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Legalese: Retweets imply interest not endorsement. I am not there and don't know the parties well enough to evaluate their statements. On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > The occupy movement as a whole has suffered from a virtual media blackout. > You see it on local news, but national news has been largely silent. Our > media has failed us as well. They are supposed to be the ones that call > bullshit on politician when they make false claims. They are supposed to > be > making sure that people know what is going. Media is corporate controlled, > so we see what corporate America wants us to see. That is fascism in all > of > it's dark and evil glory. I serious believe that revolution is the only > solution. I just don't see this peaceful protest accomplish much more than > it already has. Entrench power is dug in and they are not giving it up > without a fight. Voter apathy guarantees it. If you look at amendment 1, > 20 % of the voting population made it a constitutional amendment. > 20%...70% > of the population couldn't be bothered to vote. That is why we are where > we > are at. We are not holding out elected officials feet to the fire. We > need > to be gathered with torches and pitchforks. They should be scared shitless > of us. > > I have friends in Oakland that were there as well. They said the same > thing > Dana said. Every report I have heard was the same. Outright naked police > brutality and the mayor didn't do squat about it. She needs to be dragged > out into the street and tear gassed. Maybe then she will understand. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 6:21 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: NATO Protests > > > well, since there was no public outcry over Oakland there will probably be > no public outcry over Chicago, much less any coverage. This is why it was > important to save YouTube. I spent a lot of time I could not really afford > working on SOPA because we *need* citizen journalists now that the majority > of the media outlets have been bought. > The problem with YouTube of course is that it's completely unfiltered, but > if 5-6 different livestreamers show the same set of events from different > angles then I htink it can be accepted as probably true. > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 4:14 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't think you are ranting. Your message was short and concise. > > > > I heard about the marine, and I can't believe that with the video of > > that event no one has been punished. > > > > I wish there were some way to get through to the people what is going. > > Why is there so much apathy about the decline of our country as the > > bastion of liberty in the world? > > > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I am already there. In Oakland they surrounded protesters, ordered > > > them > > to > > > disperse, and arrested them for not doing so. That's not counting > > > the teargas, which -- I can't help it -- is all the more > > > unforgivable because my daughter was there. > > > > > > Let's not forget the veterans for peace marine who got hit in the > > > head > > with > > > a tear gas canister at point-blank range. He was on multiple videos > > seconds > > > before not doing anything the least bit aggressive. Not even > > > yelling. And so he's on the ground bleeding and people run up to > > > lend some assistance > > -- > > > again, not threatening the cops in any way -- and they throw a flash > > bang. > > > WTF. This is absolutely indisputable: > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKG0VntJW_A > > > > > > He's in there, standing and and laying wounded, right next to the > > > Navy > > vet > > > with the flag. No question what happened. And nobody has been fired. > > > The outside monitor said OPD used excessive force. But the only > > > consequences have been to protesters. Some of those police officers are > identifiable. > > > But they have not been fired. > > > Sorry, I know I am ranting. But I am really angry about this. And > > > it's > > only > > > one story -- the mayors had a conference call one day and all of a > > > sudden this sort of thing started happening nationwide. Gee. Am I > > > supporting terrorism by saying so? Your guess is as good as mine. > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 3:47 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'm simply shocked at how under reported this fiasco is Chicago > > > > has > > been. > > > > I feel it is a major indictment of our 4th estate. > > > > > > > > The videos of the police shows absolutely and beyond reproach that > > > > the police are using intimidation to attempt to stifle 1st > > > > amendment > > rights. > > > I > > > > am disgusted by their behavior, and cops like that are one of the > > > reasons I > > > > have always had a fuck the police attitude. The militarization of > > > > our > > > law > > > > enforcement is also well documented in here, and something else I > > > despise. > > > > > > > > I will say that the NDAA connection is nebulous as they have been > > charged > > > > and given a bail amount, although excessive. I have read a bunch > > > > about > > > the > > > > kids arrested and it seems that the police are fabricating > > > > terrorism charges using home brew kits. Several of these kids are > > > > known > > pacifists, > > > > and they are reasonably well known within various protest > > > > movements > > from > > > > around the country. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that they > > > > were stopped and question/intimidated several days earlier. I > > > > have grave > > > doubts > > > > about the reality contained in the charges brought against them. > > > > > > > > It's also interesting to me that some of the outside police that > > > > have > > > been > > > > brought in to back up the CPD are form Charlotte, N.C. where we > > > > can > > > assume > > > > there will likely be similar protests at the DNC. > > > > > > > > As you know, while understand the seemingly valid complaints that > > > > many > > of > > > > the protestors have, I do not always agree with their proposed > > solutions. > > > > I do however totally and without reservation support their right > > > > to > > > gather, > > > > to march and to speak out; all of these things being central to > > > > the > > > liberty > > > > of our republic. > > > > > > > > I become more disgusted by the actions of my government by the > minute. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Eric Roberts < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately I can't get down there due to some medical issues > > > > > I am > > > > having > > > > > *grrrrr grumble grumble* :-( I have been watching from afar > > > > > and so > > > far > > > > > things have been peaceful. They arrested 3 people on trumped up > > > charges > > > > > Thursday in an attempt to intimidate protestors. The big > > > > > protest is tomorrow near McCormick Place. From what I am > > > > > hearing, the police > > are > > > > out > > > > > there big time in full riot gear (sucks to be them since it is > > > > > also > > 97 > > > > > degrees today *snicker*) Some are jokily saying there are more > > police > > > > > than > > > > > protestors. They have a big protest today, Healthcare not > > > > > Warfare at > > > the > > > > > Boeng HQ downtown. There was also a big rally (Tom Morello > > > > > played at > > > it) > > > > > in > > > > > Daley Plaza where there was a big rally of Nurses (they said > > something > > > > like > > > > > 10,000+ nurses showed up...some from other states obviously). I > > > > > was watching that livestream....I can post feeds as soon as I > > > > > can find > > them > > > > > again. > > > > > > > > > > Info on the arrests: > > > > > > > > > > This is from the national Lawyers Guild, who defend occupy > > > protesters... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.facebook.com/notes/occupy-chicago-press-relations/nlg-rele > > ases-n > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > onato-raid-photos-threatens-legal-action-against-city-if-arrestees/355 > > 360537 > > > > > 860447 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2012/05/19/three-chicago-nato-summit-activ > > ists-c > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > harged-with-conspiracy-to-commit-terrorism-providing-material-support- > > for-te > > > > > rrorism/ > > > > > > > > > > Earlier this week...the same guys were stopped by Chicago Police > > > > > and harassed and threatened: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudIyxxAboA > > > > > > > > > > A good video released by Occupy Portland on this: > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB10DF2Pbl8 > > > > > > > > > > This ties in well with our NDAA discussion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://betweenthelines.blogspot.com/2012/05/terrorism-charges-for-chic > > ago-an > > > > > ti-nato.html > > > > > > > > > > The "Official" stories on the arrests: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.suntimes.com/news/12635179-761/nato-3-had-targeted-obama-ca > > mpaign > > > > > -hq-rahms-house-police-stations-prosecutors-say.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/19/11765588-attacks-on-chica > > go-pol > > > > > ice-stations-obama-office-were-planned-prosecutors-say?lite > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pics from Friday and today via occupy Chicago: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://occupywallst.org/article/today-chicago-health-care-not-warfare- > > watch- > > > > > live/ (this has a link to a livestream of events going on around > > > > > the city...the button is on the toolbar up top) > > > > > > > > > > Pic of Tom Morello anf the Nurse's Rally: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=369550743103518&set=a.36949691 > > 644223 > > > > > 4.87363.100001457865597&type=1&theater > > > > > > > > > > Pic of Chicago Police from last night: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2865440934987&set=a.1021509917 > > 864.32 > > > > > 38.1828697981&type=1&theater > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: LRS Scout [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 3:28 PM > > > > > To: cf-community > > > > > Subject: NATO Protests > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Eric have you been downtown? > > > > > > > > > > What are you seeing? > > > > > > > > > > Not hearing too much chatter, but the city did a lot to prevent > > > > > real protest prior to the convention. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/18/nato-su > > mmit-t > > > > > emplate-policing-other-chicago?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350932 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
