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sabrina 1

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26. You really had to dig deeply to find that. Do you have any idea how many people across this
Tue Apr 29, 2014, 12:41 AM
Apr 2014

country were involved, PEACEFULLY, in the first phase of this movement?

Would you like me to post some video, there are literally hundreds of them, showing the brutality of the 'army' that was sent out, coordinated at a federal level, we know now for certain, towards people who were doing nothing more than standing or walking as is their right to do, expressing their opinions on issues that are of the utmost importance to the people.

I could start with the woman in her eighties, a surviver of Nazi Germany, who was brutally attacked by what passes for civilian police, with pepper spray for simply BEING THERE.

I can show you more of an Iraq Veteran who was nearly killed by an unprovoked attack from a coward dressed like a robo cop who then attacked the peaceful, decent people who rant to try to try to help him.

Or the beating of another Iraq Veteran who lost his spleen, by another mob of cowards dressed like robo cops for simply walking to his home.

And you post a video of one woman out of tens of thousands of peaceful protesters but neglect to show the brutality towards the old, the young, veterans, women, and men for exercising their supposed rights in what is supposed to be a democracy?

What IS your point? The WORLD witnessed the brutality of the US towards its own people for over two weeks and were appalled to the point where the UN Rappateur on Human Rights made an appeal to the US Govt to intervene on their behalf to protect those innocent people from the brutality they were exposed to.

And yet, despite the horrific behavior of these thugs in uniform, the people showed incredible restraint.

Did that cop sexually assault that woman, most likely, in fact more than likely considering what was done to other women by them..

The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Judges That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Apr 2014 #1
Please focus on protests outside of the United States malaise Apr 2014 #2
sadly, G_j Apr 2014 #3
Never forget Kent State malaise Apr 2014 #4
Indeed! May 4th coming up. L0oniX Apr 2014 #8
Let's not forget Jackson State, either. malthaussen Apr 2014 #13
True and they happened days apart malaise Apr 2014 #15
du rec. xchrom Apr 2014 #5
I guess we needed guns 2pooped2pop Apr 2014 #6
Yep, freebrew Apr 2014 #10
Occupy exposed our fascist government or I should say our government exposed itself. L0oniX Apr 2014 #7
I've never heard a disabled person say, "“I’m totally handicapped." randome Apr 2014 #9
Social Security.... catnhatnh Apr 2014 #11
Okay, that makes more sense. randome Apr 2014 #12
This entire sub-thread.. PotatoChip Apr 2014 #14
Uh, Hello - Reading comprehension is your friend. kath Apr 2014 #16
Whoops. randome Apr 2014 #18
The Bundy affair Madmiddle Apr 2014 #17
This isn't a democracy which the treatment of OWS protesters made very clear. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #19
FBI was ready to greenlight SNIPERS. Octafish Apr 2014 #20
Omg, not that it is surprising, after watching come close to killing people on several occasions. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #21
Can't spark outrage if nobody knows. Octafish Apr 2014 #22
Take a look at this video. "Peaceful" does not mean "for a cause I like". Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #23
You really had to dig deeply to find that. Do you have any idea how many people across this sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #26
Why is any of that relevant, (except the last broad-brush)? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2014 #32
K&R n/t Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2014 #24
This is a splendid illustration of many problems with the Occupy! "movement" struggle4progress Apr 2014 #25
Chris Hedges understands what this movement is all about. It's clear you never did, which is fine. sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #27
I found this thread interesting: struggle4progress Apr 2014 #28
Did you think this was the first OWS member to run for office? He is not fyi. Of course it is sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #29
This is the paragraph that caught my eye: struggle4progress Apr 2014 #30
As I said, he is not the first and won't be the last to run sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #31
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