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pintobean

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Fri May 25, 2012, 06:01 AM

May 2012

really miss unrec. Should the FBI have allowed them to acquire real explosives and put the public in danger? Our laws apply to everyone, even those who claim to be occupiers.

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Has the FBI Launched a War of Entrapment Against the Occupy Movement? [View all] Fire Walk With Me May 2012 OP

Du rec. Nt xchrom May 2012 #1

Sometimes I pintobean May 2012 #2

It all depends on how it went down. drm604 May 2012 #4

It all depends FlaGranny May 2012 #5

Don't you question the assumption that these were legitimate Occupy protesters? lunatica May 2012 #10

Well said. Thanks for saying it so clearly and forcefully. AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #11

+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - n/t coalition_unwilling May 2012 #20

Yes, I question a lot of things. pintobean May 2012 #60

You're still not questioning or asking any questions about the FBI lunatica May 2012 #61

Yeah, right. I'm an idiot. pintobean May 2012 #62

And then there are times I really miss the power to delete coalition_unwilling May 2012 #21

I never miss your amusing insults. pintobean May 2012 #63

+1, Thanks. Mc Mike May 2012 #3

Domestic security forces are ever and always engaged in discrediting political protest movements HiPointDem May 2012 #6

What kind of mush-headed moron can be "entrapped" into plotting mass-murder? Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #7

Entrapment is usually a process of inducement that involves the provocateur taking over a group and leveymg May 2012 #9

If they're really that stupid maybe we should be applauding the FBI Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #12

"Clean the gene pool" TBF May 2012 #14

Post removed Post removed May 2012 #25

That reads as a personal attack. Please self-delete. leveymg May 2012 #34

"Clean the gene pool" to which I responded is a dog whistle for genocide\eugenics. I'll risk the coalition_unwilling May 2012 #37

What do you call the natural darwin awards that happen every day? snooper2 May 2012 #40

Get a grip. It's not a dog whistle for eugenics. Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #78

There are a number of problems w/DHS and agency "stings" against political groups that go beyond any leveymg May 2012 #18

All of which sheds no light on the OP. randome May 2012 #19

We don't even know whose idea it was to make molotovs. That's the only overt criminal act leveymg May 2012 #22

There was much more than Molotov cocktails involved. randome May 2012 #26

No. Read the charging document pp2-3 that describes the act. They poured gas into beer bottles, leveymg May 2012 #33

They were collecting weapons, too. Like Ninja throwing stars. randome May 2012 #35

Possessing Ninja throwing stars isn't exactly overt proof of "terrorism" either. leveymg May 2012 #46

Careful. You're going to run afoul of the 2nd Amendment....... socialist_n_TN May 2012 #65

And a mortar gun and swords and other stuff. randome May 2012 #68

Why should I do that?............ socialist_n_TN May 2012 #73

Three guys who embarrassed the police on Utube just weeks before they became 'suspects'. sabrina 1 May 2012 #77

Who owned those weapons, and how long were they present in the apartment? Do you know? sabrina 1 May 2012 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author randome May 2012 #36

Wow I didn't know we advocated the FBI engaging in eugenics on DU. Puregonzo1188 May 2012 #72

You aren't quite getting it. bemildred May 2012 #13

I know what people want to believe Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #16

Um, the FBI is currently run by a long time Bush fixer, the same guy who botched the Amerithrax case EFerrari May 2012 #23

Occupy Chicago released the photos yesterday of two people it coalition_unwilling May 2012 #27

And protesters do stupid things sometimes. randome May 2012 #28

No, we also have a long sordid FBI history. EFerrari May 2012 #45

Our justice system is supposed to lean to 'innocent until proven guilty'. nt. Mc Mike May 2012 #79

Peaceful dissenters do not buy bombs Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #29

And none of that changes the FBI's history of harassment and entrapment. n/t EFerrari May 2012 #44

Your argument seems to boil down to when "we" run the show, it's ok, and who cares about the leveymg May 2012 #31

Peaceful protesters pour gas into containers and stuff rags into them Nuclear Unicorn May 2012 #32

Never said that was a protected activity. My beef is with inducement to the act, and the charges leveymg May 2012 #42

We care because individual democrats are not infallable - TBF May 2012 #38

That M**f**ker should be taught in every History class. nt bemildred May 2012 #50

I agree - they teach McCarthy but they don't talk about Palmer. nt TBF May 2012 #51

McCarthy was nothing compared to Palmer. bemildred May 2012 #53

Can't disagree with that. It's the reason we have no real left in this country TBF May 2012 #54

Yes. bemildred May 2012 #55

Yes. ananda May 2012 #8

I've been reading here on du that the 3 during nato 2pooped2pop May 2012 #15

Odd, huh? Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #58

Sure looks like it to me. The OPD picked up a leading Occupyer yesterday. EFerrari May 2012 #17

They're beginning the same cycle used upon all social movements. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #59

This has been going on since AT LEAST the 60s......... socialist_n_TN May 2012 #24

I was knee-high to a grasshopper during the sixties, but in my coalition_unwilling May 2012 #30

Yup, and it goes back much further - TBF May 2012 #39

Oh yeah. Easy to forget because we want to believe our government is coalition_unwilling May 2012 #41

We don't find that difficult to believe. randome May 2012 #43

You're not going to see any such evidence, the 'proof' is the FBI's sordid past it seems n/t Bodhi BloodWave May 2012 #47

I know. And I have no problem whatsoever in believing that power corrupts. randome May 2012 #48

Nobody said the FBI is ALWAYS in the wrong so build your straw houses a little more carefully TBF May 2012 #49

yet 95% of the time when i read about the FBI on DU Bodhi BloodWave May 2012 #52

I don't know specifically what you're reading - TBF May 2012 #56

This is simple to answer......... socialist_n_TN May 2012 #64

There is another thread on DU today talking about another action they took, nothing to do with OWS sabrina 1 May 2012 #67

I agree. That sounds much more like entrapment. randome May 2012 #69

I don't see anyone claiming them. What I see is a perfectly legitimate demand sabrina 1 May 2012 #70

What constitutes evidence to you? randome May 2012 #71

Lol, well, put it this way, a lot more than the FBI saying so. sabrina 1 May 2012 #75

Legitimate dissent, one person one vote. When these are in peril, America is in peril. Gregorian May 2012 #57

DU Rec woo me with science May 2012 #66

Remember the old days when * ran the show? hughee99 May 2012 #74

:( Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #80