I&#x27;d like to point out one difference: as far as I know, in the US police are never given orders to hurt protesters.  In theory, they can even get in trouble for doing so.  In the other countries you listed, this was official policy.<p>In any case, my point was that in the Occupy Wall Street case, these things occurred, but they are not what caused the final blow.  The final blow was a court ruling that said they have to clear out.  (The wording was a bit more subtle, but that&#x27;s what Wikipedia is for.)