I'm growing extremely tired of these "black-clad, masked protesters" ruining everything

[sabrina 1]

48. Yes, and if anyone can show me video of a General Assembly where the consensus was to break windows

and destroy property, I will be happy to give them a reward.

I was writing about OWS from the beginning and from the early days, protesters spotted police mingling with the crowd, dressed casually. They sometimes got them on video, like the two who got out of a van, mingled with the crowd, but didn't quite fit in. Following their instincts, a few Occupiers kept their eyes on them and later followed them when they left. The got into a police car.

On another occasion, right at the start, trained to spot provocateurs, Occupiers noticed another two guys who also didn't seem to be quite comfortable mingling with the crowd. They followed them also, right to the nearby Federal Building and watched as they let themselves in with a key. Everyone had a good laugh at how easy it was.

Then there was the guy who had been hanging out with the Occupiers almost every day. No one susptected him until he walked through the Park one day dressed in his cop uniform with his buddy. When someone said 'you're a cop'?? he smiled, didn't really answer and kept walking. Later he wrote a blog post claiming that he was not trying to fool anyone, that he supported Occupy and was there on his own time. I don't think anyone believed him.

So right from the beginning they were infiltrating the movement.