A Gentle Reminder

From Spocko's Brain:  Some filters for reports of protestor-vs-cop at the Occupy sites.

Here’s the thing folks, the Media, the authorities and the corporations, REALLY want violence from protesters against cops or Wall Street executives.

• The media want the violence because it makes for conflict, which brings eyeballs, sells newspapers and it is easy to write about — especially when they don’t have to find out who a specific rock thrower is.
• The authorities want protester violence as an excuse to shut down the protests and clean up the streets.
• The corporations want protester violence because it can be contained and doesn’t really cost them much money. A few million spent at Risk Control Strategies and they are good to go.

Answering that pesky cui bono (who benefits) question.

I got two boxes of cookies.  Time to go.