This is a part of a measured tactic to discredit the protesters by making them violent - physically attack a peaceful march to turn it into a riot. Occupy is the little movement that could, and each time it gets brutalized by the authorities its numbers swell. With each arrest the support and the sympathy grows. Indeed – many have questioned the motives of the protesters, many have speculated on the agenda, but nobody is denying that there is a problem. Though calls for a concise set of demand...
out of control!
...growing worldwide and gathering a wide range of faceless activists from many persuasions - this is what concerns washington more so than the war on terror. the war on terror is against a few thousand potential terrorists who might harm americans and buildings ; - but anonymous could be millions of young people worldwide seeking to cripple american corporations and government institutions.