I mainly use the word ignorant to describe someone who has no first hand knowledge of a subject but hears a "fox News" version of events and feels they can comment and have those comments taken seriously. 

I was at the disgustingly inappropriate demonstration of State power yesterday at the Occupy NS site. I saw a large number of older people like myself who are fed up with this Mayor and Council and feel it's time for them to be accountable for their actions.

I also used to support Mayor Kelly as I saw him at every event I went to. Then I saw him make some very questionable decisions regarding the Commons Concerts. Then I watched him try to deflect critism for something that was possibly a criminal act of money mishandling.

Then I see a Mayor negotiate with the Occupy NS movement to move their camp to a place designated by the city with the understanding that they would move back after Remembrance Day. Out of respect to the Veterans they agreed, completely clean up Parade Square and move. 

Mayor Kelly said that he didn't want to have the focus of Remembrence Day on the Occupy Movement, and Occupy NS agreed. So the question is why have the Police move in on a rainy holiday, focusing the attention of the media away from Remembrance Day and on to the Occupy site? Why have the taxpayers of NS and the HRM pay the overtime of 70 - 80 Police officers who were called out on a Holiday when it would have been less expensive and not as much of a political hot potato?

Why tell the Occupy NS campers that even though the order to evict said "End of Day" that they had to take down their tents in a brutal rainstorm within 45 minutes knowing that the Occupy camp had little resources to move their gear in that timeline? Why then immediately start tearing down the tents that were furthest away from the main tents although they said 45 minutes? Why arrest people who were  trying to stop the Police from stealing their clothing, tents, private possessions?

Keep in mind that the Police were enforcing a bylaw that carried a ticket similar to a parking ticket if convicted. Why did they need 80 police officers? 

It would seem to me that with the dramatic increase in real crimes, shootings, stabbings, swarmings, that the police should have much better places to put their budget that may actually move them towards their "Serve and Protect" mantra.

The real questions about this latest fiasco are, who is really being protected and served. 99% of us would like to know.

i totally agree with you. It's a disgrace for the Council and Mayor to continue to mooch off the city. throw them out! They are always stirring up trouble.

Why send in the Police on Remembrance day? 

The Occupy movement does not do itself great service by making aggressive and questionably logical statements such as the one above, linking themselves to the veterans. You can stand on your own merit. It makes it too easy for others to label Occupy NS supporters as extremists who shouldn't be treated with respect.

It is shameful that the Mayor shut down the movement in this way. There were many other ways to negotiate that would have been much more respectful and would not have polarized the situation further - which it now seems is happening.  The level of anger has just risen on all sides, which benefits no one.