Meh. I was in SF, that's from Seattle. Everyone knows there's a bunch of heathens in that town, right @thegeneral?
Point taken though. I think that both of our perspectives are valid; I was on site participating in a non-violent protest that was not only harmless, but kind of fun. Meanwhile, some nut jobs in Seattle broke shlt and got into it with cops. So Occupy protests were both violent and peaceful.
I'll say this: if you're dumb enough to be at a protest wearing all black with your face covered and carrying anything that can remotely be construed as a weapon, you deserve what you get. These guys are useless scum and simple opportunists. They have nothing to do with the protests, they are rank criminals that make the protestors look bad.