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104. Is this next?

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Wed Aug 13, 2014, 03:55 AM

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Picture this in your neighborhood. On your sidewalk. I dare you. [View all] KeepItReal Aug 2014 OP

No WONDER they want a media blackout! Rex Aug 2014 #1

They ARE military police. They are using military tactics against civilians, we saw it during OWS sabrina 1 Aug 2014 #4

Yes. More evidence: KeepItReal Aug 2014 #19

It reminds me of images of apartied South Africa. blackspade Aug 2014 #125

It remind me of WTO Seattle suffragette Aug 2014 #41

cost the chief of police his job Nobel_Twaddle_III Aug 2014 #93

That must have hurt suffragette Aug 2014 #95

This message was self-deleted by its author woo me with science Aug 2014 #86

All they need are armored Humvees with machine guns, tanks, artillery, and a few flame throwers aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #2

They have all those except for the flame thrower. morningfog Aug 2014 #9

Some places have those too. JoeyT Aug 2014 #25

But they've got LRAD... druidity33 Aug 2014 #111

Step by step it's getting there unless someone/people in authority in this country step up RKP5637 Aug 2014 #126

There's a reason they're called "jack booted thugs" MohRokTah Aug 2014 #3

Jesus~ cyberswede Aug 2014 #5

K&R redqueen Aug 2014 #6

Funny, I didn't see these guys at the Bundy Ranch, sylvanus Aug 2014 #7

Best observation of the day ^ world wide wally Aug 2014 #8

Exactly. n/t truedelphi Aug 2014 #10

Maybe some of them were there as members of the militia. LoisB Aug 2014 #11

THIS nt redqueen Aug 2014 #14

+1 uponit7771 Aug 2014 #23

Yeah that should be made into a national focus point. Rex Aug 2014 #26

^^This^^^n/t Gormy Cuss Aug 2014 #47

+1000! nt raouldukelives Aug 2014 #50

but they dropped a bomb on MOVE in philly noiretextatique Aug 2014 #51

+1 -- welcome to du fishwax Aug 2014 #62

+1 myrna minx Aug 2014 #67

! City Lights Aug 2014 #74

+1 Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #103

Those guys pointing guns at the cops probably weren't liberal either. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #106

Bingo! Scuba Aug 2014 #108

+1. Welcome to DU. IdaBriggs Aug 2014 #117

+1...nt freebrew Aug 2014 #122

+1 harun Aug 2014 #132

Absolutely. And if someone in South Central L.A. had refused to pay their property tax cui bono Aug 2014 #135

Good lord! procon Aug 2014 #12

+1 million Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #31

Because in their minds, it's happening to people who more or less deserve it. nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #39

Been there... VScott Aug 2014 #13

Where were these pictures taken? SmittynMo Aug 2014 #18

It was during the search for the marathon bomber. nt tblue37 Aug 2014 #30

I live within earshot of the shoot out and bomb(s) going off VScott Aug 2014 #45

That was going to be my reply. Martial law was essentially declared in Watertown, MA. EEO Aug 2014 #22

I don't know anyone in Ferguson that blew up a major sporting event... uponit7771 Aug 2014 #24

I don't know anyone in Boston/Watertown that looted stores VScott Aug 2014 #43

nor did the cops there shoot an unarmed black kid noiretextatique Aug 2014 #53

And if they had VScott Aug 2014 #54

sure...they have so many options noiretextatique Aug 2014 #73

Because looting, theft, arson, mayhem, vandalism, criminal behavior VScott Aug 2014 #79

I see you're trying to take the moral high ground. Maybe the Ferguson popo mackerel Aug 2014 #99

Good to know where you keep your priorities. n/t Scootaloo Aug 2014 #101

You may wish to explain why civility is expected of citizens malaise Aug 2014 #109

And you might want to explain how your home or business should be burnt down Egnever Aug 2014 #128

how very WHITE of you noiretextatique Aug 2014 #127

Well, they did, sort of. Fawke Em Aug 2014 #66

yep...black noiretextatique Aug 2014 #75

conditioning the public... smiley Aug 2014 #61

Exactly. Fawke Em Aug 2014 #68

I expect to see more scenes like this smiley Aug 2014 #83

"For the common good"... "if it only saves one life"... VScott Aug 2014 #84

Some people here on DU would LOVE for exactly that to happen shedevil69taz Aug 2014 #137

The Argentine junta, which killed 30,000 of its own people, was initially welcomed Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2014 #92

I would assume smiley Aug 2014 #113

That is a damn false equivalency. sheshe2 Aug 2014 #94

It is not false equivalency. Both set of photos scare the crap out of me. Live and Learn Aug 2014 #100

+1 Tommymac Aug 2014 #105

I live 30 miles from Ferguson SmittynMo Aug 2014 #15

Is it any surprise when so many Military Police leave the service and..... Bonhomme Richard Aug 2014 #16

They need numbers printed on their uniforms and helmets RoccoR5955 Aug 2014 #17

reminds me... cyberswede Aug 2014 #20

So many times lately . . . Brigid Aug 2014 #21

Quick, someone post a pic of the Boston cop with a jug of milk! mokawanis Aug 2014 #27

Because running out of milk is a CRISIS XemaSab Aug 2014 #29

Yes, it can be mokawanis Aug 2014 #32

You missed the XemaSab Aug 2014 #34

Oh, sorry XemaSab. mokawanis Aug 2014 #36

If this guy was a real helper, that would be 2% or skim. That whole stuff'll kill ya. n/t CincyDem Aug 2014 #44

No it won't hootinholler Aug 2014 #116

They wonder why their kids are scared of the police! redstatebluegirl Aug 2014 #28

Well said. Louisiana1976 Aug 2014 #33

I want one of these passiveporcupine Aug 2014 #35

this tweet is sickening because its true... Takket Aug 2014 #37

. BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #42

Land of the Free, Home of the Brave ... GeorgeGist Aug 2014 #38

Land of the Gagged home of the Slave. easychoice Aug 2014 #98

Uncle Sam Goddamn meow2u3 Aug 2014 #138

Zappa had it figured in 1966 easychoice Aug 2014 #140

Excellent de-escalations skills there, Chief. dickthegrouch Aug 2014 #40

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2014 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author Skidmore Aug 2014 #48

The caption from the source states otherwise VScott Aug 2014 #52

My error. Skidmore Aug 2014 #58

Nothing to correct. From the St. Louis Post Dispatch: KeepItReal Aug 2014 #55

WHY THE FUCK ARE THOSE WEAPONS AIMED????????? Moostache Aug 2014 #119

Ask VScott, who has all the answers. n/t crim son Aug 2014 #134

Where was that picture taken? Sanity Claws Aug 2014 #49

Ferguson, Missouri KeepItReal Aug 2014 #57

Where is the enemy they are dressed to kill? kentuck Aug 2014 #56

I shit you not, SWAT is outside my apartment right now! kjones Aug 2014 #59

As I said in another thread, we have a word for this... MindPilot Aug 2014 #60

k/r fishwax Aug 2014 #63

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #64

You are welcome. KeepItReal Aug 2014 #69

Right now on Chris Matthews Euphoria Aug 2014 #65

Who says the police are getting over-militarized? Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #70

Context? sulphurdunn Aug 2014 #71

Unarmed protester. Another unarmed black teenager killed. IdaBriggs Aug 2014 #118

What a picture damnedifIknow Aug 2014 #72

god damn race/civil war, i wish i was wrong randys1 Aug 2014 #76

all this to enforce a racist murder noiretextatique Aug 2014 #77

gestapo spanone Aug 2014 #78

A local newscaster mentioned how militarized the police have gotten in the last decade. catbyte Aug 2014 #80

To Protect And Serve The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks cantbeserious Aug 2014 #81

...and we are not supposed to run away from this? L0oniX Aug 2014 #82

There will be guerrilla war waged on the police... Moostache Aug 2014 #120

Top it off - the police are buzzing the area in helicopters - hedgehog Aug 2014 #85

I Don't Know What To Do ProgressiveJarhead Aug 2014 #87

I feel both, too PJ KeepItReal Aug 2014 #90

one step at a time grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #97

From kos Phlem Aug 2014 #88

Federal grants to militarize police departments. woo me with science Aug 2014 #89

Thanks for the links hueymahl Aug 2014 #115

Looks like the streets of Seattle durring WTO. Nobel_Twaddle_III Aug 2014 #91

"They hate our freedoms" grahamhgreen Aug 2014 #96

Those cops look so fucking ridiculous I can't even articulate it Number23 Aug 2014 #102

Is this next? Rapillion Aug 2014 #104

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Aug 2014 #107

Arrest the Cop, Stop the Violence Sparhawk60 Aug 2014 #110

Hear, hear. Bette Noir Aug 2014 #139

Not too hard I've seen similar more than once azurnoir Aug 2014 #112

I have. nt Javaman Aug 2014 #114

Remember when "the police" used to look like this? James48 Aug 2014 #121

That was always an illusion. X_Digger Aug 2014 #124

Terrifying. blackspade Aug 2014 #123

The world needs more testosterone like it needs more trapped global heat. nt valerief Aug 2014 #129

And with all that equipment, they still took hours to get Brown's body off the street. SunSeeker Aug 2014 #130

If you've done nothing wrong, there's nothing to fear. Repeal the Second Amendment!!!!11!! NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #131

I actually did see almost that in my neighborhood after the Rodney King trial. cui bono Aug 2014 #133

History repeating itself...When will we ever learn? mtngirl47 Aug 2014 #136