Does anybody have a common sense solution

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151. You give me hope

as well as the rumor that in Spain lots of riot cops called in sick.

Many if not most people active in Occupy movement - and elsewhere - consider that US (among other places) has come to the point where wise words of Declaration of Independence apply - the times we are living are pretty "interesting times". We have seen many (relatively) peaceful revolutions and new constitutions in many countries from Latin America to Iceland to Arab Spring and practically nobody wants to follow the way of Libya and Syria. Peaceful revolutions happen when police and army refuse to shoot people if and when so ordered, and join the peaceful revolution either passively or actively. Lot of activist thinking and discussion is dedicated on this, how to react to police brutality, how to open constructive dialogue with people bearing arms for the state or government which no longer has our consent, so that we don't need to follow the way of Libya and Syria.

First word that comes to my mind is patience, but that too has it's limits. You know cops, how do folks there feel about the situation and where it is going, what's your take on general sentiment there?