This picture was taken minutes before the protesters at Occupy LA were given a dispersal order and arrested. This is what you call nonviolent struggle; just sitting down, breaking arbitrary rules and waiting for 1,300 LAPD in riot gear to show
December 3, 2011

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This picture was taken minutes before the protesters at Occupy LA were given a dispersal order and arrested. This is what you call nonviolent struggle; just sitting down, breaking arbitrary rules and waiting for 1,300 LAPD in riot gear to show up forcefully remove you.

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