I know how tempting it can be. When someone uses violence against you, as the police are increasingly doing, it can be really hard not to want to fight back.
Don't do it.
We need to send a clear message to protesters, provocateurs, the press, spectators, and anyone else who is paying attention: If you use violence, you are not on our side. You are on the side of our oppressors.
In fact, your use of violence is so damaging and counter-productive to the aims of the Occupy Movement, that you, in every sense, will be considered the enemy of the 99%.
Maybe some will find the use of the term "enemy" too harsh. Fine. All I'll say to that is, to the plutocrats, you are the enemy.
As Howard Zinn once so eloquently said about the plutocrats, "They will kill you."
And they have.
They have no hesitation poisoning your children to increase profits.
They have no hesitation poisoning our drinking water to increase profits.
They have no hesitation cutting off children's health care treatment to increase profits.
These people are sociopaths. Serial killers. All in the name of capitalism. What makes you think that deep down, they're going to rediscover their noble side and let us take back our government and economic system?
Regardless, we need a preemptive strike against saboteurs and those who the plutocrat media will use to discredit this movement. And that should be a declaration of some sort that makes clear to all, not only do we not condone violence, but we consider those who commit it to be on the side of the 1%.
If you follow the trend, it appears the police state is entering a new phase. Violent arrests are increasing across the country. We have to do everything in our power to not only prevent something from happening that could damage the cause, but to inoculate ourselves from it if something does happen.
Occupy Wall Street is a non-violent people's action. Anyone who doesn't get that is not with us.