The crowd of five thousand or so today in downtown Los Angeles wanted to march along Fifth Street to Pershing Square, but the police blocked the way. The march was supposed to end at Pershing Square, so blocking the way was like creating an unnecessary confrontation. I looked to shoot a gap in the line of officers.
I don't condone violence. And I don't keep quiet about it, no matter who does the swinging. All the folks I know in the Occupy Movement are non-violent, and I look forward to peacefully participating in more events that show our fearless leaders what we think of this economy they have created. But hitting someone, especially a small woman, in the back of the head with something like a snare drum is an especially needless act of violence. I repudiate it.
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