I've followed all of this drama for a couple months now and I've seen several articles and videos that show or say that the protesters were being paid to be there. I'm not saying they were or weren't, although it seems that many were or were promised to be. If they were to be paid...is the reason the protesters were crying when the leaders said they were turning themselves in because they realized there was no way for them to get paid? Would like to hear people's opinions. Thanks.

Oh gee do you think they could possibly have been paid? 5,000 of them? Not hundreds of thousands or millions of protesters as predicted by their leaders - what would have constituted a true core movement. Now did they get their final paychecks? How much did their valiant leaders receive? This may all be spelled out in the weeks ahead.