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Is America a Police state?
- Thread starter Revoltingest
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Media blackout right now. Social media and live streaming is how protestors are communicating with the world tonight.
And I thought seeing tanks in neighborhoods was surreal.
Everyone hug your families a little tighter tonight.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
It makes me wish I could be in my home state now to stand against this injustice. Hopefully there will not be any serious injuries or further killings.
This dependence upon media will dissipate as decentralized sources & drones become
more prevalent, IMO. Government will have a harder time hiding their nefarious deeds.
Anyway, be careful. More wrong things happen when things are chaotic & cops are scared.
Dirty Penguin
Master Of Ceremony
When they tell you to turn your cameras off that's when every camera needs to be recording...
There's a reason police don't want to be recorded which is all the more reason to record them...
Thanks. Got a bad feeling about tonight. Hopefully it's just indigestion.
Yeah, local media is being tear-gassed by the police. Never imagined it would come to that.
I need to go folks. I should get home safe traveling the outskirts, but I have a lot of friends right there in the thick of it.
Seriously, hug your families a little tighter tonight.
Seriously, hug your families a little tighter tonight.
Bacon settles the stomach.
Military involvement...at a distance:
Pentagon fueled Ferguson confrontation: Column
Pentagon fueled Ferguson confrontation: Column
I'm home. Friends are still out there. Just got some reports from them. Still hands up facing heavily armed forces and chanting and singing. Media blackout is still on.
I'm checking out what Anonymous has released, seeing that they're following through with their warning against the Ferguson PD not to hurt any of the protestors. Well...people HAVE been hurt, repeatedly. Concussion grenades, gas, firing rubber bullets, attack dogs.
I haven't slept the last two nights. But wanted to let you all know how I am. I'm worried about my buddies, since they're full of adrenaline right now. This has been one hell of a night.
I'm checking out what Anonymous has released, seeing that they're following through with their warning against the Ferguson PD not to hurt any of the protestors. Well...people HAVE been hurt, repeatedly. Concussion grenades, gas, firing rubber bullets, attack dogs.
I haven't slept the last two nights. But wanted to let you all know how I am. I'm worried about my buddies, since they're full of adrenaline right now. This has been one hell of a night.
If you're having any trouble sleeping, I could lend you some of my books on the history
of machine tools. (I know! Isn't it amazing that there are more than one in existence?)
Guaranteed snoozefest.
of machine tools. (I know! Isn't it amazing that there are more than one in existence?)
Guaranteed snoozefest.
Wirey
Fartist
CynthiaCypher
Well-Known Member
I was about to post that. The police have occupied that city and are curtailling any peaceful protest.
Dirty Penguin
Master Of Ceremony
WOW...
The video of the press being tear gassed is unfortunate not to mention (illegal)....
Thruve
Sheppard for the Die Hard
WOW...
The video of the press being tear gassed is unfortunate not to mention (illegal)....
The riot threw bottles at the police, forgot the abbreviation for the specific unit that deals with riots, which at that very moment signifies an unlawful protest. The moment something is thrown, its done. Justified? idk, thats a decision for you to make, but it was declared an illegal protest. Here in palm Beach county theres a KKK meeting once every so often. A kkk Meeting? Yessir! A KKK meeting, and it's legal, as long as they don't do anything illegal such as burning people, etc. A deputy told me that he was assigned to watch and protect the KKK (The KKK asked for assistance) during their protest. He said they were screaming eff the jews, blacks, etc, etc, but that it was all legal. Its redic.. but... thats how it is. However, The moment a KKK member spots a Jew and throws something at him, its all over.
Did you notice that those tear gas cans were exploding? I googled it because that seemed... different... and I just learned that they explode to keep them HOT HOT HOT so that no one is tempted to pick it back up and throw it back at the police. Apparently dripping hot phosphorus = goodbye hand.
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We used to have KKK rallies here a decade or so ago. They loved to come to the ultra-liberal Ann Arbor
because they knew there'd be a strong reaction. They were never disappointed. The cops erected a
fence to protect the KKK demonstrators, who attracted a large loud violent mob. My office was 1 block
from the event, & I could see masked "peace demonstrators" carrying knives & clubs. The cops did
nothing to stop this. Tear gas even wafted over to my office once.
Once, a white guy with a Confederate flag was set upon by the mob & beaten. This was until a black gal
climbed on top of him as a human shield. Weird, eh? That picture made the news.
Dirty Penguin
Master Of Ceremony
From what I heard...people protesting were unaware that a bottle was thrown. I skeptical of the claim that something was thrown given the fact that earlier in the day the police chief said that he would like it if the protesting was "limited" to daylight hours and that people would go back to their homes by then. With an attitude like that toward one's civil liberties I'm not convinced something was thrown and becoming more and more convinced they wanted people to simply comply with their military style of policing.....But I see no reason they should have used tear gas on the press.
freethinker44
Well-Known Member
FBI to oversee Ferguson protests, operations
They're sending in federal authorities to handle it now. Question is, are they going to de-escalate the violence from the protestors or double-down on the violence from the police?
They're sending in federal authorities to handle it now. Question is, are they going to de-escalate the violence from the protestors or double-down on the violence from the police?
Thruve
Sheppard for the Die Hard
Protesters. Looting, burning down businesses, is Not an excuse by any means regardless of the situation. Also, hopefully to replace the police.