Occupy Wall Street live - Day of Action

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Originally Posted by Danzig

and therein lies the rub. it's not exactly easy for the cops to say yes, no, no, no, yes as far as who is a real protester, and who isn't. so, they tell people to move along, and then the problems start. people get arrested, pepper sprayed, injured, etc, and then the cops are the bad guy.
and people sit at home, watching on their monitor or tv and bitch about protesters getting picked on.
it reminds me of the military. people are all gung ho to get in a war, and then they start bashing the soldiers when everything doesn't go just right. easy to judge from the easy chair.
so, the foot soldiers and beat cops put their lives on the line, and the generals and chiefs of police give the orders, and people bitch at the guys on the street-cause they're all worthless, no good sob's.

Oh, yeah: when there's multiple video views, start to finish, with no editing, it is sure easy to pick out when the police screw up. After all, even a police chief reversed his ruling after viewing one citzen-taken video on YouTube, that contradicted his officers stories.

And some of the hangers-on to the protests, too. For example, the guy they took down today in Zuccotti - I think he deserved it (he was probably Black Bloc tactics) When the protesters are calm, and peaceful, but you have a group of people dressed in black, wearing hoodies, and facemasks - which doesn't fit?