As opposed to the americans' approach of using pepper spray and truncheons and gouging out journalists eyes with baton launchers and rubber bullets?
Yes, breaking up the protest by cutting off its funding was the civilized option.
Yes, breaking up the protest by cutting off its funding was the civilized option.
The degree to which the protest was actually some coordinated plot of a small group vs. distributed manifestation of many different and not so organized groups is undetermined, as far as I know? So I'm not sure how much locking down the bank accounts of a couple dozen major players was actually responsible for clearing them out, as opposed to the police arresting those who were still there and towing their vehicles.