I would like to add the civil rights movement as another time that protests work, as well as the solidarity movement in eastern Europe.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > yeah that's the livecaster stuff I was talking about. > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > TimCast... > > > > http://www.ustream.tv/timcast he also has other vids recorded > throughout > > the day and evening > > > > A couple of links that point to the raid. They were held and cuffed at > > gunpoint...that's a bit excessive and totally uncalled for. > > http://bit.ly/LmIhIr > > > > http://bit.ly/KtvMvZ > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:30 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > > > > I saw that. I made a tinyurl for it here um Saturday or so. I am also not > > happy about the livestreamers who got hassled at gunpoint, not the way to > > treat journalists, Chicago, and yes citizen journalists do count. > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Eric Roberts < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Plus, they did a preemptive raid, claiming that the people arrested > > > had incendiary devices. The "incendiary devices"...welll it was a > > > beer making kit. Occupy Chicago documented it early on and posted the > > > pics of what was confiscated (unfortunately, I only know of a FB page, > > > and FB doesn't seem to like this list for some reason. I did see the > > > pics and as someone who has done home brewing...it was a beer making > > > kit. They were also claiming they confiscated swords and shuriken... > > > These guys were well known in the protest community from what I have > > > been reading and not the violent types (aka they were not black bloc). > > > "Coincidentally", 4 days earlier, these guys were pulled over by cops > > > and threatened and harassed. Here is the video... > > > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudIyxxAboA (video of the harassment) > > > > > > If I find an outside posting of the pics of the confiscated stuff, I > > > will post > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 4:13 PM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > > > > > > > This reads as "we're protesting anything and everything that anyone > > > has ever been upset about". > > > > > > ...and I'm not saying that the police always act right, but the > > > Chicago Trib link that started this thread was primarily of peaceful > > > protests. I saw a few injuries oh unknown origin, and a protestor who > > > got punched in the face after hitting a police officer over the head. > > > > > > I guess I am not seeing the overwhelming police brutality angle. I am > > > definitely seeing the random "protest everything" angle. > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:51 PM, Eric Roberts < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > NATO Summit... protesting the war in Afghanistan as well as other > > > > military actions taken by NATO, plus all the other occupy stuff like > > > > income inequality, healthcare, etc... There was a big protest in > > > > front of Boeing HQ today "Healthcare not Warfare"... It's a shame > > > > the FB links are not working right. A friend of mine got some > > > > really good pics of it...plus a priceless one of someone who got > > > > booted and just took the tire off and left it and the Denver boot at > > > > the curb hehehe > > > > > > > > Lots of police brutality going on...I have a ton of pic pof people > > > > that were injured in the protest by police. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:351051 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
