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According to Wikipedia, its a tactic relying on “vandalism, rioting and street fighting, demonstrating without a permit, misleading the authorities, assisting in the escape of people arrested by the police, administering first aid to persons affected by tear gas in areas where protesters are barred from entering, building barricades, and resisting the police”. For this 1% of the 99% movement to hijack majority of the press because of vandalism constitutes a HUGE threat to the legitimacy of this movement. Its supposed to be a MAINSTREAM movement for the people. When … Continued

The anarchists + other individuals that smashed bank windows + tagged Whole Foods delegitimize the entire Occupy Oakland movement + need to be held accountable for their actions. I suspect that much of the media will not differentiate between the protesters. No doubt conservatives will do so. There needs to be a serious concerted effort to purge these criminals from the movement because they will chip away at our credibility. Suggestions on how to do this? 3341