Usually I wake up with the help from a double-shot espresso. This morning however was very different. In a daze I staggered towards my computer to check what had happened around the world while I’d been asleep. What I didn’t expect to read was that at 4.40 am Wednesday morning Occupy Brisbane was being evicted from Post Office Square.

In other words, a rude awakening for many.

Occupy Brisbane organisers had been told by the QPS they would give them an early heads-up if they were having to show up to Post Office Square to use their move-on powers. The night before, it was only a rumor that they would be evicted.

The friendly early warning from QPS never came as it was promised.

I was informed this was a well thought out plan to have them evicted this early in the morning. Because not so many are awake that early here in Brisbane. Less people from the public to see what the government and police are up to and definitely less people from the media to cover it.

An absolute disgusting display of devious politics and abuse of powers at work.

At my first visit to the camp, which I wrote about last week, I was only witness to one officer from QPS casually walking around, having a chat with Occupy Brisbane participants and just being a friendly bloke. One of the officers took his time to answer my questions and tell me briefly about how he had experienced the Occupy Brisbane participants.

Today when Occupy Brisbane temporarily moved to Queens Square you could feel the tension from the police. At all time there were about six to twelve police officers standing guard — watching from a safe distance. I tried to approach one of them but was bluntly told they knew nothing more than I and I would be better off going through other sources.

This tension from the police was also noticed by Occupy Brisbane participants.

During Occupy Brisbane’s 5.00 pm meeting at Queens Square it was obvious people were tired and upset about what had happened earlier. Yet they were still able to be somewhat calm and peaceful, most of the time. Unfortunately, there were more signs of power-struggle during some internal bickering. Disagreeing on who should be allowed to speak and what democracy is.

Are we witnesses to mob rule or are they just tired?

There was a huge disagreement about how some had reacted to the eviction. Most seem to have decided to comply with the QPS and moved on to quickly reassemble at Queens Square, while a few decided to stay and show that they would not give in to pressure from the government. This lead to arrests of some participants, but that is a price you have to pay if you stand up for something you believe in.

Premier Bligh had offered to let Occupy Brisbane stay in Roma Park. But that is believed to keep the movement away from the CBD. An unconfirmed rumor claims that she will only let Occupy Brisbane stay in Roma Park for a few days and then have them arrested if they don’t move-on from there.

Occupy Brisbane organisers confirmed that they have again been approached with the offer to move to Roma Park. If they do not do so and stay in Queens Square, Occupy Brisbane participants will be arrested on Thursday morning.

Which means this might be the end of Occupy Brisbane.

It is admirable that they want to stay 100% peaceful and willing to comply with the QPS. Unfortunately they don’t have the numbers to pull off a peaceful non-violent occupation. If Occupy Brisbane decides to give up because of the risk of being arrested, they have not only lost, they’ve also made it more difficult for those who might want to try to setup a new Occupy Brisbane camp further down the road.

The most known revolutions in history were bloody and horrible, but they brought change.

For those who thought this was a worthless protest, made-up of hippies and dole bludgers, must be ecstatic now. Being proven to be right — so they believe. Not knowing Occupy Brisbane had participants from all walks of life. People going to work during the day and staying at the camp at night.

It was never really about redistribution of wealth. It was about giving the common man more rights. Instead of letting corporations enjoying this wealth of rights.

Because the Occupy Brisbane movement seems to be dying, as I’m writing this, we will never know if the common Australian man would enjoy having a bigger say than corporations in this country.

Or is everything perfect in Australia?