12 Nov 2011

Colin Powell: Occupy movement 'is as American as apple pie'



CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, broadcast Nov. 10, 2011. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that he sympathized with the "frustration and angriness" exhibited by "Occupy Wall Street" protesters."I was born in Harlem to immigrant parents, and my parents always had a job," Powell told CNN's Piers Morgan. "And so, people are concerned now that there is not that source of an income. There isn't that work source that I remember.""So, what you're seeing with 'Occupy Wall Street' and the others are people who are unhappy, and they're directing their unhappiness right now towards Wall Street and towards those they think are doing to well in our society," he continued. "And so, demonstrating like this is as American as apple pie. We have been marching up and down and demonstrating throughout our history.