dana_b
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Sat Oct-29-11 10:58 PM
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Occupy Oakland on the march - cops in gas masks |
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Edited on Sat Oct-29-11 11:01 PM by dana_b
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupyoaklandI had to leave the meetings early but I knew they were going to march tonight to protest police brutality. Now the cops are there with gas masks - again. edited to add picture link http://twitpic.com/77zmr9
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:00 PM
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:04 PM
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3. The message must have gone out across the country to suppress OWS with |
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Edited on Sat Oct-29-11 11:04 PM by RKP5637
the same tactics just about everyplace. This is a repeat of the 60's all over again. You have the right to assemble and peacefully protest until you do it, and then you'll get the shit kicked out of you. I imagine a lot of the younger ones are getting a good glimpse of how this place really operates.
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:06 PM
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5. and some of us not so young ones |
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I am an older Gen Xer and have NEVER seen this in my lifetime.
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:10 PM
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7. I saw in the 60's at school, was also tear gassed. Also the civil rights riots in |
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Edited on Sat Oct-29-11 11:13 PM by RKP5637
the 60's, watched DC burn.
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nadinbrzezinski
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:06 PM
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6. Yep, but since this is global... |
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Tells me this is truly scaring elites. Personally I don't think that ginnie is going back anytime soon.
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:18 PM
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9. The true face of fascism in this country is showing itself IMO. n/t |
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:19 PM
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10. This is happening world wide |
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:25 PM
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12. Yep, the other side of globalism, we are all fighting back. Eventually the |
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enforcers will start asking themselves more and more why they are repressing people with the same concerns as they have. That, to me, is what the 1% are really afraid of, that their propaganda and control will fracture, and the enforcers will turn on them too. Then, all hell is going to break out.
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:01 PM
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dana_b
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:05 PM
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4. another, clearer stream |
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:12 PM
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8. I got a serious suggestion |
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Out of Ghandhi. Come across a pd line, shut up, sit down.
In other words present as zero threat. Cops have no clue what to do then.
Make sure that goes far and wide.
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:19 PM
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11. They've been sent out to scare OWS into disappearing. It won't. nt |
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Sat Oct-29-11 11:26 PM
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13. it just attracts more people when that stuff happens |
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this is getting bigger every day
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Sun Oct-30-11 12:31 AM
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14. Exactly. They're idiots calling attention to themselves by threatening protesters. nt |
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