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In reply to the discussion: Today in Chicago I saw the effects of police brutality against peace activists with my own eyes [View all]awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)114. I am a proud democrat...
who is ashamed at what our elected leaders have become.
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Today in Chicago I saw the effects of police brutality against peace activists with my own eyes [View all]
Bjorn Against
May 2012
OP
I saw people with blood gushing out of their heads and police threatening violence
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#9
Thanks for being there, and thanks for confirming that I am not making this up
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#27
Yes, in an ideal world people should be able to speak their minds without being threatened.
elleng
May 2012
#50
If you support assault and battery against people exercising the first amendment...
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#57
I would consider holding batons up at protesters to be threatening violence
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#26
I would suspect that if you saw thousands of people coming toward you and taunting you...
randome
May 2012
#29
Please dont think your pretense fools anyone. Time and time again police have beaten
rhett o rick
May 2012
#107
I do know you are not standing on the same side as me. You try to rationalize police brutality.
rhett o rick
May 2012
#110
But I did see what happened, maybe not every detail of it but I saw a lot happen with my own eyes
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#14
Don't worry, there will be video as there always is, which is why the police tried to make taking
sabrina 1
May 2012
#53
Individuals may have made that claim, that does not mean that they are right
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#21
The police don't need hundreds in riot gear batons in hand for a non-violent protest
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#25
If they don't know who did it they should investigate, they should not go into riot mode
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#30
The riots at sporting events usually occur when people leave those contained facilities
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#35
I'm sure some cities ARE prepared for violence when a championship game is being played.
randome
May 2012
#68
Your flippancy was out of place. If you meant to be sarcastic, and I can't imagine you were serious,
sabrina 1
May 2012
#54
Thanks, I did not take pictures of that incident because the medics wanted privacy
Bjorn Against
May 2012
#46
I'm proud to call myself a Democrat and an American. And I'm proud of the protestors.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2012
#75
Proud of the cops, are you? N.B.: Rahm Emmanuel (Obama's first Chief of Staff) is their boss. Or,
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#87
Obama’s Signing Statement on NDAA: ‘I have the power to detain Americans… but I won’t’
RitchieRich
May 2012
#88
So if the tanks are rolling down the streets, as long as the guns are not pointed at you
Doctor_J
May 2012
#116
Rahm is just another over proud 68 R. Dailey. But in the end he like Dailey will find out that they
jwirr
May 2012
#104
Thanks for sharing your first hand experience about what is going on in Chicago...
midnight
May 2012
#108