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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsincredible link of what (police aka civil military state) of Anaheim, CA..
http://www.rightnow.io/breaking-news/anaheim_bn_1342937680156.htmlToday Sunday July 29th was another day of march and rally. Check out how the Anaheim police look like an army.
This what tax dollars are going to. The military gives the cities left over military surplus yet it is the tax dollars that paid for it.
Or Homeland security gave them huge grants to defend the public from "terrorists". Yet who are the terrorists ? the public having a rally and march?
You think this is only happening in CA or NY ?? think again.
You should be very concerned.
ARE the POLICE GOING TO SHOOT THIS LITTLE GIRL ????
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)annm4peace
(6,119 posts)I tried to find but couldn't...
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Warpy
(111,138 posts)They're the ones who came dressed for it.
annm4peace
(6,119 posts)I'm so impressed by their coming out non-violently again and again to stick up for their rights as citizens and demanding accountablity.
The Anaheim PD has used brute force and violence, as tried to bribe for memory cards from the cameras, sent in provacatours..
and still the people stay non-violent. They are amazing!
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)these armed thugs. The only thing they're "protecting" in Anaheim are the interests of Disney shareholders, aka, the 1%.
annm4peace
(6,119 posts)http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-anaheim-officer-shooting,0,2628822.story
KTLA News
9:21 p.m. PDT, July 29, 2012
ANAHEIM, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police arrested four people in Anaheim on Sunday during another day of protests in connection with the spate of recent officer-involved shootings in the city.
Around 200 people protested outside the Anaheim Police Department on Sunday. That followed a demonstration outside Disneyland on Saturday.
"What you're seeing is the culmination of years of frustration," one protester told KTLA.
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)Seriously this is nuts what's going on there.
To me it looks like the police are creating all the problems or making them worse.
The police need to learn to respect people.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)If you think this can't happen in your town, think again. It's only a matter of time. We have to support people that are standing up against repression of political protesters. The police shouldn't be shooting at protesters or setting dogs on them. If we don't stop this increasingly brutal suppression of speech by the police, we may find that we waited to long and it's too late to do anything.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)Gut the entire department and start over from scratch.
These cops are a bunch of military armed psychopaths and they should ALL be fired. Start over. Redesign the testing requirements for hiring and training police officers, and institute laws that forbid the use of military-grade equipment.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)"death squad". (3 civilians killed by Anaheim pigs in 2 weeks.)
Cue the law enforcement authoritarian defender types in 3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . .
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)There is a certain appropriateness in this going down in Anaheim.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)hearing from the people over this. How sad, all the people are asking for is justice for the murders by the police of citizens. It's hard to believe this is going on here. Whose idea was it to send this army out to Anaheim today? Who is the mayor and the city council members? They need to start hearing from people across the country.
But watching this makes me think they really don't care what the people think. All the local politicians who are responsible for this should be thrown out of office.
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)why they can constitute themselves a 21st-century Death Squad. They're doing Disney's dirty work.
cali
(114,904 posts)me b zola
(19,053 posts)Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)If Disneyland hates bad publicity and challenges this much, let's give them some!
randome
(34,845 posts)Pictures may sometimes be worth a thousand words but they routinely do NOT tell a story.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Here are a few photos of guard troops in Afghanistan... tell me how is SWAT looking any different?
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This is why yesterday I said, those gotta by Guard troops.
And that kids IS a problem.
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Word is he got the shit kicked out of him:
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)..in a non-free speech zone"...am I getting closer..??
I'd really like to know what happened to that guy..
Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)No, I am not content with the Fraternal Order of Police endorsing Democrats these days.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)Jeezuz christ on a bike, I used to poo-poo those that talked about the militarization of the cops, boy was I ever wrong...
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)truth2power
(8,219 posts)Why are the police wearing fatigues? That is just sickening!
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)When or if this becomes acceptable as the new 'normal', then we're all collectively fucked.