This is what we're going with? One person was shot in an OWSt demonstration, so the two are equal?
Non-violent protest means that you're willing to be arrested to make a point. You go into it expecting to pay the price for your crime.
Bringing a small army's worth of weapons and threatening to kill anyone who tries to stop you isn't the same thing. HTH
A few people were shot in the camps. I think only one died from their wounds though.I imagine there will be arrests here, but like OWS I doubt it will be anywhere near the majority (unless it escalates somehow). OWS was allowed to illegally takeover large public areas for months. I don't see why this should be any different. These guys are in the middle of nowhere. It's not like they have a tent city in Central Park.
Obviously I hope it remains non-violent. I wasn't wishing drone strikes or shootouts in the OWS camps either. There's no reason for it. Let them protest.