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In reply to the discussion: Show me what a police state looks like! (Graphic! Dial-up warning!) Updated with livestream link [View all]Fire Walk With Me
(38,893 posts)144. Same thing when the white supremacists/neo-nazis march.
Cops don't beat them up either.
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Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
OP
My mom wasn't fettered by a husband (as she would put it) so that year, she worked hard
EFerrari
May 2012
#171
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
How many murdered, or "vanished" permanently, with no official record? How many rapes by police?
boppers
May 2012
#7
Yes, comparing bloodied, beaten protesters to getting "a bad latte" is fair
pinboy3niner
May 2012
#18
Several have been nearly killed, all of them saved by protesters. Does that count?
sabrina 1
May 2012
#135
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
None of the authoritarian cheerleaders here want anything like facts.
Egalitarian Thug
May 2012
#109
In the second photo, the cop in the upper left is very clearly enjoying it.
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#10
How one human being could allow himself to be that aggressive toward another human being
pacalo
May 2012
#27
Marches were peaceful the day before and all that day. I watched livestream
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#117
Yes the Right Wing Authoritarian opinion supports the head bashing by the police.
rhett o rick
May 2012
#150
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
No city official has the right - or power - to deny us our constitutional rights. (nt)
harmonicon
May 2012
#94
Those people are trying to scramble away, while the cops run them over with horses
adigal
May 2012
#58
Why our leaders go to foreign countries to protect the rights of people in other countries
midnight
May 2012
#69
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
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
Lol, I did, I noticed the omission of the most important photo. But not to worry
sabrina 1
May 2012
#131
We are talking about the Global Cops, many of them now revealed to have trained with
sabrina 1
May 2012
#142
Stunning amounts of silence from the democratic party and presidency, isn't there?
Fire Walk With Me
May 2012
#119
Reminds me of the 1968 protests at the Democratic National Convention.....
Swede Atlanta
May 2012
#132
What I want to know is where are the mobs of cops when teabaggers show up where
jillan
May 2012
#143
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