>>...if they were Tea Party members trying to give OWS a bad name.<<
According to the article the “black-clad” people doing the damage discarded their black clothing which allowed them to blend back into the crowd. That would be the OWS crowd, of course.
Questions for reporters:
1) What was the ratio of black-clad protesters to the number marching in total? 1%? 5%?, 50%? Nearly all of them?
2) What did your interviews of those arrested reveal as to their political affiliations?
3) What did your interviews of the non-”black-clad” marchers reveal about their attitudes toward those doing the damage, and about their attempt to blend in with supposedly law-abiding marchers?
Imagine what the reaction of the Tea Partiers would be if a bunch of nincompoops attempted to despoil a Tea Party gathering. They’d likely be detained by the law-abiding (and litter-free) Tea Partiers and held for the police. Not so with the “law-abiding” portion of the OWS mobs. They just provide them sanctuary apparently.
Obama and the Left are going to regret linking themselves politically to this “99%” mob, which is actually more like the .0000001%.
Police in the Pacific Northwest are not allowed to arrest protestors except in extreme cases of physical violence.
I'm sure they thought they were doing espionage but they were basically chicken shit and not ready for paradise and 72 virgins. If they felt they were the underground, they sure shag-assed from the area where Iraqi people could identify them.