the shot of the marines is short, and of them helping people to stay in boundary on the sidewalks. the majority of the clip is protest footage at night with various altercations.

So lets get this straight.

The people are peaceful protesters - protesting the control authorities have over them.
The police are there to control the protesters.
The Police continue to push the protesters around and herd them and try to force them to leave.
The protesters continue to protest.
The police push harder, engaging in confrontation.
The protesters resist.

Situation A).
The police get violent, start fights and then begin arresting people

Situation B).
The protesters stay peaceful, The police keep pushing until fights start and then begin arresting people

Situation C).
The protesters fight back, The police fight back and then there is a riot for which the people are blamed and everyone is arrested.

So the police are allowed to harass people, start fights, herd people, limit where they can go/protest, control them, tear gas them, rubber bullet them ect. and have the full support of the "Establishment". BUT if the people lift one finger, or defend themselves, or stand their ground, say a bad word, or stay on premises - even peacefully, they open themselves up to violence and arrest.

The Leaders we hired (and pay for) are controlling the police (we pay for) to stop us from using the streets (we pay for) and limit the use of public spaces (we pay for) so they can control us. If the employees we elected and hired to run our system are no longer working for us, then they have claimed mutiny on their own employers/people to pander to outside marauding interests in the name of greed.

These people need to to stay on course. Nonviolent protests against a violent oppression works, it just is going to be very tough on individuals. Think Gandhi, he libreated a whole country and shed no blood. But protesters need to obey the law, even when it is going to hurt.

The police once again was powerless, giving contradictive orders and finally started to create chaos. That way they can manipulate the crowds to breaking the law and then arrest you. The only thing keeping deaths out of this is the use of cameras, otherwise they would've beaten them from the start. But all it takes is one martyr and this will blow over very quickly. Then comes national guard, the army and martial laws.

>> ^CreamK:

These people need to to stay on course. Nonviolent protests against a violent oppression works, it just is going to be very tough on individuals. Think Gandhi, he libreated a whole country and shed no blood. But protesters need to obey the law, even when it is going to hurt.
The police once again was powerless, giving contradictive orders and finally started to create chaos. That way they can manipulate the crowds to breaking the law and then arrest you. The only thing keeping deaths out of this is the use of cameras, otherwise they would've beaten them from the start. But all it takes is one martyr and this will blow over very quickly. Then comes national guard, the army and martial laws.


I was with you until the two sentences at the end.
I would agree with this change.

"But all it takes is one martyr and this will blow up very quickly. Then comes national guard, the army and martial laws and the Occupy Movement will expand exponentially."

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One chant I'd like to hear would be "To Protect and Serve!", or anything like the "Courtesy, Professionalism, Respect!" mantra of the police they were yelling back at them as they treated protestors like criminals.