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EX500rider

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12. I have no doubt they used..

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #11)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 07:25 PM

Dec 2012

.....heavy handed/brutal/police state style anti-riot tactics but that is still no where near what Baghdad went thru during "shock & awe" which is many bombs and cruise missiles blowing things up and killing people at the same time.

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Occupy LA protesters sue city [View all] cory777 Dec 2012 OP

K&R AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #1

Squatting indefinitely in parks is neither legal nor helpful. It solves virtually NOTHING. Try occu- RBInMaine Dec 2012 #2

Yeah, because that has worked so well. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2012 #3

It has worked better than what the encampers accomplished. randome Dec 2012 #4

Fail NICO9000 Dec 2012 #6

You will find a number of authoritarian-loving DU'ers who consistently post U4ikLefty Dec 2012 #7

I know I am but what are you? randome Dec 2012 #8

Perhaps you missed Occupy's message that they are completely non-partisan Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #10

BTW, lots of people found food, shelter, and a safe area to sleep in the OLA camp Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #14

"shock and awe" military tactics ? EX500rider Dec 2012 #5

A Family Guy writer was one of the 292 arrested. Here is his story. It's not pleasant at all. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #11

I have no doubt they used.. EX500rider Dec 2012 #12

Not specifically literally, but those brutalized are still suffering from the abuse. Please read the Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #13

Really? FUCKING FINALLY. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #9