OK, Well Played BPD

I gotta say, this story sounds like a well executed strategy.

If you remember my last post on Occupy Boston the Mayor gave a Midnight Deadline for clearing Dewy Square. The hippies who didn’t want to get arrested rolled out, and they were replaced en-mass with protesters from out of state who were more than willing to spend a night in jail (or worse). So when the cops showed up they were right ready to scrap it out.

The cops backed down. I assumed, with good reason, that it was a combination of bleeding-heart liberalism, and political favoritism. Still seeing this story, I suspect I was wrong. It appears the saber rattling shook the tree and cleared out many of the fair-weather protesters who didn’t want a hickory-shampoo and a side of pepper-spray, and while the group called on re-enforcements to make a proper bloody riot of the event, they declared victory too soon.

Looks like the clearing went off without injury or any major disturbances.

Looks like they did well, and the trespassers are now attempting to regroup. This will all be for nothing if we let them re-settle.

Time will tell.