Thank you for that.
I didn't actually think of using the searchword "slashing", sorry. I looked for "stabbing", but mostly I was interested in the claim of rushing the police line, because the general behaviour of the protesters as a group is more interesting that anecdotal incidents. (To me at least.)
Oh, and since you propably didn't notice, there is an addition to the story about the stabbing you linked:
Basicly, what you posted is just another example of the camps being a place where people go to find help. Not the other way around. I'll get back to that...
I did find one more for "your case":
http://publicola.com/2011/11/07/woma...-seattle-camp/
I'm quoting a bit of it because I think it's an interesting showcase for how the question of "safety" on the occupy camps is a complicated question.
So it seems they are at least hinting that the woman was a bit of loose cannon, possibly homeless and at the camps for reasons unrelated to the occupy movement.
I admit, stuff like this does put into question the overall safety of the camps.
However, when we are talking about incidents like this, you could also claim that this woman could have just as well have made those threats anywhere else. Some homeless people might be dangerous.
Do the camps make the overall situation any worse, or do they actually make it better?
Here's another case:
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-11-0...minor-injuries
Now, obviously, if you're "pro-occupy", this is your response:
Is that true? Hard to say, but you can't exactly refute it out of hand, since this is not the only incident where someone has gone to the camps to seek for help.
Basicly in my opinion the non-violence of the protests has not been undermined by the few relatively minor incidents you found, considering the size of this whole thing (in time, space and number of people involved). I would need to see a lot more than this to start questioning whether or not these are non-violent protests.
And no rushing the police lines, which is very relevant considering overall police behaviour.
(EDIT: Also of note is that the occupy camps are not necessarily all the same, and a responsible police force should assess the threat presented with that in mind.)