Around the country, Occupy protesters are fighting city governments–sometimes in the courtroom, and sometimes, on the ground in clashes with city police. Norm Stamper was Seattle’s police chief in 1999 when World Trade Organization protesters clashed with police. He offers some advice to police departments across the country.
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