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A lot of the police brutality in the states is finally come to light because of technology and how everybody is now packing a video camera on their phone.
Various Police Departments had a real issue with this and tried to shut it down aligning it with wire-tapping laws. However, it is now treated in American Law that everybody can be considered media due to tech like youtube and blogging and has a right to tape.
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Originally Posted by will068
The PD probably has direct instructions from City Hall to have free reign on the protesters @ Wall Street. Money talks. Period.
It doesn't help that Bloomberg is the Mayor.
But this is not an isolated incident, this happens every day in every city. Robert Dziekanski at YVR for example. I respect the difficult job the police officers have, many are great cops but some of them routinely abuse their authority and give the rest of the force a bad name. These kind of cops need to be fired immediately and banned from applying at any PD in the country.
think its time for North Americans to hold government accountable & stop filling pockets of bankers, good for them, and good that they caught this and is on a branded channel
If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true; to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs..
-Carl Sagan
they have had people like immortal technique, michael moore, susan surandon and others showing their support
edit: i think they were beating these people because the protestors were getting no media attention at all i think this msnbc was the first real source of media attention
So basically a bunch of idiots are trying to shut down markets without which modern society could not function.
These anarchists should be rounded up and deported to Somalia. If they want to live without a functioning government they should love it there.
It's more to it than that.
I don't think they want to shut down the market. They want something to govern the policies of financial institutions, loaners, etc.
As we get closer to the predicted date of 2012, it seems the world is crashing. Yes people will laugh at the 2012 thing, but I believe there will be something happening, be it nature or economic crisis, or both.
Just imagine, we have one whole year to go through, and things like these will progress. When people have no food to feed themselves and their children, they will fight for it.
i think its finally growing some steam - apparently the crowds are getting bigger and bigger
I love this comment tho:
When young Arabs protest their oppressive power structures, they are hailed by Western governments as a prodemocracy Arab Spring. When British and American youth protest their oppressive power structures, Western governments declare them hooligans and trouble makers.
With every bailout more freedoms are being lost. The need for a bailout shows that freedom doesn't work and people can't manage themselves. Therefore big brother needs to tell everyone what to do.
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