I totally agree with you. The picture of the one cop punching someone in the face has gotten a lot of mileage on various sites, but it's totally out of context. The guy the officer is hitting had just broken a piece of wood over another officers head. Although there is something to be said for the idea that a closed fist punch isn't appropriate even then, as other means of submission are easier, less damaging, and don't end up with you in pics looking like some demented retard.
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:351067 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
