Okay, this is BS.  OWS didn't have control over every jerk that came down to the park. The right wingers are getting so upset about OWS that they are either getting paranoid or just making things up. Even if you disagree with them, you have to ask yourself -- why, as tactic, would OWS want to frighten kids?  Some idiot writer for Yahoo has gone so far as to weave a whole paranoid story out of this incident, combined with Pelosi calling for some kind of government funding of childcare for working mothers.

Stepping back here, I'm surprised by how right-wing Gothamist has become. I haven't been here in a while but reading all the headlines makes me think the site really has it in for OWS. It's like they're competing for the same audience that Murdoch is after. Has the notion of getting all sides of a story gone out the window? For a city known for its progressive thought and liberalism, it's dismaying to see such a one-sided view from a supposed city news site.

All kids get a little nervous in big crowds.  They are half the size of everyone and in a crowd all the see is asses and crotches.
Just like that little guy said, he thought it was a parade.  A little kid might be scared on Broadway in Soho during rush hour or in Times Sq. or at Penn Station at a peak time, or in Macy's during a  a holiday sale.  They will get over it.  Police and protestors should make every effort to let them through to class but there is no evidence that any kid suffered more than a delay.  It's like traffic, it happens.

Hmm if I had a kid would I walk through a war zone? Signs point to NO.

Gosh, don't you change your lead stories more than once every three days?

 I have brought my children to every major action of OWS and had only positive experiences. My kids have been enriched by participating in this movement and our family are having important conversations as a result. On N17 a protester walked up to my son and said, "Hey young person, we're doing this for you!" My son gave him the thumbs up and said "thanks!" That sums it all up for me.

That sounds great, but let's try to analyze what that protester is trying to achieve:
- Student loan debt forgiveness
- Refinance all troubled mortgages at 1%
- Massive expansion of public works projects
- Increase in teachers' pay
- Medicaid for all Americans

There also other demands, some good and some bad.  If these are enacted, your son will be paying for this generations' problems and carelessness.  Student loan forgiveness and mortgage refinance is purely a selfish act which will be passed down to your son's generation. Unless there is a miraculous plan to pay for all of this, the deficit and resulting higher loan interest rates will be passed on.

As soon as my daughter is old enough and willing I will be doing the same

Help the needy, tax the greedy? Perhaps fat ass should get her face out of the refrigerator and get a job. Raising another generation of lazy losers.

Pull-EASE! CBS is the biggest corporate whore news ever. Even worse than Fox because they project a facade of balance and fairness. Ha-ha, laughable attempt to get some extra viewers with a "shocking" report.

I don't feel compelled to defend every asshole that shows up at a demonstration on Wall Street. That guy following the kid and parent was a dick. The guy who went after him and stopped him was a hero. Besides that, as a parent, I'd probably explain to my kids what was going on before taking them through a crowd like that. Such is life. Then again, my kids went through 9-11. Now that was scary.

You can't tell from the video what was said by either party.  It's just as likely the parent said something offensive to the protester.  

That's possible, if that's true, the parent is a dick too. 

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Gotta brainwash 'em while they're still young!

Its all about rating, not reporting. Anything that gets your news program the highest rating of the night, is the name of the game.

This story about OWS harassing school kids is BS. That school is across from NYSE on Broad Street, which was totally fortified by police. Protesters never breached the area. Also, those kids see events like this (protest, Presidential visits, etc.) all the time. BTW: Léman Prep School is an elite (1%) private school. Tuition 35k/yr. Wonder if that motivated this dramatic story from the parents...the kid interviewed though it was a parade.

Are you really suggesting it's alright to harass children because their parents are wealthy? You can clearly see a protestor following a parent and child. You don't need to make $400K a year to afford a $35K a year prep school, these people are wealthy but they're not necessarily the 1%.

nobody was harassed, the narration from the news fools say so... but it doesn't make it true with a bunch of repeated edited clips that show nothing.

No, I'm not suggesting that it's alright to harass children at all. I was pointing out the misleading nature of the video. The school is located across from the NYSE; a zone the protesters never breached. So, those kids were walking through a police line, not protesters. Who is following that parent and child is unclear. We don't know what the context is of that interaction or what they're saying. Could be journalist for all we know. Since that is right in the "frozen zone", I don't think we can assume it is a protester. I'm certainly not going to take the word of the local CBS footage. Local news is notorious for sensationalization and spinning nothing into something. Jesh, think about how they turn the mildest weather into a massive storm.  

I also find it hard to believe protesters chanted "follow those kids" and NOT ONE video of it has surfaced.

Things got real ugly today as "one percenters" were massacred in Times Square. SHOCKING: http://www.spnheadlines.com/20...