that may well be what is going on and in fact I suspect it is. It needs to be addressed, though I will admit I have no suggestions on how.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > It is well known that there are agents provocateur starting trouble. They > caught a bunch of undercover cops trying to sneak into the crowd here and I > have seen it at the protests in California. Many of them pose as black > bloc > and start problems to try and discredit protestors. That is an age old > tactic that was used during the labor movement in the early 1900's and has > been used in just about every major protest movement since... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:44 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Pics from the NATO Protest > > > see... assuming the McCormick Place metro is near the convention center, > the > were only three blocks away, and there were how many heads of state in the > building? They really couldn't let them get much closer. Especially not > guys > with t-shirts saying hi, I am an anarchist, I mean really, there is no > telling what you believe is your duty if you show up at a protest wearing a > t-shirt like that, > > As an aside, there are some genuine "anarchists" in Santa Cruz and they say > they have no idea who it was that that smashed store windows there so it's > actually possible in my mind that such people are not even protesters. But > the police would have been remiss to allow random protesters too close to a > building full of heads of state, look at it from their point of view, you > need to show you can keep Francois Hollande and Angela Merkel safe if you > want people to listen to you on military matters, right? > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > was that Michigan and Cernak? Cause that's the one I am talking about > too. > > I will give that police chief credit that showed up and naw naw naw > > take the gas masks off. I read he ordered no batons if possible, too. > > > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Eric Roberts < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> Let me find the video on Youtube where the cops were kittling and > >> beating the protestors... > >> > >> -----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:351056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
