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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]In the article I posted in the OP, the quoted Occupy DC organizers said entering the museum was palnned. Is that article wrong? I guess it doesn't matter. Some made the decision to go in and it was out of line. [/quote]

The person quoted in the article, retired Colonel Ann Wright, is an October 2011 organizer. The protest yesterday started with a march that some say number 1,500. The group that went to the museum was less than 200 according to police. The vast majority of those stopped when told to by security guards. Do you have a problem with peacefully marching to a public museum and obeying the security guards? If so, we will have to disagree.

We probably wouldn't have even heard of this event if not for the actions of a very few -- certainly less than 20 and probably less than 10 -- that ignored the guards and continued to attempt to enter the museum. One of the two people at the head of this small group was an admitted agent provocateur. With that in mind, I think it is grossly unfair to blame Occupy DC. Based on photos, it appears the agent provocateur and one other individual provoked the pepper spraying. I'd love to know the identity of the second guy.
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OP here. This is what was in the article I posted:

[i]Protest organizers said the attempt to enter the museum on the National Mall was part of the Occupy D.C. antiwar demonstrations that began on Thursday on the 10th anniversary of the start of the Afghanistan war.[/i]

The organizers planned to go inside the museum, which was stupid, IMO. The guards asked them to stop and most of them did stop. Some of them didn't and it ruined a museum day for a lot of people. I've been to quite a few anti-war and other demonstrations over the last 10 years. The museum folks are usually quite accommodating, as long as you leave the signs outside. It's not a new rule. Why didn't the organizers do a little bit of research before sending a couple hundred people down there? That was also stupid.

I don't take any issue with them marching to the museum and protesting outside, which is why I asked earlier why they couldn't just protest outside. [/quote]

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