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Tue May 22, 2012, 02:48 AM

EFerrari (163,986 posts)

165. I was only 12 but that year seemed to change everything.

The way everything felt. All the joy and expansiveness was let out, like a big balloon deflating. Or, that was how all the adults around me reacted.

It's a great read, Art. I think you'll enjoy it. I should read it again, come to think of it.

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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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