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uppityperson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-01-11 08:55 PM
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8. If "about 20" headed for the roadway, why'd they arrest 400?
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  -The word is entrapment. The NYPD punished protesters for the exercise of 1st Amendment rights. backscatter712  Oct-01-11 08:34 PM   #0 
  - The NYPD is under orders to protect and defend the powers-that-be  Sarah Ibarruri   Oct-01-11 08:36 PM   #1 
  - Opinion? As another DUer said, they're punishing the protesters and not the damn banks/speculators!  Fire Walk With Me   Oct-01-11 08:36 PM   #2 
  - Christopher T. Dunn of the New York Civil Liberties Union was at this march, The NY Times reports ->  ClarkUSA   Oct-01-11 08:41 PM   #3 
  - If "about 20" headed for the roadway, why'd they arrest 400?  uppityperson   Oct-01-11 08:55 PM   #8 
  - Apparently, it seems many more followed the first 20. The police did not arrest those at the back.  ClarkUSA   Oct-01-11 09:03 PM   #11 
  - Ten busses, twenty plants?  Kurovski   Oct-01-11 08:57 PM   #9 
  - What i want to know is who were those few who were chanting  RaleighNCDUer   Oct-01-11 09:41 PM   #18 
     - Love to see pics of those guys.  MADem   Oct-01-11 10:23 PM   #24 
  - well arrests (legit or otherwise) bring media attention so that's good for the overall scheme nt  msongs   Oct-01-11 08:45 PM   #4 
  - Baloney !  virgogal   Oct-01-11 08:51 PM   #5 
  - Tony!  backscatter712   Oct-01-11 08:53 PM   #6 
     - Meloni!  Kurovski   Oct-01-11 08:54 PM   #7 
        - What is the bail for something like that?  EFerrari   Oct-01-11 08:59 PM   #10 
           - Are they still packing folks into busses? I read they brought in at least one NYC buss  Kurovski   Oct-01-11 09:05 PM   #12 
              - I dunno. My derpy neighbor called the FD because he smelled smoke  EFerrari   Oct-01-11 09:29 PM   #14 
                 - We derpsters imagine all sorts of things.  Kurovski   Oct-01-11 10:03 PM   #21 
  - This is exactly what it takes. It's called sacrifice.  Lint Head   Oct-01-11 09:28 PM   #13 
  - So were they following the mayor's orders? n/t  malaise   Oct-01-11 09:34 PM   #15 
  - No--the organizers told people to stay off the road and ON the sidewalk.  MADem   Oct-01-11 09:35 PM   #16 
  - Funny thing... The police had officers and barricades clearly marking the march route...  backscatter712   Oct-01-11 09:51 PM   #19 
     - No they didn't--there was no "march route" because there was no PERMIT.  MADem   Oct-01-11 10:19 PM   #22 
  - The final words are: CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.  WinkyDink   Oct-01-11 09:36 PM   #17 
  - For WHAT? nt  MADem   Oct-01-11 10:20 PM   #23 
  - We need to not spend our money in NYC or with NYC based businesses  47of74   Oct-01-11 09:56 PM   #20 
 

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