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[salomes_pimp]

vidicon posted this in his lj. i'm stealing it because i think it's important.

and behold those who try to expose the reality
who really, really try to realize democracy
are shot with rubber bullets and gassed off the streets....
~a.d.

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[kos23]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! GET THE FUCK OFF THE STREET.

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[salomes_pimp]

the police gave them a two minute warning to move from in front of the gates before opening fire. they began shooting even as people had moved to the sidewalks and others were trying to reach there and still shot the people on the sidewalks. granted, the people did not assemble on public property. (what is "public property" nowadays, btw? even the parks are private property....) however, the force used by the police was not necessary for the protest. the company they were protesting in front of sent workers home. no sweat off their backs. one of the drivers who was stalled from entering with gates with his truckload of weapons even told the press he was on the side of the protesters and only moved his vehicle in when the cops made him

[kos23]

all i have to say (without getting into the whole pro/anti war argument again)is that if you want to protest, on private property no less, if you want to "get your message heard", if you want throw rocks/metal/whatever at the police (or align yourself with group of other people throwing rocks), don't cry about it when you get your ass stomped by the authorities. a protester's wet dream is to evoke some type of reaction from the police. it's good publicity. it "get's your message heard" especially when it makes the "big bad police" look like they are victimizing the "poor helpless protester, who only wants to make themselves heard." horse shit. if the police wouldn't have stepped in, i doubt we would even have heard about this.

these people put themselves in this position and in my opinion they got not only what they deserved, but what they asked for. feel free to rant all you want. i encourage it. just don't go painting any bull's eye's on your back, or chin for that matter. lol my friend.

[lorigami]

part of the problem, as you pointed out, is that almost everything these days is private property. add to that the fact that one has to have a government permit to protest the government on what public property there is, and you aren't leaving protesters with much choice. the frustration of the people trying to make their voices heard is all too apparent, and things are getting out of hand on both sides. I do firmly believe, however, that the police grossly overreacted in this case. there were plenty of alternatives to firing rubber bullets straight at the crowd.

and hi, I'm kellie's friend with the blue hair.

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[salomes_pimp]

hey. =)

very well said!