I read some of the media reports about the desecration of St. Paul. One headline reads: Desecration, defecation and class A drugs: Children found living in squalor at St Paul's protest camp
Read more:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1esKfxLdh
I didn't see any incidences of actual violence. "They are afraid" that violence is likely due to the growing numbers of "vulnerable" populations. Vulnerable being people with mental illnesses. I love the way they perpetuate the stigma that there is a relationship between the mentally ill and violence. That's total rubbish. Further propaganda or scare tactics: the smell of marijuana. Seriously? Of all the drugs, marijuana is probably the most effective at quelling a violent uproar.
Instead of pepper spray, the police should try passing around a joint. And the uptight police should be required to take a couple of tokes themselves.