What #OccupyPhoenix faced last night:

[Fire Walk With Me]

Stand down, police; we are all the 99%!

[Auggie]

1. I hate bullies

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. Our one demand is: No more bullies!

[ohheckyeah]

3. Unbelievable.

What were the cops expecting? A nuclear bomb to be set off or something?

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Oh for crying out loud! It's like all these PDs got some New Swatware they were were all just DYING

to try out! Look at that. People sitting down, doing nothing, facing a damn swat team. How fucking ridiculous is that?

[malthaussen]

6. SWAT team?

I don't see any M-16s or sniper rifles there. That's just regular ol' riot gear they're wearing.

-- Mal

[in_cog_ni_to]

10. All the same difference. I'm sure their M-16s aren't far away. n/t

[tk2kewl]

22. I am certain they have new toys they want to use.

The unneeded DHS is a fascist vehicle for pumping money into the defense industry and militarizing police forces.

[malthaussen]

5. Man, think of the OT

...The City of Phoenix is going to have to pay.

-- Mal

[phantom power]

7. One wonders if there weren't some actual criminals those cops could be looking for

instead of wasting their time on intimidating OWS-ers

[Hell Hath No Fury]

8. Wow!

What a shot!

[Canuckistanian]

9. Astounding

All that force for peaceful protestors.

Good to see that all other crime in Phoenix has been eradicated.

[Taitertots]

11. What are the police so afraid of? They are the only ones being violent

[OffWithTheirHeads]

12. Well Goddamnit! At least the 99% are creating jobs.

Unfucking believable!

[slay]

13. There is ALWAYS money for cops/military/authoritarianism

money to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, help the sick - yeah, not so fucking much. Our priorities are so right-wing ass-backwards! :mad:

[drmeow]

14. Are they city of Phoenix cops

or do they include other forces in the metro area?

[one_voice]

15. Daaayuuum....

If OBL wasn't already dead, I might think he was hiding among the protesters with that kind of "power". WTF?!?!

[Warren Stupidity]

16. That is seriously fucked up.

[Agony]

17. That is seriously fucked up. I couldn't think of any better way of putting it.

militarization of the police is wrong.

fuck this shit

[Jester Messiah]

18. Well, Arizona is one of our more fascist states.

I bet ol' Sheriff Joe got a big damn hard-on just thinking about clubbing some protesters.

[Desertrose]

19. "Gotta be some illegal aliens there somewhere....we'll be ready for 'em".

Yikes!

[burrowowl]

20. Are the cops getting overtime?

Unbelievable!

[mistertrickster]

21. Wow. Looks like a perfect opportunity for actual criminals to commit crimes. nt

[Fire Walk With Me]

23. Traditionally, bad guys wear black. Can you spot the bad guys?

[jtuck004]

24. It helps them address their inadequacies to dress up in black and threaten

unarmed citizens with sticks.

Makes 'em feel big and important. And we pay for this.

[madamesilverspurs]

25. A certain New York Marine needs to visit Phoenix.

Soon would be good.

[coalition_unwilling]

26. Although I came to this struggle viewing the police as allies, i.e.,

solidly working class, that position has begun to erode and I'm now increasingly beginning to view them as class traitors and the enemy. If my opinion mirrors or is starting to mirror that of many other Americans, the police are in big trouble, although they probably wouldn't or couldn't understand that just yet.

Yeah, they've got the guns, but we have the numbers.

[Glimmer of Hope]

27. They look ridiculous.

[StarsInHerHair]

28. The Matrix came out in 1999, but this pic looks the same

[mdmc]

29. ..