Stop police brutality against peaceful protesters!

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http://peoplesworld.org/stop-police-brutality-against-peaceful-protesters/

We believe that it is time for the federal government to move in and stop what has become a pattern of attacks on the fundamental rights not only of Occupy Wall Street protesters across the country, but on the rights of all Americans to engage in peaceful protest.

This has historical precedent. When workers occupied an auto plant in Flint, Mich., in the 1930s, U.S. troops were sent in to protect the occupiers from the police who were attacking them.

During the upsurge of the civil rights movement in the 1960's, our government again sent troops in to protect the public against police who used tear gas, water canons and attack dogs against civil rights demonstrators in the South.

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It's time for our elected leaders to speak out and take action against police brutality. The Justice Department today needs to step in with strict guidelines that protect all the people. And it should investigate the police departments involved for violating protester's civil rights.

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Net recommendation: 0 votes (Your vote: +1)

Voting against a plea to stop police brutality?

That is...quite unhealthy.

Skinner, please remove the Unrec feature. It enables the worst in people.

[DCKit]

6. Nah, it just enables the worst people.

I've only seen a couple of "good" threads go down in flames because of the trolls.

Like you, I'm torn over the unrec feature, until it comes to unreccing those same troll's hateful, undemocratic posts.

It hit 11 recs when I pushed the rec button.

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7. It'll be gone in DU3.

Per Skinner, but I don't remember what thread he posted that in. Don't sweat it, some people just don't like me. ;) Thank you for the rec.

[sabrina 1]

2. Rec. It's clear the American people need protection from

their Police Depts who appear to be working for entities other than the American people.

I saw a suggestion yesterday that maybe the American people should apply to the UN asking for a solution to the problem. I think that might be a good idea, mainly to show that the American people are no longer represented or protected by their government.

[Blue Owl]

3. Protect and Serve 100%, not just the 1%

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[SammyWinstonJack]

4. K&R .

[Quartermass]

5. It gets a +1 from me.

The police have really tarnished their reputations with their loyalty to their wallstreet bosses. They should be for the people, not the rich and powerful elite.

[DefenseLawyer]

8. Stop police brutality against everyone. n/t

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9. +1000

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10. kick.

[lonestarnot]

11. K & R!