Using mirrors to show cops what they've become...

[Earth_First]

[ret5hd]

1. What a good idea!!!

[Earth_First]

2. This is BRILLIANT! nt

[CrispyQ]

3. Plus you can use the mirror to shield your face from pepper spray.

But seriously, a great idea. Some of them don't like what they see.

[scarletwoman]

4. That's powerful! Well done, protesters!

[PowerToThePeople]

5. I hope they are plastic

If they are real glass mirrors, when they get shattered by the pigs, people will get seriously injured.

[sulphurdunn]

6. No kidding

[mike_c]

7. I'm trying hard not to write anything I'll regret later...

...but your post about what police have "become" inspired me to search for old photos from the 1960s and 70s. Civil rights marchers being beaten and attacked by police dogs and water cannon. Police oppression at the 1968 Democratic Convention. "The whole world is watching!" It goes on and on. The police have ALWAYS been the tools of oppression.

[Earth_First]

11. You are absolutely correct.

If the title of my OP has offended, it was not intended to overlook the struggle that others before me have had with law enforcement/government.

[mike_c]

12. oh no, it certainly didn't offend me....

Just the opposite-- I meant that I had to edit repeatedly to take the really offensive responses out of my reply. I wanted to say what I really think about "law enforcement."

[Cirque du So-What]

17. That motto, 'to protect and serve,' is quite valid

although the ones being protected and served ain't you & me, Jack.

[tazkcmo]

26. Should be updated though

How about "To Incarcerate and Generate" as in generate income for the state?

[Logical]

8. Cops are legalized bullies. Protected by a "union". n-t

[awoke_in_2003]

16. People that have demonstrated for

For unions and pensions have been brutalized by cops. Now, in Texas, they are starting to come after law enforcement pensions. Now the pigs are starting to worry. Well, guess what piggies- there is no one left to stand with you.

[indepat]

9. Send in the clowns, er storm-troopers, in case a minor civil disobedience should resonate for,

as we know, big brother will stifle such with a heavy totalitarian-like hand. May the people fail to learn TPTB will not tolerate its policies or actions being questioned, in whole or in par, for this is 'murika.

[greenman3610]

10. where is this?

what is the event? who is protesting what?

[Oilwellian]

14. The police look German

The SWAT teams in America are far more daunting in their appearance.

[bvar22]

38. DURec for the OP, and your observation:

We may not be "there" YET,
but nobody can legitimately argue that we are not headed in that direction.

As far as the burgeoning Militarized Police/Surveillance State,
Nader was right. Democrat?...Republican?
Hasn't made any difference.

[Earth_First]

15. This is from the Ukraine...

Partial backstory:

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25543067

http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/photo/mirror-action-in-memory-of-nov-30-334467.html

[Uncle Joe]

13. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Earth_First.

[cantbeserious]

18. LEOs - Protect And Serve The Oligarchs - Not The People

eom

[DeSwiss]

19. This.

- Whomever it was that thought of this idea, is simply brilliant.

K&R

“We can, if we so desire, refuse to cooperate with the blind forces that are propelling us.” ~Aldous Huxley

[yodermon]

20. hope those are plastic mirrors. We got one at Ikea for our toddler

from http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90134528/

[PlanetaryOrbit]

21. To be fair, many cops probably don't WANT to be there.

Many cops probably were ordered or assigned to such duty and don't exactly want to confront the protestors.

[firsttimer]

22. Just following orders , wonder where I heard that before in history

[markpkessinger]

31. +1 n/t

[tazkcmo]

27. More than fair

Very generous. They did apply for the job under their own volition knowing full well they may one day have to crack some heads in the name of Law and Order. If they don't want to be there they don't have to be.

[L0oniX]

30. ..and many volunteer for the overtime just for the opportunity to beat on people.

[Egalitarian Thug]

34. Why is it that every sentence beginning with the words "to be fair" or "in all fairness"

continues on to present the case for inequity?

[Javaman]

36. It's right up there with "I'm sorry, but..." they are never really sorry. nt

[DLevine]

24. K&R. nt

[MarianJack]

25. I suspect that...

...a pisspot of those cops are going to get 7+ years of bad luck!

PEACE!

[fleabiscuit]

28. Wow

I was just quietly thinking about this kind of thing this morning. I was feeling a little helpless and ashamed. Everyone should have been on the streets when we saw what was happening to occupy. I'm not particularly liking the idea of looking into a mirror today.

[riqster]

29. The running LAPD joke during the Rodney King episode was...

Their motto had been changed from "to protect and serve", to "treat you like a King".

Gallows humor is sometimes all we have.

[blkmusclmachine]

32. Police State yet???

[Matariki]

33. Next protest - will possessing a mirror be a crime?

[LionsTigersRedWings]

35. like they care!

If they cared, they wouldn't be police.

[ThoughtCriminal]

37. If there's a reflection, there's hope.