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sabrina 1

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48. No, that 'one guy' does NOT give the movement a bad name.
Mon May 21, 2012, 01:04 PM
May 2012

Not unless someone is searching to do just that. Eg, I have followed this movement closely from the first day and I never say that incident. So someone obviously had to search to find a single incident, a totally minor incident, while ignoring ALL the major crimes committed by the police at every protest. It's a bit odd frankly, sort of like looking at a field of grass, acres and acres, and searching to find one blade out of millions that is shorter than the millions of others. Like a needle in a haystack, hard to find, unless you really are looking hard to find it.

And no, the group should NOT 'hand him over'. There is a word for people like that.

Funny how you have no comment about the fact that none of the criminal, brutal, murderous police officers have even been named after months of so-called 'investigations'. Now they should 'be turned over' considering they nearly killed peaceful US Citizens.

How come not one has been named, not one has been removed from duty after proving beyond a doubt that they are threat to the public?? Why is that? Who shot Scott Olsen, who fractured the spleen of Kayvan Sabhegi, respected businessman in his community, Iraq War Veteran, left to die without medical treatment for 18 hours after been brutally beaten by not one, but by several cowardly thugs wearing uniforms.

They deserve zero respect and by now several of them should have been fired for the safety of the public and some of them should be in jail. But you choose to focus on someone who threw a plastic bottle, NOT a deadly weapon, and not a word of anger for the cops.

Their brutality was noted even by the UN who attempted to intervene on behalf of the American people whose lives are placed in danger each time they go to a protest and exercise their 1st Amendment rights.

Did you say they were right? How could ANYONE say that, how could anyone in any way equate this minor incident, no highlight it, in light of the criminal behavior of the police who are the sole reason for any violence at these protests.

The police are wrong with what they are doing but Drale May 2012 #1
yeah some idiot threw an empty bucket - which didn't hurt anyone and then the cops arely staircase May 2012 #3
Police are NOT beating protesters. nt Saturday May 2012 #7
Apparently You Are NOT Watching CNN... WillyT May 2012 #11
Um, the sky is plaid not blue, rain falls upwards, the earth lights the sun. Dragonfli May 2012 #13
LOL!!! Well said! Zalatix May 2012 #49
OT, but holy shit, that 1-sentence anecdote sums up the entire GOP. Damn. yodermon May 2012 #52
It's not that she didn't try for those bonus agreements or enthusiasm, Dragonfli May 2012 #54
i saw it with my own eyes and so did cnns don lemon who called arely staircase May 2012 #17
(((infinite facepalm))) GRAPHIC, because they were BEATEN BY COPS Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #35
thanks for posting arely staircase May 2012 #37
It was terrible to watch on OccupyFreedomLA's ustream livestream. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #38
CNN: Police, protesters clash outside NATO summit pinboy3niner May 2012 #39
what a arely staircase May 2012 #45
Here is extremely clear video of cops using protesters as pinatas. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #40
It looks like unnecessary force to me. randome May 2012 #47
Well, so long as I have the word of some sad rando on the internet. EOTE May 2012 #53
some idiot kardonb May 2012 #18
sure arely staircase May 2012 #19
Oh please, there are hours and hours of footage from hundreds of protests, almost all of them sabrina 1 May 2012 #8
Did I not say the police were wrong? Drale May 2012 #9
You are missing her point, the police are taking an eye for an eyelash Dragonfli May 2012 #10
Thank you, not to mention that the police always initiate the violence. sabrina 1 May 2012 #50
Except even the group may not be aware of who is doing what. randome May 2012 #14
You prove that you know nothing about 'due force.' ancianita May 2012 #22
No, that 'one guy' does NOT give the movement a bad name. sabrina 1 May 2012 #48
+1 SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #46
Oh, I'm sure the little plastic bottles will really hurt the guys in the heavy Stormtrooper armor. backscatter712 May 2012 #33
I am not going to defend throwing things at the police, but seriously they're riot cops Puregonzo1188 May 2012 #55
Yep... CNN Seems To Be Staying With This Story... WillyT May 2012 #2
looks arely staircase May 2012 #6
I'm watching it live and Saturday May 2012 #4
I'm in Chicago watching all the local coverage frazzled May 2012 #16
'Magnificent' job? They don't deserve praise for staying calm when ancianita May 2012 #25
Lemon also notes police are wearing "full combat gear" pinboy3niner May 2012 #5
Lemon has been a good announcer since he started - TBF May 2012 #30
i know he expressed his shock many times nt arely staircase May 2012 #36
the"right" to protest unfortunately seems to accompany G_j May 2012 #12
Wow. The headline from the SunTimes homepage: marmar May 2012 #15
Uhm ...protesters are "terrorists" now. L0oniX May 2012 #32
We know who the coppers work for. Dawson Leery May 2012 #20
Even Don Lemon said.. butterfly77 May 2012 #21
Yes, sulphurdunn May 2012 #27
Lemon was summarizing the view of the authorities pinboy3niner May 2012 #29
And the same M$Greedia will give hours and hours of coverage about malaise May 2012 #23
Watch Ustream We are Devo May 2012 #24
I was there, walked the whole march and saw nothing like that until I got home and saw it on tv. kas125 May 2012 #26
Good ol Chicago cops ...doing what they have always done. L0oniX May 2012 #28
Hello? liberalmuse May 2012 #31
FUCK YOU, RAHM EMMANUEL!!!!!!!! Ken Burch May 2012 #34
Emmanual (and his brother) were favorites of POTUS Obama PufPuf23 May 2012 #44
I lose more respect for cops all the time. 99Forever May 2012 #41
Big dumb animals with big toys. What could go wrong? nt Comrade_McKenzie May 2012 #42
I do not believe in capital punishment. PufPuf23 May 2012 #43
Way to go, Rahm, you piece of sh*t! Bake May 2012 #51
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