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Bennyboy

(10,440 posts) Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:30 PM Jul 2013

6 Occupy Minneapolis protesters have filed suit against the state for using them as guinea pigs by

BREAKING: 6 Occupy Minneapolis protesters have filed suit against the state for using them as guinea pigs by taking them to an airport warehouse and giving them powerful drugs.

This is the result of some brave citizen journalism to hold the police accountable:

These are the police whose salaries WE PAY.

These are the same racist, corrupt police that would rather protect the property (and profits) of the 1% than the people of the 99%.

Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/07/24/state-accused-of-using-occupy-protesters-as-guinea-pigs/

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6 Occupy Minneapolis protesters have filed suit against the state for using them as guinea pigs by (Original Post) Bennyboy Jul 2013 OP

Excellent, thank you for posting this. I have not read the whole story on this, but sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #1

k&r thanks for posting. rhett o rick Jul 2013 #2

That's the first time I've heard about occupiers complaining about... Pelican Jul 2013 #3

Rec'd. Thanks for the video Catherina Jul 2013 #4

thanks Bennyboy Jul 2013 #5

sabrina 1

(62,325 posts)

1. Excellent, thank you for posting this. I have not read the whole story on this, but

Reply to Bennyboy (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:41 PM

Jul 2013

it was clear that there was a concerted effort to shut down this anti-Wall Street Corruption movement. They failed, but they did brutalize innocent, unarmed, peaceful protestors and we should not forget it.

I hope more people do this, sue them for millions. The people could use the money to fight back against the obscene amounts of money they have to use against US.

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

2. k&r thanks for posting.

Reply to Bennyboy (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 12:43 AM

Jul 2013

Pelican

(1,156 posts)

3. That's the first time I've heard about occupiers complaining about...

Reply to Bennyboy (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 12:54 AM

Jul 2013

... free super strong marijuana that the police GAVE them.

It's like bizzaro world...

Catherina

(35,568 posts)

4. Rec'd. Thanks for the video

Reply to Bennyboy (Original post)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 10:31 AM

Jul 2013

I have a similar, companion thread here: State Accused of Using Occupy Protesters as 'Guinea Pigs'

This is awful on several levels, my biggest concerns aren't that some kids got free drugs, but that this was then used to deliberately paint Occupy as a movement of druggies and the police would go round up drunks, alcoholics and vagrants and dump them in the Occupy Camps to cause problems. I'm not saying that based on the kids in this particular video but on reports at the time and knowledge of all the problems it caused with assaults, food shortages, discipline.

Bennyboy

(10,440 posts)

5. thanks

Reply to Catherina (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 26, 2013, 12:41 PM

Jul 2013

bizarro world indeeed.

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