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BREAKING POLICE GETTING VIOLENT AT PROTESTS? (Original Post) brettdale Jul 2013 OP
Police might try to provoke riots, this wouldn't be the first time. NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #1
this is what the guy brettdale Jul 2013 #3
That one incident could be unrelated to the rally, too. arcane1 Jul 2013 #7
getting? police are frequently violent against citizens exercising their rights and getting more so msongs Jul 2013 #2
Media are just itching to report violence. silverweb Jul 2013 #4
Earlier protests in Oakland, the police did nothing, really. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #12
Good! silverweb Jul 2013 #13
Did anyone NOT NOLALady Jul 2013 #5
The police are getting more aggressive. rdharma Jul 2013 #6
The police are not your friends. n/t X_Digger Jul 2013 #8
Police have split up the protestors brettdale Jul 2013 #9
Several arrests by Police reported. n/t PoliticAverse Jul 2013 #10
Taht may be Tim Pool? dixiegrrrrl Jul 2013 #11
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Police might try to provoke riots, this wouldn't be the first time.
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 10:34 PM
Jul 2013

Hopefully any clashes will be small and come under control quickly.

We don't need a bad night.

We need peace.

brettdale

(12,383 posts)
3. this is what the guy
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 10:36 PM
Jul 2013

Who is streaming it thinks, he said all of a sudden the police just got very violent
but no one reacted, and just kept on marching, very peaceful so far, but that one
incident seem to come out of no where according to the guy whos been doing the filming.

silverweb

(16,402 posts)
4. Media are just itching to report violence.
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 10:37 PM
Jul 2013

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Our militarized police have to justify their existence, too. As NYC_SKIP said, it wouldn't be the first time there was police provocation.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
12. Earlier protests in Oakland, the police did nothing, really.
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 11:05 PM
Jul 2013

Even tho there were fires set and stores broken into.

brettdale

(12,383 posts)
9. Police have split up the protestors
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 10:46 PM
Jul 2013
http://www.ustream.tv/occupyeye

They have shuffled half of them to one side of the street and the other half to the other, they
are not letting them join together.
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