http://libertarianreview.us/2012/05/20/nato-protests-in-chicago-some-officers-refuse-to-arrest-non-violent-protesters/
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:38 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:351081 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
