First and Foremost: It is a shame that the veteran at "Occupy" Oakland was injured!
Law of nature has this little caveat that people that are in support of this movement would like to overlook: For every action there is a reaction. What keeps getting overlooked in all the reports of this event is that leading up to this incident was that rocks, bottles, and paint were hurled at the police. This is not excusing the fact that this gentleman who served his country was injured in the end, it only proves the point that this so called "Peaceful" protest is anything but peaceful in intention.
In a peaceful protest once the group was asked to disperse, they would have abided by the request. These folks do have a right to assemble and they have the right of free speech. No one is asking to take away those rights. But at some point you do not have the right to commandeer public property for extended periods of time as we have seen in many cases this has raised public health concerns and concerns regarding many laws that are duly on the books such as disturbing the peace to public indecency laws.
If it was a peaceful movement as some are wanting to portray it, these people would abide by laws and would respect such rules. We have heard time and again that is not the intention of these folks. At some point the continued fanning of the flames will result in an action that will have consequences.
We have heard from those on the left and in particular a spokesman on MNSBC calling for a Kent State Moment. I do not think this incident compares, but that does not mean that there are those looking to fan the flames in provoking these sort of incidents. I have seen some that have actually become cheerleaders for these things to occur, because they know in their hearts that over all this movement does not represent the vast majority of citizens in the United States in complete nature.
Many can find similar grievances with some of the stances that this movement is attempting to convey. But also there are clear differences in approach and subsidence of many of the messages that we are hearing come out of "Occupy". One would question, where were these same individuals over the last two years when the Tea Party was voicing many of the concerns such as Crony Capitalism and inequality of redistribution of tax payer dollars? Where were these same individuals when the clear example of a peaceful protest that came and voiced their grievances and then went home to work at doing something about them in a peaceful and lawful manner? These people were the ones attaching sexual pejoratives to attempt to demean the Tea Party, but today ask for respect in their cause. It is the height of hypocrisy on so many levels to think that you will gain the respect of a general body of citizens if you go out and look for the confrontations that could and will lead to violence.
Again it is a shame that this person was injured, but if you are part of a group or organization that at its core may be seeking this type of incident, you will find it. One thing that I was taught as a child, if you seek out mischief, mischief will find you and for every action there are consequences and reactions.
