agreed, just saying -- posting edited video and saying look, brutality is damaging in the long run also. There *are* two sides.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:31 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > Black Bloc and R.A.S.H. are pretty retarded, and prone to starting trouble > on their own. I've had run ins in the past with both. > > That being said the use of false flag ops and agents provocateur is well > established and documented, to the point that the vast majority of today's > terror arrests are being found to be initiated by the F.B.I., the latest > major arrest having been of an F.B.I. source specifically. > > The police in Chicago did behave better than I had hoped. That does not > excuse the intimidation and abuse of powers that did take place. > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:06 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:351066 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
