What a difference a border makes

Ponder this.  Here, we are into the fourth week of a massive sit-in and protest and what do the police do?  Direct traffic.  This sign on one of the teachers' tent.

And in Ferguson, Missouri, USA,

Both places are escalating.  There is a march this Sunday of the general population to protest the protest.  I expect it to be big and peaceful and maybe, and I mean, maybe, the police will be there.
There will certainly not be any of this. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

If one connects the many dots over the last 15 years, certain things become obvious.  9/11 led to many things, like the militarization of police forces.  Then war, paranoia, xenophobia, extreme partisanship and downright hatred 24/7/365, all gasoline thrown on the fire, have logically begot all of this.  Shameful, scary and sad.