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It's heartbreaking what this ohheckyeah May 2012 #1
I'm reminded of the photos of the Pinkertons breaking Unionists' heads in 1monster May 2012 #145
this has not been a country I recognize for many years now. niyad May 2012 #2
I have seen it worse. Archae May 2012 #3
I've added about five new photos in the last few minutes. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #5
Fire Walk With Me - Yeah! So glad to see you on the front page again! RueVoltaire May 2012 #73
This message was self-deleted by its author Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #6
In 1968, I wasn't even aware of the events in Chicago Art_from_Ark May 2012 #13
Have your ever read the book "1968"? EFerrari May 2012 #161
It's a book I'll definitely have to get Art_from_Ark May 2012 #162
I was only 12 but that year seemed to change everything. EFerrari May 2012 #165
The adults around me seemed to have a different reaction Art_from_Ark May 2012 #167
My mom wasn't fettered by a husband (as she would put it) so that year, she worked hard EFerrari May 2012 #171
Interesting contrast in experiences Art_from_Ark May 2012 #172
Mark Kurlansky's book? dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #187
I was one of the hippies getting their head beat in. hobbit709 May 2012 #84
Deep thanks for fighting the good fight! Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #114
I watched that also. Today they pretend to be better. But I do not think they are. Still hateful jwirr May 2012 #113
BTW I'm certainly not attempting to one-up anyone's freedom movement. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #146
At the local level, we need to insist that our police officers are instructed JDPriestly May 2012 #4
Have fun with that just1voice May 2012 #95
But we elect the order-givers. JDPriestly May 2012 #178
But the corporations BUY the order givers, for the most part. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #188
How many murdered, or "vanished" permanently, with no official record? How many rapes by police? boppers May 2012 #7
So you're going to redefine "police state" enough JoeyT May 2012 #12
A person's outrage tends to reflect their experiences. boppers May 2012 #16
Yes, comparing bloodied, beaten protesters to getting "a bad latte" is fair pinboy3niner May 2012 #18
+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - n/t coalition_unwilling May 2012 #20
Latte and murder, glad you see there's a range. boppers May 2012 #147
Scott Olsen was @ NATO/Chicago fyi nt lunasun May 2012 #152
Several have been nearly killed, all of them saved by protesters. Does that count? sabrina 1 May 2012 #135
quit whining and get off my lawn, you young punks! provis99 May 2012 #26
The differences you cite are part of a finely-tuned equation of repression starroute May 2012 #45
Bingo. dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #50
Outstanding response. CrispyQ May 2012 #60
We haven't seen disappearances and torture yet... lib2DaBone May 2012 #66
Damn! With all those fears, how do you manage to get out of bed in the morning? randome May 2012 #67
Not being scared of phony terrorism plots leaves a lot of room for dealing with real threats starroute May 2012 #125
They 'hid' an unnecessary war. Mass murder with no reasoning behind it other than to push. randome May 2012 #129
Better than being scared that there is a terrorist under every bed and as a result, sabrina 1 May 2012 #170
GITMO, Abu-Gharib, Bagram, torture flights, torture bases in other countries just1voice May 2012 #100
Excellent post, thank you. And proving you correct regarding 'the police can say anything they want' sabrina 1 May 2012 #138
How bad Aerows May 2012 #62
People like me? Personally? boppers May 2012 #183
Do you really want some stats on rapes by cops? sabrina 1 May 2012 #90
None of the authoritarian cheerleaders here want anything like facts. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #109
This particular authoritarian thinks that pot causes overdose deaths U4ikLefty May 2012 #154
Give it a year. truedelphi May 2012 #134
How many? quakerboy May 2012 #140
+1 - But there was Kent State (nt) reACTIONary May 2012 #148
I am ashamed to be an American tonight and ashamed that I once coalition_unwilling May 2012 #8
I hear you. There was a time I couldn't possibly TBF May 2012 #39
The looks on those cops faces micraphone May 2012 #9
In the second photo, the cop in the upper left is very clearly enjoying it. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #10
The Smiling Cops of the LAPD... pinboy3niner May 2012 #14
Indeed good sir! Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #115
Thanks for these Fire micraphone May 2012 #31
Ewww! The evil smile on the 2nd photo 2nd row cop. ClayZ May 2012 #11
This is what a beating looks like. UnrepentantLiberal May 2012 #15
K&R DeSwiss May 2012 #17
this one Enrique May 2012 #19
Yes! dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #51
Rather surreal isn't it. arikara May 2012 #68
frightening FirstLight May 2012 #21
I hate cops. I hate cops. I hate cops and will always hate cops. n/t vaberella May 2012 #22
Look at the rage on the face of the cop winding up a haymaker in pic 8 AtheistCrusader May 2012 #23
Actually, I see it more as casual cruelty, the same kind that coalition_unwilling May 2012 #25
Yep, that one caught my eye too. geardaddy May 2012 #83
Some things never change The Wizard May 2012 #24
How one human being could allow himself to be that aggressive toward another human being pacalo May 2012 #27
That's not unusual at all pinboy3niner May 2012 #28
It's mainly the willingness to do it that I don't get. pacalo May 2012 #34
Really good point re homeland security - TBF May 2012 #40
There's no riot like a police riot. eppur_se_muova May 2012 #29
That's why they're called "riot police" - duh!! (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #87
Ugly PufPuf23 May 2012 #30
"The police aren't here to... meaculpa2011 May 2012 #32
What set it off Meiko May 2012 #33
Marches were peaceful the day before and all that day. I watched livestream Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #117
"Cops were entirely to blame". There is a different opinion on that. randome May 2012 #121
Yes the Right Wing Authoritarian opinion supports the head bashing by the police. rhett o rick May 2012 #150
Absolutely disgusting and shameful. Police state indeed. n/t DLevine May 2012 #35
Wow, look at that huge crowd. fasttense May 2012 #36
Figures I find online say you can estimate 2000 - 10,000 people per city block starroute May 2012 #47
Disgusting! PIGS! THUGS! How proud their families must be of their actions against peaceful SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #37
Thanks Fire..... Magoo48 May 2012 #38
excellent photos Blue_Tires May 2012 #41
The growing anger and outrage is palpable. 99Forever May 2012 #42
+ My household. n/t truedelphi May 2012 #133
I hate seeing this shit Marrah_G May 2012 #43
Why does the song, "Holiday in Cambodia" keep running through my head? nt Javaman May 2012 #44
Break all law enforcement unions. Dawson Leery May 2012 #46
I think we should get rid of the occupation all together. ZombieHorde May 2012 #63
Some fine pictures but they don't prove a police state. randome May 2012 #48
There IS a difference between........ socialist_n_TN May 2012 #52
The Bridgeport Three were under surveillance. randome May 2012 #53
Can you tell us what other Bush and neo-con policies you enjoy? harmonicon May 2012 #93
I am in favor of none of the things you mentioned. randome May 2012 #96
Do you not understand the distinction between private and public? (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #101
Schools are not generally privately owned. randome May 2012 #104
Apparently we no longer have the right to peaceful assembly. (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #106
We are not in a police state????? dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #54
That decision relates to when evidence is being destroyed. randome May 2012 #65
Apparently you have not followed the nation wide attacks on Occupy groups dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #70
Offering advice is not the same as 'coordination'. randome May 2012 #72
LOL, you guys dropped that thread when the actual PDF's were linked to snooper2 May 2012 #186
definition of a police state: dixiegrrrrl May 2012 #57
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. harmonicon May 2012 #89
When I say 'city', I mean that city's 'elected officials'. randome May 2012 #91
No city official has the right - or power - to deny us our constitutional rights. (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #94
We accept free speech restrictions every day. randome May 2012 #97
So some of us are more equal to others? harmonicon May 2012 #99
+1 (nt) reACTIONary May 2012 #149
question: mistiksky May 2012 #175
NDAA, like the Patriot Act, is abominable. randome May 2012 #176
National Defense Authorization Act. gkhouston May 2012 #177
So now, this is what freedom looks like. lonestarnot May 2012 #49
The Powell Doctrine comes to Chicago. EFerrari May 2012 #55
You know PatSeg May 2012 #56
Those people are trying to scramble away, while the cops run them over with horses adigal May 2012 #58
Do police states afford the opportunity for... LanternWaste May 2012 #59
It's only a few bad apples. L0oniX May 2012 #61
I don't think police officer should be a job in the US. ZombieHorde May 2012 #64
Why our leaders go to foreign countries to protect the rights of people in other countries midnight May 2012 #69
We have a hell of a lot of rights in this country. randome May 2012 #71
Yes, and we're rapidly losing them leveymg May 2012 #78
On paper, we sure do have a lot of rights. But try exercising them sabrina 1 May 2012 #82
As do I. randome May 2012 #88
They don't, really. They say they do EFerrari May 2012 #163
I especially like the "Chicago is my kind of town" picture. LOL! nt Comrade_McKenzie May 2012 #74
So sad, say goodbye to the 'officers of the peace' Rex May 2012 #75
K&R RueVoltaire May 2012 #76
This photo, in particular, sums it up perfectly: leveymg May 2012 #77
Thanks so much for bringing this important message from the 1% to us, Fire. Zorra May 2012 #79
Crosby Stills Nash and Young "Chicago" revisited with film footage from '68 protest MagickMuffin May 2012 #80
Wow, nothing has changed. It's sad that the song is hopeful such a long time ago, but sabrina 1 May 2012 #86
These pictures made me cry! sabrina 1 May 2012 #81
How do you teach cops to hate their people? FayeKane May 2012 #155
Good post, generally agree with most of it. Can't agree that OWS did nothing sabrina 1 May 2012 #181
Cops: Filled with hate, in fear of anyone or anything different and fueled by 'roid' rage. These firenewt May 2012 #85
I don't know if the good cops are becoming fewer... harmonicon May 2012 #98
That sounds like a reasonable way to look at the matter. randome May 2012 #102
Better trained? That's still blaming the police. harmonicon May 2012 #103
I don't know. I suppose it was because there was the possibility of a riot? randome May 2012 #105
"...they were outnumbered a thousand to one..." secondvariety May 2012 #110
Protect themselves from what? Your comment is vague. sabrina 1 May 2012 #112
As I said, I wasn't privy to the decisions that were made. randome May 2012 #118
Well, you have not addressed anything I said in my post. sabrina 1 May 2012 #122
Oh and I have talked to the police btw, and to city council members. sabrina 1 May 2012 #123
I agree that police sometimes behave abominably. randome May 2012 #124
Lol, I did, I noticed the omission of the most important photo. But not to worry sabrina 1 May 2012 #131
I don't know how many times I need to say the same thing. randome May 2012 #136
We are talking about the Global Cops, many of them now revealed to have trained with sabrina 1 May 2012 #142
This is what happens when Democrats pretend woo me with science May 2012 #92
Stunning amounts of silence from the democratic party and presidency, isn't there? Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #119
OMG donheld May 2012 #158
This makes me want to cry..... Pachamama May 2012 #107
The bosses and their thugs get testy when challenged. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2012 #108
So who is Officer 15952? unhappycamper May 2012 #111
Sure. Here you go RZM May 2012 #116
Bulls on parade... AzDar May 2012 #120
You can stomp those Black Blok dildos all you like WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #126
There was just a Tweet that cops were spotted changing into bb gear Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #128
I believe it WhoIsNumberNone May 2012 #130
The first thing that came to mind... FedUp_Queer May 2012 #127
Reminds me of the 1968 protests at the Democratic National Convention..... Swede Atlanta May 2012 #132
wow. thanks for the pics. Liberal_in_LA May 2012 #137
Rahm must be pleased. progressoid May 2012 #139
I smell fear. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #141
What I want to know is where are the mobs of cops when teabaggers show up where jillan May 2012 #143
Same thing when the white supremacists/neo-nazis march. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #144
Well around Chicago some citizens have taken that on themselves recently! lunasun May 2012 #153
LOL RZM May 2012 #157
Who are these people? chollybocker May 2012 #151
Like attracts like. And sadly Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #160
I don't need to search very far. chollybocker May 2012 #168
I don't know who they are but they aren't community police any more. EFerrari May 2012 #164
neighborhood guys and gals for the most part datasuspect May 2012 #189
Fantastic thread Fire. Now I'm all riled up again U4ikLefty May 2012 #156
Buses have already pulled out of town Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #159
Video: Police try to murder protester by running him over limpyhobbler May 2012 #166
Just before first pic, added link to recorded livestream of what happened in those first three pics Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #169
Show me what a police state looks like! (Graphic! Dial-up warning!) Updated with livestream link andrewserin May 2012 #173
Are you kidding? randome May 2012 #174
Occupy Long Beach are fine people, good folk. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #179
In a police state, those crowds to protest don't exist treestar May 2012 #180
Interesting Contrast: RedCappedBandit May 2012 #182
Kick woo me with science May 2012 #184
Kick woo me with science May 2012 #185
Although horrified at the images, I am truedelphi May 2013 #190
Looking back over this is upsetting :( Fire Walk With Me May 2013 #191
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