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In the discussion thread: Austin police infiltrated Occupy Austin [View all]

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 09:13 PM

20. So, what were they listening for? Any evidence this was used...

...for any purpose other than maintaining a reasonable level of public safety? Was anyone disapeared? Did any reasonable, legal protest get shut down?

In my (limited) experience with Occupy in San Antonio the uniformed police were a constant presence. The protesters were assertive, but cooperative. The police were assertive, but permissive within the bounds of reasonable public order. Maybe the police had undercover informants among the protesters, maybe they didn't, but it didn't seem to make any difference. The protester's rights were respected and the protesters behaved in a civil and reasonable manner.

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38 replies	Author	Time	Post
Austin police infiltrated Occupy Austin [View all]	jsr	Aug 2012	OP
Ok now how surprised and shocked should I pretend to be?	nadinbrzezinski	Aug 2012	#1
Not sure what the revelation is for you.	randome	Aug 2012	#2
Q: You know how to play Russian Roulette?	hobbit709	Aug 2012	#5
A: First, Move to Russia	reACTIONary	Aug 2012	#11
Was an old Soviet bloc joke about the secret police.	hobbit709	Sep 2012	#36
You must be absolutely ecstatic that your country is continuing to listen in to	tavalon	Aug 2012	#10
Ecstatic? No. I don't want anyone listening in to my conversations.	randome	Aug 2012	#15
I think their ability to do undercover operations should be severely curtailed	tavalon	Sep 2012	#38
I agree. As long as the meetings were public...	reACTIONary	Aug 2012	#12
"and they were just listening to head off illegal activities"	marmar	Aug 2012	#19
So, what were they listening for? Any evidence this was used...	reACTIONary	Aug 2012	#20
You and I aren't	tavalon	Aug 2012	#9
Listening in on your phone calls...	reACTIONary	Aug 2012	#13
What amendments were violated?	randome	Aug 2012	#14
I am going to asume they largely mean the	cstanleytech	Aug 2012	#21
I would think the opposite would be true.	randome	Aug 2012	#23
"I'm not certain what felony charges are involved."	cstanleytech	Sep 2012	#34
What do we call them now.... hmmmm	defacto7	Aug 2012	#25
No doubt...	awoke_in_2003	Aug 2012	#17
Nadin, come on...	greytdemocrat	Aug 2012	#31
J. Edgar Hoover would be proud. And I suspect many see it as SO reasonable...	jtuck004	Aug 2012	#3
See post #2 in this thread..	Fumesucker	Aug 2012	#7
What a coincidence.	Octafish	Aug 2012	#27
Not quite.	randome	Aug 2012	#33
Got ya.	Octafish	Sep 2012	#37
A large number of "Protesters" at the RNC in Tampa were Police.....	lib2DaBone	Aug 2012	#4
All the world's a stage, it seems. nt	valerief	Aug 2012	#8
Which radio station? Any link?	HooptieWagon	Aug 2012	#16
Sounds like entrapment. This stuff was going on all across the country.	limpyhobbler	Aug 2012	#6
Ah, the spirit of Cointelpro lives......	marmar	Aug 2012	#18
they are fascist trolls	fascisthunter	Aug 2012	#29
"Political Surveillance." In a "police" state.	Trillo	Aug 2012	#22
Yeah, well, 'please' sounds similar, too.	randome	Aug 2012	#24
We don't get many stories on DU of polite police,	Trillo	Aug 2012	#32
Some where a basement cries-	obliviously	Aug 2012	#26
somewhere a loser authoritarian is shitting his diaper	fascisthunter	Aug 2012	#28
Meanwhile	oldsarge54	Aug 2012	#30
the apd is a proud organization with a long history	arely staircase	Sep 2012	#35

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