get the water hoses and tear gas out

I hope they use pepper spray liberally.
Those on the bridge, they should have over to real new yorkers, they will thrown them off the bridge.
Idiots - go home and get a job.
Blame yourself and stop demanding that you are "entitled" - you are NOT !

and they wonder why we don't trust officers anymore. 

Remember this: the police do not exist to protect and serve the entire public. They exist to protect rich people.

Civil disobedience can work, but the people involved must be stronger than the bullies, brutes and bigots they will be up against. They must be willing to face the unhinged violence, pathetic justifications and the callous, vain groupthink of those they are up against.

Remember also that the more money a person has, the less empathy he has. The more comfortable someone is, the less he recognizes the struggle of others. The more power someone has, the less human he is.

You're up against the worst of the worst here: useless, greedy, narcissistic sociopaths who have absolutely no reason to care about anyone but themselves. They are also chickenshits.  They hide because the cops protect them.  Show them you're stronger and they'll piss their pants.

Be strong. Don’t give into them. And don’t let them scare you. Ultimately, underneath everything else, they are empty, damaged cowards. And they know it.

 You know what? I've held my tongue long enough, but I am appalled at the behavior that those in charge have inflicted upon this country. Here we have thousands protesting for a change in this country, and as usual, we have dictator Bloomberg's fucking lap dog's trying to put a stop to it. The NYPD are a bunch of fucking pigs, one's who have done shit for this once great nation, who feel it's necessary to put a stop to those they deem "different". These so-called "different" people are the ones who give a fuck. Fuck you, yuppie scum; fuck you evil money hungry corporations who see people as dollar signs; and especially, fuck you Bloomberg, and your fucking lap dog cunt Christine Quinn, you are the scum of New York City, and you have no business being here you heartless SCUM FUCK! You have destroyed NYC, a city I have lived in my whole life, and here you come along, a billionaire, yuppie Boston scum fuck of a human being, and you take away what's ours! Fuck you! and I pray everyday for your death Bloomberg, and rest assured, when you die, I will find your fucking grave and spit and dance all over it you evil heartless Bostonian scum fuck you. Obama, you are also a piece of shit. How the fuck do you expect to win a re election if you are a fucking moron who lied to get his way into office, and once in, had no fucking clue what to do with a fucking lagging economy? I hope you drop dead, also, not because you are heartless, because you're not, but because you're a fucking liar and a Goddamn idiot. This country is rigged! Rigged enough to give the power to the wealthy, and Bloomberg is trying to rid NYC of anyone who makes less than $100,000 a year. I would love nothing more than for someone to kill Bloomberg. You are a scum fuck and I wish for your death everynight. You don't belong here, and why don't you tell us how you bought your way into a third election you heartless, fuck? I hope you drop dead.

Funny, my 24 y/o friend and NYPD police officer told me that the protesters were laying in the street and stopping traffic. For some reason the media missed that part... Pretty interesting how that happens, ain't it? 

awesome story, its title could read: 
"Media Completely Ignores Anonymous Commenter's 24-year-old Friend"

sounds like we're brewing the scandal of the 21st century over here!

Cool, I could be famous too like all of you "Non-anonymous" gothamist posters! YAY MY LIFE IS COMPLETE!

Seriously though, get out of the street, you're fucking up my commute to work. 

Do you actually drive to work through the financial district, or are you just trying to make a point?

Most in that area are annoyed to high holy hell about the protesters that dont even know who or what they are protesting. Just chanting like retareded parrots. its the "bankers" fault for .. somthing.... ?!?! Give me a break. Go away!

Occasionally, but mainly I use mass transit. I work right next to their 'encampment', I was more just trying to make a point that there are two sides to every story. Most people take media posts (or in this case blog posts and snippets of video) as fact.

poor hippies

In Wisconsin, the cops there knew which side was right. Not the NYPD. I can't think of anyone who has had a positive experience with a cop (except 9/11 I guess).  I haven't. Most people I know haven't. Those who had any experience had negative ones, some very much so. We're not talking criminals, either. It's one of the reasons I will never go back, why my husband commutes 1000 miles. To stay far away from the filth in uniform. That, and the schools suck in NYC, too.

I know plenty of people that received a very good education in NYC schools and I've had both good and bad interactions with NYPD but after reading your screed I understand why your husband chooses to commute 1000 miles 

Good to see Anthony V Bologa, 57, of Statten Island has already been identified here as the pepper-spray fanatic.  Good work.  Hopefully he'll be shamed into resignation or fired by NYPD.

funny how easy it is to come to an internet forum and talk shit about protesters...Sad how hard it is for people to stand for a belief in public, so long as it does not ruin their daily routine.

Good.

Deputy Inspector Bologna Should stay behind his desk and nor interact with the public unless its behind his deli counter in staten is

I think we should all realize something very important: that we've reached a moment, an impasse, in US history (perhaps even world history) where any intelligent, well-informed and caring person agrees with the gist (the theory, if you will) of why this protest is important; but at the same time we feel alienated from these protesters, don't trust their fuzzy ideologies and well-rehearsed White American brand of "revolution". Woe is us.

Rosa Luxemburg, "The War and the Workers"-- The Junius Pamphlet (1916)