This is probably a case of confirmation bias on my part. I have been suspicious that the claims of violence against Occupy sites are convenient excuses. This interviewee’s opinion confirms my suspicion. I wonder if people actually studied cities where there are acts of violence every day to discover if there are more acts of violence than normal or fewer acts of violence than normal around the Occupy encampments. If the answer is fewer, then the cities ought to ask people to start up Occupy encampments.