliʻi ma ke kuhikuhi koʻikoʻi. Pono ka moku'āina, ke aupuni municipal o New York City, a me NYPD e hoʻopaʻa i ka mana veto ma luna o wai ka mea kākau moʻolelo kūpono a ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke kiʻi i nā kiʻi ma kahi hanana lehulehu. No laila, lilo ʻo Ray Kelly i mea koʻikoʻi ma mua o ka Dean o ke Kula ʻo Columbia Journalism i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ka mea e pili ana iā Occupy Wall Street i hōʻike ʻia, a me ka mea i mālama ʻole ʻia. ʻO kēlā me kēia kanaka e hōʻole wale i kēia ʻano de facto o ka censorship hiki ke hoʻolei ʻia i loko o ka hale paʻahao.
Ma ka hola 2:00 AM, ua hoʻoholo hope nā mākaʻi o ka Mahele ʻEhiku, ka mea i aʻo maopopo ʻia e mālama iā mākou i loko o ko mākou hale paʻa a hiki i ka manawa hope loa i ʻae ʻia e ke kānāwai, ua hoʻoholo hope e hoʻoneʻe iā mākou i Central Booking, i kapa ʻia ʻo ia. "Na halekupapau." Ua kūkulu mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1838 ma ke ʻano ʻo ʻAigupita Revival, no laila ua hoʻolālā ʻia ka inoa ʻo The Tombs, ka Manhattan Detention Complex e lilo i "mausoleum no ka poʻe ola." He hale labyrinthine nui ma ka ʻākau o Foley Square, a ʻoiaʻiʻo, hiki iā ia ke hoʻomanaʻo i loko o kahi pyramid ʻAigupita, kahi maʻalahi loa ke komo i loko, akā aneane hiki ʻole ke puka i waho. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻoi aku ka like me ka purgatory ma mua o Hades. E haʻalele ana ʻoe. ʻAʻohe mea i lawelawe i kāna ʻōlelo hoʻopaʻi ma The Tombs no ka mea ʻaʻohe mea ma The Tombs i hoʻokolokolo ʻia.
Pono ʻoe e haʻalele i The Tombs i loko o nā hola 72 i kuhikuhi ʻia e ke kānāwai, akā he ala ko ke Keʻena Makai o New York e pili ana i kēlā kaohi ʻana, no ka mea, ua ʻike ʻia he mau kaukani mau mea paʻa i ke ala paʻakikī i ka wā o ka Republican National Convention ma 2004. ʻO ka palena o 72 hola i ka mokuʻāina. ʻAʻole hoʻomaka ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana me ka uku ʻole i ka manawa o ka hopu ʻana, akā i ka manawa āu e hōʻea ai i "The Tombs." ʻO ka lōʻihi hiki iā lākou ke mālama iā ʻoe mai The Tombs, ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana iā ʻoe ma The Tombs. No ka mea, ua paa mua makou ma ka Mahele Ehiku no ka Poakahi a pau, aole makou i manao i ka noho ana no ekolu la, aka, he eha la ka nui o ka noho ana.
ʻAʻole kēia he sadism gratuitous. He "kārota a me ka lāʻau" maʻalahi ia e hoʻohana ai ka NYPD e kiʻi i kāna mea e makemake ai. I ko mākou hihia, makemake lākou i ʻelua mea. Makemake lākou e hoʻoweliweli iā mākou, e hoʻonāwaliwali iā mākou mai ke kiʻi ʻana a me ka hōʻike ʻana ma Occupy Wall Street. ʻO ka mea nui, makemake lākou e hoʻopili iā mākou. Makemake lākou e hoʻokomo iā mākou i loko o kā lākou waihona, a hāʻawi i ko mākou mau inoa i ka Homeland Security. ʻO "Lucifer" ka mea kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau e nānā ana i kahi feloni a me ʻeono mahina ma Rikers Island i hoʻoponopono ʻia ma o ka Mahele ʻEhiku i loko o kekahi mau hola. Ua mālama lākou iā mākou no 14. Ua makemake lākou e ʻike pono i ka mea e neʻe nei ma ka ʻāina o nā mea hoʻohewa hilinaʻi ʻole o ka NYPD ma New York Post a me The Daily News, e kiʻi i nā manamana lima, nā helu kelepona, a me nā helu home. ʻO ke kāloti, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kū nei i mua o kahi luna kānāwai, ʻo ia hoʻi, i kā mākou hihia, kokoke e hoʻokuʻu ʻia. E mālama ʻia ka lāʻau no nā hola 72 piha.
Ua hoʻomaka mākou i ko mākou huakaʻi i The Tombs i paʻa ʻia e nā lima lima, ke ʻano o ka hui kaulahao, ma ke kua o kahi kaʻa mākaʻi wela ʻole a kukui ʻole. I kona hele ʻana i ke kaona a hiki i Foley Square, hoʻomau kekahi o mākou i ka hakakā ʻana, noho mālie kekahi o mākou, paʻi mākou a pau i ka pā i kēlā me kēia manawa e huli ʻoi loa ka kaʻa. Ua hoʻomāinoino au iaʻu iho ma ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e noʻonoʻo i ka mea e hiki mai ana inā ʻaʻole ʻo ka mea hoʻokele o ka kaʻa mākaʻi he mākaʻi hoʻoluhi wale i makemake e hoʻolei i kona mau "kino" a hoʻi i ka home, akā, he mea pepehi kanaka paha e hoʻolālā ana e paka i ka hale. van ma kahi kaʻa kaʻa kaʻawale ma New Jersey a waiho iā mākou ma laila a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana iā mākou, i kekahi mau lā ma hope mai, ua make i ka ʻike a me ka wai. E noho mau ana makou i ke kaulahao no 2 mau hora ma hope iho o ko makou hiki ana aku i Central Booking, kahi a makou i hele ai iluna a ilalo i na alanui loihi, i hoowahawahaia e na makai, a i keia manawa, ua like lakou me ka huhu mai na hora loihi e like me makou. , huli ʻia, a nānā ʻia ka retinal.
ʻO ka liʻiliʻi loa ua nānā ʻia au. ʻOiai paha kekahi o nā lālā ikaika o kā mākou hui ma ke kino, ʻo wau nō hoʻi ka nāwaliwali loa o ka naʻau a me ka naʻauao. ʻO kēlā me kēia lālā o kā mākou hui, e hoʻopakele iaʻu, kēlā me kēia, kūʻē i ka retinal scan. Ua waiho au. ʻO wau ke kanaka hiki ʻole iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi me nā mea huna. ʻO wau ka mea mua e uhaʻi ma lalo o ka hoʻomāinoino. ʻO wau ke kanaka i peʻe i loko o ka alopeke holoʻokoʻa i ka wā e hakakā ana kona mau hoa me nā Kelemania. ʻO wau ke keiki o ka Poʻa Pōʻaono Fever i makaʻu loa e lele i waho o ke kaʻa i ka wā i hāʻule ai lākou i loko o ka "crib" o ka hui hoʻokūkū. ʻO wau ka punk. ʻO wau ka wuss. ʻO wau ka loulou nāwaliwali loa. Ua hoʻāʻo ʻia au a ʻike ʻia ka nele.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma ka hola 4 i kakahiaka nui o ka Pōʻalua, ua mākaukau wau e hana i kekahi mea e wikiwiki ai i ke kaʻina hana, a ʻike wau e hoʻohana nā mākaʻi i nā kumu liʻiliʻi āpau e hoʻolōʻihi iā mākou a mālama iā mākou no ka nui o kēlā mau hola 72 e like me lākou. hiki ke mālama. Ua ʻike ʻia ke koʻikoʻi o ka scan retinal i ka wā ma hope o ka hele ʻana i kahi mea ʻike metala i hana ʻia e kekahi mākaʻi wahine ʻino ma kona mau makahiki he 40, me ke kuha ʻana i kona huki ʻia ʻana mai kahi moe no ka hana ʻoi aku ka manawa, ʻike wau ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hana. e ʻoluʻolu e nānā i nā ʻeke a i ʻole e paʻi iā mākou i lalo. Akā, ua hoʻokahe ʻo ia iā mākou i kā mākou ʻeke i loko o ka hīnaʻi a kāhea mai iā mākou he hupo mākou i hiki ʻole ke hahai i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo, ʻoiai ʻo ia, ʻaʻole i hahai i ke kaʻina hana a nānā i nā ʻeke a me nā lole.
ʻO ka ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i ka NYPD ke mālama iki inā mākou e hoʻopaʻa i kahi kelepona paʻa, kahi hui, a i ʻole kekahi mau mea ʻae ʻole i loko o ka Central Booking. ʻO kā lākou makemake, ʻo ia ke kiʻi o ko mākou mau maka, a loaʻa iā lākou hoʻokahi set, ʻo wau. Ma hope o ka ʻike metala, lawe ʻia mākou i loko o kahi lumi kahi e nānā ana kekahi makai wahine ʻē aʻe, a ma kona mau makahiki he 40, e nānā ana i kahi sitcom 1980s ma TV. "E kau i kou mau pōpō maka i luna o ka scanner a e wehe ākea, ʻaʻole, ākea, ʻaʻole ākea, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolohe," i ʻōho ai ʻo ia i kaʻu hana ʻana i kaʻu i ʻōlelo ʻia ai. Ua alakaʻi hou ʻia au i waho o kā mākou hui kaulahao, ma ia manawa ua haki ke kino a me ka naʻau a hiki i ka hilahila i kaʻu mea i hana ai. Makemake wale au e pau, e hoʻi i ka home i New Jersey, e ʻauʻau, a hāʻule i luna o koʻu wahi moe.
Ua mamao loa mai ka pau. E mālama ʻia mākou i loko o The Tombs no kekahi mau hola he 17, mai ka hola 4 kakahiaka kakahiaka Poalua a hiki i ka hola 11 o ia pō. Akā ma ka liʻiliʻi ua hiki mākou i nā hale kupapaʻu maoli. Ua hoʻomaka kēlā mau hola 72.
"E hoʻomanaʻo ʻaʻohe kamera i loko o kēlā mau keʻena," i hoʻohenehene mai kahi mākaʻi iā mākou ma mua o ka waiho ʻia ʻana i loko o kahi mea ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻoiai ʻaʻole paʻa ka mimi. "Ua maopopo iā ʻoe kaʻu ʻōlelo, ʻaʻole anei?" Ua hana au akā ma ia manawa ua luhi loa au i ka makaʻu. Ina paha i wili mai kekahi ia'u, ua olokaa wale au a hoi aku e hiamoe. E like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia, ke hana nei ka mākaʻi i kahi hoʻoweliweli ʻole, a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma hope o koʻu ʻike ʻana ʻaʻole kekahi o kā mākou mau hoa paʻa i hoʻoweliweli weliweli, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau a me ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i nā hale kūʻai, ua moe au ma ka papahele paʻa a hina. e hiamoe ana ma lalo o nā kukui ʻālohilohi.
I koʻu ala ʻana i kakahiaka aʻe ma mua o ka hola 11, ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo inā ua hiamoe au no ʻeono hola a i ʻeono mau minuke. ʻAʻohe ala e ʻike ai i ka manawa i loko o nā lua kupapaʻu no ka mea ʻaʻohe uaki a ʻaʻohe puka makani. Noho au ma luna o ka noho, hoʻopaʻa koʻu mau lima iaʻu i nā wāwae, kuʻu koʻu poʻo i loko o koʻu ʻūhā, e hoʻāʻo ana e uē i ka waimaka a i ʻole e hoʻolei iaʻu iho i nā kaola. E puka anei mākou i waho o kēia keena? Me he mea lā e hoʻohana maikaʻi ana koʻu mau hoa paʻahao ʻo Occupy Wall Street i ko lākou manawa. ʻO Guy, ka muli loa o kā mākou hui, he 18 mau makahiki, akā ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻeono kapuaʻi a ʻoi aku ma mua o 200 paona, ua moe ʻo ia ma kekahi o nā noho haiki no ka hapa nui o ke kakahiaka a me ka hapa nui o ke ahiahi. ʻO Al, ka mua, ke kanaka i loaʻa i ka epic freakout ma ka Mahele ʻEhiku i ke ahiahi ma mua, ua hiamoe maikaʻi ʻo ia. ʻO John Knefel, ka mea kākau moʻolelo kūʻokoʻa e haku ana i ka ʻāpana āna e paʻi ai no Salon. Ua like ʻo Knefel me John Boy Walton, ke kiʻi o ka hala ʻole, ʻo ke kanaka hope loa āu e noʻonoʻo ai ma The Tombs, akā ua like ʻo ia e lawe i nā mea āpau. ʻO Lorenzo, kekahi lālā o ka hui media, e waiho ana ma ke kihi i kahi puʻu ʻino, e hānai ana i kāna haʻalele ʻana i ka nicotine. Ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o kona kino ma mua o koʻu manaʻo, akā pono ʻo ia i kahi paka.
ʻO Justin Wedes, he lālā koʻikoʻi o ka hui media OWS, he kumu kula mua o 25 makahiki i hele ma ka hōʻike ʻo Stephen Colbert, a ua loaʻa i kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ma ka New York Post i ka lā ma mua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ʻOiai ʻo ia i hoʻolilo i ka hapa nui o nā hola he 14 ma ka Mahele ʻEhiku, ua wili ʻia ma kahi kūlana fetal ma ka papahele o ka hale paʻa, hiamoe maikaʻi, hoʻokahi manawa ma The Tombs, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana. Kū ʻo ia i nā kaola o ka hale paʻahao no nā hola e kamaʻilio pū ana me ko mākou mau hoa paʻa ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka hale. ʻOiai ua like nā manaʻo like ʻole o nā yuppies ma Winter Garden e pili ana iā OWS, ua maikaʻi nā mea paʻa ma The Tombs. He mea liʻiliʻi kēia me ka papa. ʻOiai ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou he poʻe ʻeleʻele a he Hepanika paha i loko o nā hoʻopiʻi lāʻau liʻiliʻi maʻamau, aia kekahi keiki ʻAsia i kula ʻelua ma Harvard, he kanaka ʻelemakule me ka lauoho hina e like me ke kiʻi o ka "1%," a ʻoiaʻiʻo, mākou. ʻO ke aloha o ke ao holoʻokoʻa no Occupy Wall Street i hoʻokumu ʻia ma muli o ka ʻike ʻia ʻana he mea kūʻē i ka mākaʻi. Inā inaina ʻo Ray Kelly lāua ʻo Michael Bloomberg iā ia, pono ia.
Ma hope iki o ke awakea, i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai mākou e hopohopo no ka nūhou, ua hiki iā mākou ke hoʻopili iā Gideon Oliver, he loio ma ka National Lawyers Guild, nāna i haʻi iā mākou e waiho ʻo ia i kahi kauoha ma 6PM e wikiwiki i ke kaʻina hana. Loaʻa iā mākou nā helu palapala a ua mākaukau mākou e hele, akā ʻo ke keʻena o ka Loio Apana ʻo Manhattan, ʻo Cyrus Vance, e hoʻopaʻa mau ana i ko mākou hoʻokuʻu ʻia. Ma ke awakea, ʻo Justin Wedes, a me kekahi mea paʻa, ʻo Jeff Smith, kahi mea kākau moʻolelo kūʻokoʻa ʻē aʻe, he kanaka me ka inoa i kani nui ʻia a hiki ke manaʻoʻiʻo he ʻano inoa ia, e piʻi mai me ka manaʻo o ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i nā nīnauele mai. ke kelepona i loko o kā mākou pūnaewele. Ua ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī ma mua o ka manaʻo o kekahi no ka mea ua hopu ʻia ʻekolu mau lālā ʻē aʻe o ka hui media i ke kakahiaka aʻe, akā ua hiki iā lākou ke hana i kekahi mau ʻōlelo i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o ke kelepona kahiko, e nalowale mau ana no ka pōkole o ke kelepona. headset.
ʻEhiku hola ma hope mai, ua waiho ʻia ka ʻōlelo kauoha, a ua kāhea ʻia ko mākou mau inoa. ʻO ka hope, manaʻo wau, e hele ana mākou i mua o ka luna kānāwai, ʻaʻole naʻe i pau. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia mākou mai ko mākou keʻena paʻa, a lawe ʻia i kahi keʻena paʻa ʻē aʻe. E hoʻohana hou au i ʻehā i loko o ka laka. ʻO ke koena o kā mākou hui, ka mea i kūʻē i ka retinal scan, e hoʻolimalima hou i 5. I kā mākou kolu, i kēia manawa graffiti uhi cell o nā lā i hala iho nei, ua hālāwai mākou me nā loio, kamaʻilio hou aʻe, a kali, kali wale. I kēia manawa, ua kamaʻāina ka hana maʻamau, hiamoe no ka hapalua hola, ala a kamaʻilio, hiamoe no ka hapalua hola, ala a kamaʻilio me kekahi kanaka. Ma hope o ka hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻana mai o ko mākou loio e hoʻokuʻu ʻia mākou i kēlā pō, ua hauʻoli koʻu naʻau. ʻO ka hola 8 wale nō ia a e hana paha au i kahi kaʻaahi mua i New Jersey, akā, auwe, ua hoʻopunipuni hou ʻo Kelly lāua ʻo Bloomberg i ko lāua mau lima lima. E hoʻopaʻa ʻia mākou a hiki i ka wā hoʻomaha o ka ʻaha mai ka hola 9:30 a i ka hola 10:30 PM. E ʻoki ana kēlā. Ua hooki ka Aha i na hana ma ka hora 1:00 AM. Pono mākou e hoʻomaha i kekahi pō? ʻAʻole mākou makemake, akā makemake lākou e huki iā ia a hiki i ka hola 1AM e like me ka hiki.
ʻO ka hope, ma 11PM, ʻo Paul Sullivan, kekahi mea paʻi paʻi kiʻi kūʻokoʻa a me aʻu i kapa ʻia ko mākou mau inoa e kahi turnkey nāna i ʻōlelo i nā huaʻōlelo me he mea lā e hana ana ʻo ia i ka hoʻouka kaua. "Sullivan," i hoʻōho ai ʻo ia, "Rogouski." ʻAʻole pono e kāhea ʻia ʻelua manawa. Ua alakaʻi ʻia mākou i waho i ka lumi hoʻokolokolo, ʻo ka puka o ke alanui he mau haneli kapuaʻi wale nō ka mamao. ʻO ka hope, manaʻo wau, ua kokoke mākou i ko mākou kūʻokoʻa, akā, ua manaʻo paha ʻoe, aia hoʻokahi keakea hope loa, hoʻokahi hoʻāʻo hope e kiʻi iā mākou e waiho i ka retinal scan. No ka mea ua loaʻa iaʻu ka scanned, waiho wau me ka nīnau ʻole. Ua hōʻole ʻo Paul Sullivan i ka scan a ua alakaʻi ʻia ʻo ia i ka hale paʻa. Ua ʻike au, ʻaʻole e like me ke ahiahi ma mua, inā e waiho wau i ka retinal scan i kēia manawa, e lilo wau i mea makaʻu. ʻAʻole au i mālama. Ua makemake wale au e haʻalele. E loaʻa iaʻu koʻu makemake.
Kū kaʻu loio i mua o ka luna kānāwai. Ua kāhea ʻia au i mua o ka noho, a hāʻawi ʻia i kahi ACD, "hoʻopaneʻe ʻia no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana," he ʻano hoʻopaʻapaʻa 6 mahina ma lalo o ka waiho ʻana o nā hewa inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hopu ʻia i kēlā manawa. Ma muli o koʻu manaʻo a pau e hoʻomau i ke kiʻi ʻana i nā kiʻi o Occupy Wall Street, a ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea e loaʻa iaʻu kahi manawa kūpono e hopu hou ai, ʻaʻole wau i hewa. E hoʻopau wau i ka hoʻoholo hope a hiki i koʻu kūkākūkā hou ʻana me kaʻu loio National Lawyers Guild, nāna i ʻōlelo mai ʻaʻole wau e ʻae aku i ka hewa a hiki i ka wā e nānā ai mākou i nā hōʻike āpau. Ua noa au. Ua kaʻawale au.
Ua hele wikiwiki au ma waho o ke keʻena hoʻokolokolo ma ke alanui, hele i ka PATH a loaʻa kaʻu ʻai mua i nā lā, ʻelua ʻāpana pizza ma ke kahua kaʻaahi Newark. Ua manaʻo wau i ka hānau hou ʻana, ʻaʻole he "kino," akā he kanaka. I koʻu lele ʻana ma ke kaʻaahi New Jersey Transit, ʻike wau ʻo ka mokuʻāina, ke aupuni nāna i hoʻopaʻa iaʻu i nā hola 37 i hala iho nei, ke lawe nei iaʻu i ka home. Ua maikaʻi hou. ʻO ka alakaʻi alakaʻi aʻu i maopopo ai e honi ia i ka lepo o ka hale paʻahao ma luna oʻu, lawe ʻo ia i kaʻu tiketi a kāhea mai iaʻu he haku. Ua kamaʻilio kekahi mau keiki ma ka lālani aʻe. Ua kamaʻilio nui ʻelua poʻe malihini Polani ma kahi ʻōlelo hiki ʻole iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo. Ua kamaʻilio leo nui kekahi kaikamahine ʻōpio ma kāna kelepona paʻalima. He mea maʻamau.
Lele au mai ke kaʻaahi ma Linden, a loaʻa iaʻu ka nani loa 3 mile hele wāwae aʻu i loaʻa i koʻu ola, ʻo kēlā me kēia ʻanuʻu he hōʻoia iaʻu iho ua lōʻihi wau, manuahi. He hou a anu ka po. Kuʻi koʻu puʻuwai me ka hauʻoli, komo koʻu māmā a hoʻokuke aku i ka ea ʻaʻole honi e like me ka mimi a me ke ʻala kino.
Ma hope o koʻu noʻonoʻo, aia ka manaʻo ua hāʻawi ʻia kahi kiʻi o koʻu mau maka i kahi huakaʻi hele hoʻokahi i ka waihona Homeland Security ma Wakinekona, e hoʻohana ʻia nā maka aʻu i kiʻi mua ai e kiʻi iaʻu, no ka mea. i koʻu nawaliwali, he kanaka makaʻala wau, he "mea hoʻoweliweli haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa" hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia ma hope o ka pilikia aupuni e hiki mai ana a hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka palekana o ke kaiāulu.
Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole au i huhū iaʻu iho no ka hāʻawi ʻana. E like me ka hapa nui o nā ʻAmelika, i ka wā i hāʻawi ʻia ai ka koho e pale i ke Kumukānāwai a i ʻole e hoʻi i ka home i ka manawa, ua koho wau e hoʻi i ka home i ka manawa. Inā paha ua ālai ʻia koʻu ala e kahi laina o ka poʻe hōʻike ʻo Occupy Wall Street a hoʻōho "ʻo mākou ka 99%" iaʻu, inā paha ua lulu wau i koʻu lima ma ko lākou mau maka a ʻuhū "loaʻa kahi hana hippies." ʻO kaʻu mea i makemake ai ʻo ka ʻauʻau ʻana a moe i koʻu wahi moe.
Ma hope o kēlā pō, ma ka home, i mua o kaʻu kamepiula, ua ʻike au ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia koʻu mau hoa paʻa OWS, ka poʻe a pau i hōʻole i ka scan retinal, ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma lalo o hoʻokahi hola ma hope o koʻu noho ʻana.
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