'Family Guy' Guy Busted at Occupy L.A.

Cartoon writer pens real-life saga of cops and incarceration.

'The cops have tanks, they have M-16s, now aeroplanes! What's so scary about a camp of scruffy dreamers with MacBooks and drum circles?' (Image Property of Fox)

Moral indignation and ethical outrage can be shrill and off-putting stances, but not in the hands of a professional. Patrick Meighan is, as he tells it, “a husband, a father, a writer on the Fox animated sitcom Family Guy, and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica.”

Meighan is also the type of family guy who felt duty-bound to support America’s Occupy movement—in person. He was among an arm-linked circle of likeminded concerned citizens at the Occupy encampment in Los Angeles’s City Hall Park last Wednesday, around 1 a.m., when 1,400 LAPD officers descended with the precision of an elite military squadron and the intentions of drunken high-school vandals.

Meighan seems to lose his temper when the topic shifts to former Citigroup CEO Charles Prince.

Meighan’s account of the wrenching apart of peaceful protesters, of his paddy wagon ride along, and his 25 hours in jail is a controlled exercise in reasoned rage, but he seems to lose his temper when the topic shifts to former Citigroup CEO Charles Prince.

Here’s a bit, but the whole thing deserves to be read at Meighan’s blog:

What does it say about our country that nonviolent protesters are given the bottom of a police boot while those who steal hundreds of billions, do trillions worth of damage to our economy and shatter our social fabric for a generation are not only spared the zipcuffs but showered with rewards?

One thing Mr. Meighan finally clears up? The mystery of how Occupy Los Angeles “abandoned” 30 tons of garbage. Spoiler alert!

As I watched, the LAPD sliced that canopy tent to shreds, broke the telescoping poles into pieces and scattered the detritus across the park. Note that these were the objects described in subsequent mainstream press reports as “30 tons of garbage” that was “abandoned” by Occupy LA: personal property forcibly stolen from us, destroyed in front of our eyes and then left for maintenance workers to dispose of while we were sent to prison.

Keep watching TakePart for a coming video series documenting the intentions and methods of the people who troubled themselves to camp in City Hall Park.

 

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Comments 6

Submitted by Aston Spooks Jacson on Sun, 02/19/2012 - 3:16pm
I guarantee you he is not the one percent. He is probably not even upper class. Writers get paid well, but the 1% are all CEOs and familys who own corporations. He is no where CLOSE to being the 1%. You guys really don't know who the 1% are, do you?

Submitted by NYCTruther on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 5:24am
@occupy beverly hills: You're a bit confused (and ignorant). Wealthy actors (and writers) are not the problem and did not cause the destruction of the U.S. economy during the Bush years. While it's true that some who work in entertainment are among the top 1% of income earners, Patrick Meighan may or may not be among them. The "1%" is the group of Americans who CONTROL/POSSESS 44% of all the WEALTH in this country. Mr. Meighan is certainly NOT one of them. Moreover, even if he was, the fact that he would stand with the 99% demonstrates CHARACTER. By the way, the "Occupy" movement isn't about "protesting against [the wealthy]," it's about protesting the growing wealth gap between the richest 1% and all the rest, and the unequal representation/political power they exert over the lives & health of the all of us.

Submitted by Nero Germanicus on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 5:20am
Oh no! Someone who's not homeless or a dirty hippy has empathized with the plight of the common man! Silly mr. Meighan don't you know your not supposed to be seen with us? Clearly your hard earned lifestyle is all a sham conspiracy for you to somehow get richer. Shame on you for making those poor degenerates believe that even though you may be comfortable it's human to recognize the plight of others. FOR SHAME

Submitted by Lakawak on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 12:44am
riberto...are YOU telling us that you don't know the difference between poor and worthless and being part of the middle 98%/ You know..the people that want peope like you dead...including your own parents? A Family Guy writer is the worst of the bunch. He is rich without any talent other than throwing darts at old newspapers to pull random pop culture referneces and lump them together haphzardly into an unfunny show. You are not the 99%. You are the worthless 1%. Do NOT claim to speak for us.

Submitted by roberto21 on Sat, 12/17/2011 - 5:57am
Are you telling me you don't know the difference between being in the 1% and supporting the ideology of the 1%? Night and day.

Submitted by occupy beverly hills on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 4:15am
word to family guy idiot----YOU are part of the problem! YOU are part of the one percent, duh, you rich idiot. go protest against all the billionaires in hollywood. go protest against all the actors getting paid millions.