I'm in Occupy, and this childish letter to the Mayor with it's global statements about the police certainly doesn't speak for me. Yes, there are cops who should be disciplined and others who should be removed from duty because they use excessive violence, and John T. Williams killer, Ian Burke should be prosecuted - but to lump all cops together is the kind of misinformed drivel that discredits the movement. We have active Occupy Seattle members who are educated, employed and moderate. We have people who are homeless and struggling. We have retired professors and youth who live on the streets. The overstated letter does not speak for many Occupiers. It has been extremely difficult for the many reasonable members of Occupy to work with the self-proclaimed "radicals" in the group who do little more than drive off potential supporters. Because the movement is open to all, we have had to deal with a lot of disruptive behavior that has gotten in the way of focusing on the truly important issues. This is a huge and messy movement with infiltration, provocateurs, people who are well-meaning but misguided, the mentally ill, EVERYONE. It has been hard to work together, to say the least. May the public understand that Occupy is not one set of values and one movement. I hope we can save it so that we can continue as a national movement addressing income disparity, corporate personhood, unfair lobbying practices, etc. Without some boundaries and enforceable consequences, the disenfranchised elements within Occupy could destroy it. Many reasonable people within Occupy are fighting hard to keep Occupy on track as an effective movement. If we can't figure out a way to deal with the disruptive members, the movement will likely dissolve and be reconfigured in some smaller way, with parameters, with structure, and without people who seek to tear down movements they claim to be a part of.