I absolutely agree that we must prevent the small group of anarchists from “stealing the headlines” and preventing the rest of America from joining us. I just sent the following email to Mayor Quan. The General Assembly should approve our Leadership to approach Mayor Quan about this:
Dear Mayor,
I am a long-time formal Oakland resident, and frequent visitor. I was a peaceful protestor and Port Marcher yesterday.
I support you Mayor, and sympathize with your position. It is unfortunate that the headlines read that neither the Occupy Protestors nor Police are “on your side”.
The Police are Union employees. Like you, most of them support the cause of the 99%. Why don’t you broker a deal where the Police Union “signs on” with the Occupy Movement, supporting it. Police, dressed down perhaps to their informal OPD T-shirts march and stand with the Protestors, with signs proclaiming the unity, while at the same time providing “muscle”, along with the other Peaceful protestors, to prevent the small group of Anarchists who are stealing our headlines with the fires, vandalism, and violence they are causing. This could be a beautiful opportunity for the City, the Movement, for OPD’s reputation, and for you. Please let me know what you think.
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