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Mon May 21, 2012, 01:52 PM

Rex (34,650 posts)

75. So sad, say goodbye to the 'officers of the peace'

and say hello to our new 'corporate thugs dressed in battle rattle'.

How has it come to this?

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189 replies	Author	Time	Post
Show me what a police state looks like! (Graphic! Dial-up warning!) Updated with livestream link [View all]	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	OP
It's heartbreaking what this	ohheckyeah	May 2012	#1
I'm reminded of the photos of the Pinkertons breaking Unionists' heads in	1monster	May 2012	#145
this has not been a country I recognize for many years now.	niyad	May 2012	#2
I have seen it worse.	Archae	May 2012	#3
I've added about five new photos in the last few minutes.	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#5
Fire Walk With Me - Yeah! So glad to see you on the front page again!	RueVoltaire	May 2012	#73
This message was self-deleted by its author	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#6
In 1968, I wasn't even aware of the events in Chicago	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#13
Have your ever read the book "1968"?	EFerrari	May 2012	#161
It's a book I'll definitely have to get	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#162
I was only 12 but that year seemed to change everything.	EFerrari	May 2012	#165
The adults around me seemed to have a different reaction	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#167
My mom wasn't fettered by a husband (as she would put it) so that year, she worked hard	EFerrari	May 2012	#171
Interesting contrast in experiences	Art_from_Ark	May 2012	#172
Mark Kurlansky's book?	dixiegrrrrl	May 2012	#187
I was one of the hippies getting their head beat in.	hobbit709	May 2012	#84
Deep thanks for fighting the good fight!	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#114
I watched that also. Today they pretend to be better. But I do not think they are. Still hateful	jwirr	May 2012	#113
BTW I'm certainly not attempting to one-up anyone's freedom movement.	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#146
At the local level, we need to insist that our police officers are instructed	JDPriestly	May 2012	#4
Have fun with that	just1voice	May 2012	#95
But we elect the order-givers.	JDPriestly	May 2012	#178
But the corporations BUY the order givers, for the most part.	dixiegrrrrl	May 2012	#188
How many murdered, or "vanished" permanently, with no official record? How many rapes by police?	boppers	May 2012	#7
So you're going to redefine "police state" enough	JoeyT	May 2012	#12
A person's outrage tends to reflect their experiences.	boppers	May 2012	#16
Yes, comparing bloodied, beaten protesters to getting "a bad latte" is fair	pinboy3niner	May 2012	#18
+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - n/t	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#20
Latte and murder, glad you see there's a range.	boppers	May 2012	#147
Scott Olsen was @ NATO/Chicago fyi nt	lunasun	May 2012	#152
Several have been nearly killed, all of them saved by protesters. Does that count?	sabrina 1	May 2012	#135
quit whining and get off my lawn, you young punks!	provis99	May 2012	#26
The differences you cite are part of a finely-tuned equation of repression	starroute	May 2012	#45
Bingo.	dixiegrrrrl	May 2012	#50
Outstanding response.	CrispyQ	May 2012	#60
We haven't seen disappearances and torture yet...	lib2DaBone	May 2012	#66
Damn! With all those fears, how do you manage to get out of bed in the morning?	randome	May 2012	#67
Not being scared of phony terrorism plots leaves a lot of room for dealing with real threats	starroute	May 2012	#125
They 'hid' an unnecessary war. Mass murder with no reasoning behind it other than to push.	randome	May 2012	#129
Better than being scared that there is a terrorist under every bed and as a result,	sabrina 1	May 2012	#170
GITMO, Abu-Gharib, Bagram, torture flights, torture bases in other countries	just1voice	May 2012	#100
Excellent post, thank you. And proving you correct regarding 'the police can say anything they want'	sabrina 1	May 2012	#138
How bad	Aerows	May 2012	#62
People like me? Personally?	boppers	May 2012	#183
Do you really want some stats on rapes by cops?	sabrina 1	May 2012	#90
None of the authoritarian cheerleaders here want anything like facts.	Egalitarian Thug	May 2012	#109
This particular authoritarian thinks that pot causes overdose deaths	U4ikLefty	May 2012	#154
Give it a year.	truedelphi	May 2012	#134
How many?	quakerboy	May 2012	#140
+1 - But there was Kent State (nt)	reACTIONary	May 2012	#148
I am ashamed to be an American tonight and ashamed that I once	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#8
I hear you. There was a time I couldn't possibly	TBF	May 2012	#39
The looks on those cops faces	micraphone	May 2012	#9
In the second photo, the cop in the upper left is very clearly enjoying it.	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#10
The Smiling Cops of the LAPD...	pinboy3niner	May 2012	#14
Indeed good sir!	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#115
Thanks for these Fire	micraphone	May 2012	#31
Ewww! The evil smile on the 2nd photo 2nd row cop.	ClayZ	May 2012	#11
This is what a beating looks like.	UnrepentantLiberal	May 2012	#15
K&R	DeSwiss	May 2012	#17
this one	Enrique	May 2012	#19
Yes!	dixiegrrrrl	May 2012	#51
Rather surreal isn't it.	arikara	May 2012	#68
frightening	FirstLight	May 2012	#21
I hate cops. I hate cops. I hate cops and will always hate cops. n/t	vaberella	May 2012	#22
Look at the rage on the face of the cop winding up a haymaker in pic 8	AtheistCrusader	May 2012	#23
Actually, I see it more as casual cruelty, the same kind that	coalition_unwilling	May 2012	#25
Yep, that one caught my eye too.	geardaddy	May 2012	#83
Some things never change	The Wizard	May 2012	#24
How one human being could allow himself to be that aggressive toward another human being	pacalo	May 2012	#27
That's not unusual at all	pinboy3niner	May 2012	#28
It's mainly the willingness to do it that I don't get.	pacalo	May 2012	#34
Really good point re homeland security -	TBF	May 2012	#40
There's no riot like a police riot.	eppur_se_muova	May 2012	#29
That's why they're called "riot police" - duh!! (nt)	harmonicon	May 2012	#87
Ugly	PufPuf23	May 2012	#30
"The police aren't here to...	meaculpa2011	May 2012	#32
What set it off	Meiko	May 2012	#33
Marches were peaceful the day before and all that day. I watched livestream	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#117
"Cops were entirely to blame". There is a different opinion on that.	randome	May 2012	#121
Yes the Right Wing Authoritarian opinion supports the head bashing by the police.	rhett o rick	May 2012	#150
Absolutely disgusting and shameful. Police state indeed. n/t	DLevine	May 2012	#35
Wow, look at that huge crowd.	fasttense	May 2012	#36
Figures I find online say you can estimate 2000 - 10,000 people per city block	starroute	May 2012	#47
Disgusting! PIGS! THUGS! How proud their families must be of their actions against peaceful	SammyWinstonJack	May 2012	#37
Thanks Fire.....	Magoo48	May 2012	#38
excellent photos	Blue_Tires	May 2012	#41
The growing anger and outrage is palpable.	99Forever	May 2012	#42
+ My household. n/t	truedelphi	May 2012	#133
I hate seeing this shit	Marrah_G	May 2012	#43
Why does the song, "Holiday in Cambodia" keep running through my head? nt	Javaman	May 2012	#44
Break all law enforcement unions.	Dawson Leery	May 2012	#46
I think we should get rid of the occupation all together.	ZombieHorde	May 2012	#63
Some fine pictures but they don't prove a police state.	randome	May 2012	#48
There IS a difference between........	socialist_n_TN	May 2012	#52
The Bridgeport Three were under surveillance.	randome	May 2012	#53
Can you tell us what other Bush and neo-con policies you enjoy?	harmonicon	May 2012	#93
I am in favor of none of the things you mentioned.	randome	May 2012	#96
Do you not understand the distinction between private and public? (nt)	harmonicon	May 2012	#101
Schools are not generally privately owned.	randome	May 2012	#104
Apparently we no longer have the right to peaceful assembly. (nt)	harmonicon	May 2012	#106
We are not in a police state?????	dixiegrrrrl	May 2012	#54
That decision relates to when evidence is being destroyed.	randome	May 2012	#65
Apparently you have not followed the nation wide attacks on Occupy groups	dixiegrrrrl	May 2012	#70
Offering advice is not the same as 'coordination'.	randome	May 2012	#72
LOL, you guys dropped that thread when the actual PDF's were linked to	snooper2	May 2012	#186
definition of a police state:	dixiegrrrrl	May 2012	#57
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.	harmonicon	May 2012	#89
When I say 'city', I mean that city's 'elected officials'.	randome	May 2012	#91
No city official has the right - or power - to deny us our constitutional rights. (nt)	harmonicon	May 2012	#94
We accept free speech restrictions every day.	randome	May 2012	#97
So some of us are more equal to others?	harmonicon	May 2012	#99
+1 (nt)	reACTIONary	May 2012	#149
question:	mistiksky	May 2012	#175
NDAA, like the Patriot Act, is abominable.	randome	May 2012	#176
National Defense Authorization Act.	gkhouston	May 2012	#177
So now, this is what freedom looks like.	lonestarnot	May 2012	#49
The Powell Doctrine comes to Chicago.	EFerrari	May 2012	#55
You know	PatSeg	May 2012	#56
Those people are trying to scramble away, while the cops run them over with horses	adigal	May 2012	#58
Do police states afford the opportunity for...	LanternWaste	May 2012	#59
It's only a few bad apples.	L0oniX	May 2012	#61
I don't think police officer should be a job in the US.	ZombieHorde	May 2012	#64
Why our leaders go to foreign countries to protect the rights of people in other countries	midnight	May 2012	#69
We have a hell of a lot of rights in this country.	randome	May 2012	#71
Yes, and we're rapidly losing them	leveymg	May 2012	#78
On paper, we sure do have a lot of rights. But try exercising them	sabrina 1	May 2012	#82
As do I.	randome	May 2012	#88
They don't, really. They say they do	EFerrari	May 2012	#163
I especially like the "Chicago is my kind of town" picture. LOL! nt	Comrade_McKenzie	May 2012	#74
So sad, say goodbye to the 'officers of the peace'	Rex	May 2012	#75
K&R	RueVoltaire	May 2012	#76
This photo, in particular, sums it up perfectly:	leveymg	May 2012	#77
Thanks so much for bringing this important message from the 1% to us, Fire.	Zorra	May 2012	#79
Crosby Stills Nash and Young "Chicago" revisited with film footage from '68 protest	MagickMuffin	May 2012	#80
Wow, nothing has changed. It's sad that the song is hopeful such a long time ago, but	sabrina 1	May 2012	#86
These pictures made me cry!	sabrina 1	May 2012	#81
How do you teach cops to hate their people?	FayeKane	May 2012	#155
Good post, generally agree with most of it. Can't agree that OWS did nothing	sabrina 1	May 2012	#181
Cops: Filled with hate, in fear of anyone or anything different and fueled by 'roid' rage. These	firenewt	May 2012	#85
I don't know if the good cops are becoming fewer...	harmonicon	May 2012	#98
That sounds like a reasonable way to look at the matter.	randome	May 2012	#102
Better trained? That's still blaming the police.	harmonicon	May 2012	#103
I don't know. I suppose it was because there was the possibility of a riot?	randome	May 2012	#105
"...they were outnumbered a thousand to one..."	secondvariety	May 2012	#110
Protect themselves from what? Your comment is vague.	sabrina 1	May 2012	#112
As I said, I wasn't privy to the decisions that were made.	randome	May 2012	#118
Well, you have not addressed anything I said in my post.	sabrina 1	May 2012	#122
Oh and I have talked to the police btw, and to city council members.	sabrina 1	May 2012	#123
I agree that police sometimes behave abominably.	randome	May 2012	#124
Lol, I did, I noticed the omission of the most important photo. But not to worry	sabrina 1	May 2012	#131
I don't know how many times I need to say the same thing.	randome	May 2012	#136
We are talking about the Global Cops, many of them now revealed to have trained with	sabrina 1	May 2012	#142
This is what happens when Democrats pretend	woo me with science	May 2012	#92
Stunning amounts of silence from the democratic party and presidency, isn't there?	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#119
OMG	donheld	May 2012	#158
This makes me want to cry.....	Pachamama	May 2012	#107
The bosses and their thugs get testy when challenged.	Tierra_y_Libertad	May 2012	#108
So who is Officer 15952?	unhappycamper	May 2012	#111
Sure. Here you go	RZM	May 2012	#116
Bulls on parade...	AzDar	May 2012	#120
You can stomp those Black Blok dildos all you like	WhoIsNumberNone	May 2012	#126
There was just a Tweet that cops were spotted changing into bb gear	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#128
I believe it	WhoIsNumberNone	May 2012	#130
The first thing that came to mind...	FedUp_Queer	May 2012	#127
Reminds me of the 1968 protests at the Democratic National Convention.....	Swede Atlanta	May 2012	#132
wow. thanks for the pics.	Liberal_in_LA	May 2012	#137
Rahm must be pleased.	progressoid	May 2012	#139
I smell fear.	Prometheus Bound	May 2012	#141
What I want to know is where are the mobs of cops when teabaggers show up where	jillan	May 2012	#143
Same thing when the white supremacists/neo-nazis march.	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#144
Well around Chicago some citizens have taken that on themselves recently!	lunasun	May 2012	#153
LOL	RZM	May 2012	#157
Who are these people?	chollybocker	May 2012	#151
Like attracts like. And sadly	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#160
I don't need to search very far.	chollybocker	May 2012	#168
I don't know who they are but they aren't community police any more.	EFerrari	May 2012	#164
neighborhood guys and gals for the most part	datasuspect	May 2012	#189
Fantastic thread Fire. Now I'm all riled up again	U4ikLefty	May 2012	#156
Buses have already pulled out of town	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#159
Video: Police try to murder protester by running him over	limpyhobbler	May 2012	#166
Just before first pic, added link to recorded livestream of what happened in those first three pics	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#169
Show me what a police state looks like! (Graphic! Dial-up warning!) Updated with livestream link	andrewserin	May 2012	#173
Are you kidding?	randome	May 2012	#174
Occupy Long Beach are fine people, good folk.	Fire Walk With Me	May 2012	#179
In a police state, those crowds to protest don't exist	treestar	May 2012	#180
Interesting Contrast:	RedCappedBandit	May 2012	#182
Kick	woo me with science	May 2012	#184
Kick	woo me with science	May 2012	#185

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