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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]treestar
(82,383 posts)180. In a police state, those crowds to protest don't exist
People can't do it in the first place. There are no trials and no warrants. There are no juries and no appeals.
This is like when the right wing calls a few regulations "socialism" or "communism."
It's like you are admitting everything in the photos is OK unless you can fit the label "police state" to it.
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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