Occupy Melbourne/Wall St discussion

[PumpkinZulu]

Out of curiosity and bearing in mind that a) I am not in Melbourne and therefore am unable to attend and b) I can only judge by what I read in the media so therefore my view is obviously tainted...can someone please tell me what the purpose was last night of singling out and targeting a police officer by printing his details on a flyer and handing them out? Yes I know that the flyer said that he is a "violent" person but at the end of the day was he not just doing his job?

The purpose? A bunch of idiots who are angry. Wasn't an OM sanctioned move. Although the police were unnecessarily violent, it's a pretty stupid idea to retaliate like that. As for doing his job...hmm, as Cassius said, only Melbourne and Bahrain have been dispersed violently...

[Maruschke]

Wow that WAS a stupid move by whoever did it and it will tarnish OWS-M. They really need to publicly announce that they did not support that action, and quickly, before the mud sticks.

[PumpkinZulu]

They already have. Doesn't mean the media will report that

[loulabelle]

Far out, that is shocking! I can't believe she was treated like that!

[kimmi]

Disgusted! Whatever it is people are demonstrating against, no-one deserves to be stripped to their underwear as a show of power from the very people we are supposed to be kept safe by.

[Miss E]

I'm shocked by this... That was totally unnecessary. They weren't even attempting to arrest her (not that that would make it ok). Surely someone has reported this.

[PumpkinZulu]

Power tripping

[Cassius2]

I was horrified when I read this...