As usual Nads takes a good thread and makes it all about her.
We are missing the much bigger story, and a potential view into our near future. The OP deals with an occupy style threat to the Spanish govt. They intended to surround the Spanish congress (at least that is what they said). The Spanish govt rightly saw this as a potential coup or threat. The police were far tougher on the protestors as a result.
Our own occupiers have come out and said all the "Peaceful protest talk" was just a smokescreen, the real goal is revolution and violence is part of that. There is a thread somewhere here at CC discussing this.
All that said, the rioters in Spain may have just revealed the future of Occupy in America. Violence against elected leaders. Up to now they've been a nuisance contained by city police, the next evolution may be more direct.