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(23,364 posts)They are pointing rifles at unarmed people with their hands in the air!!! Oh my gawd. This is wrong on so many levels.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)I retweeted it with copies to various MSNBC anchors, CNN, ABC, CBS, etc.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)I see that Democracy Now! covered it. It's unbelievable that the mainstream media seems to have ignored it.
MontanaMama
(23,364 posts)Thank you for spreading it far and wide.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Let news channels, esp Jake Tapper & various at MSNBC know. I also copied Richard Engel.
MontanaMama
(23,364 posts)I'm doing the same thing right now. Even if we duplicate who we send it to, it can't hurt. I guess I should not be shocked at this video but I am.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Duplicates are even better because it means more people are involved & noticing.
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)Who is signing up to take these idiot soldiers and their masters to jail?
Arkansas Granny
(31,537 posts)calimary
(81,555 posts)backtoblue
(11,347 posts)Shame!
GeorgeGist
(25,326 posts)call them out.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)A little context would be extremely helpful.
Response to Dave Starsky (Reply #6)
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lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)to check out these threads in their entirety if you are on twitter.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Nor do I have any desire to be. So it helps if people reposting stuff from there can give even the minimum background information.
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Do you happen to have the link for Democracy Now handy? I looked but didn't see this particular story.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)@JackSmithIV
In preparation for the neo-Nazi rally last weekend, police in small-town Newnan got nearly $1 million from the Pentagon, including $507,094 in crowd control gear.
Link to tweet
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)from when Eric Holder was the sheriff, right?
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)Altho I'm pretty sure DHS was pushing militarization on our LEOs even during Obama's tenure.
byronius
(7,403 posts)lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Neo Nazis rallied over the weekend in Newnan, GA, and then there were protests and the pigs showed up with tanks and weapons.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) that should be enlightening:
See: https://www.ajc.com/google-search/?q=Newnan
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A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)Until police departments stop hiring and training bullys and cowards, not a damned thing
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)Maybe the Feds could be called in. Oh wait. The Feds gave them all that military riot gear!
BumRushDaShow
(129,790 posts)particular after the gestapo optics of Ferguson. But as soon as the regime change happened, the freeze was lifted.
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)And explains so much, such as THIS thread, plus why the cops WATCHED as the Nazis in Charlottesville had their little fling.
The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement
https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/the-fbi-has-quietly-investigated-white-supremacist-infiltration-of-law-enforcement/
FBI's warning of white supremacists infiltrating law enforcement nearly forgotten
by Samuel V. Jones | May 12, 2015
http://thegrio.com/2015/05/12/fbi-white-supremacists-law-enforcement/
Anonymous Begins Publishing Identities of KKK Politicians and Cops
http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/11/anonymous-exposes-politicians-and-cops/
Photos surface of Philly police officer with Nazi tattoo
http://www.phillyvoice.com/photos-surface-philly-police-officer-nazi-tattoo/
KKK Has Infiltrated US Police Departments for Decades
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/kkk-has-infiltrated-us-police-departments-decades
It's time to admit police have a history of connections with the KKK
http://fusion.net/story/245527/police-history-kkk-connections/
"White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement"
http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/402521/doc-26-white-supremacist-infiltration.pdf
A HERETIC I AM
(24,380 posts)Yeah, Ive read numerous articles over the last few years about this issue.
Also, Radley Balkos book Rise Of The Warrior Cop is insightful as well
It is simple. The cops in this country are simply out of control, full stop.
They serve and protect the rich and themselves
Fuck everyone else
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)MineralMan
(146,341 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)CrispyQ
(36,547 posts)Too many of my friends believe it can't happen here. Even as it's happening before our eyes, they are still in denial. November will change everything, they say. I wish they'd take a refresher class on how government works.
WTF. We are in a seriously bad place and could tip either way. Trumps' unhinged & the GOP congress could give a fuck as long as they might get a chance to shred the safety net, after their disastrous tax cuts. It's gonna be such a fucking mess by the time the next dem gets in office. Assuming that can even happen with all the shenanigans the GOP is pulling.
THIS ^^^ IS THE PROBLEM
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,988 posts)Ohio- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
lillypaddle
(9,581 posts)I remember watching this on TV in real time.
spanone
(135,914 posts)byronius
(7,403 posts)Straight up boys with toys. What a gang of idiots.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)First, if they really feared for their lives so as to point lethal weapons, they would not be standing that close.
Second, since they don't really fear for their lives, they should not be pointing lethal weapons. Period.
Three, I would be extremely surprised if there was any valid reason to have that kind of force on scene confronting unarmed unmasked citizen protestors.
Four, leadership from the top down has not provided proper training to avoid the mistakes in the first three points. Not proper training to the "troops" (word used advisedly), not proper training for the "platoon" leader on scene, not proper training for their commanders.
Or maybe that particular police force is riddled with fascist thugs.
dameatball
(7,400 posts)Obviously a total overreaction that could have gotten someone killed No call for it.
Halloween must suck in that town.
jayschool2013
(2,314 posts)Oppaloopa
(867 posts)Initech
(100,117 posts)jalan48
(13,905 posts)Defense budget or even recommended big cuts? We are a war-like empire and the war has come home as well.
war always comes. when you've been in non-stop war for as long as we have, that's alot of homecoming
BigmanPigman
(51,646 posts)I noticed the same thing. The fucking moron was going to see the wall prototypes and when he was in town over a year ago his supporters were violent and tried to start fights. That is why on this visit they separated the pro moron idiots from the protesters into separate locations but half of the cult/base stood across from our anti-wall group anyway. There were the city police and sheriffs standing between the two groups bit They all faced the anti wall protester. From my past experience at an impeachment protest the sheriffs stood around and watched the Proud Boys (neo Nazis) try to disrupt the speakers and start fights with us. Finally a speaker (a city councilman) at the protest called the authorities and the sheriffs finally separated them from us. Finally, at the wall protest a bunch of SWAT guys like you see in the OP photo came and they all stood in rows facing us instead of the violent pro wall people! What is up with that shit?!?!
33taw
(2,448 posts)0rganism
(23,978 posts)our descendants deserve to know. maybe they can make better decisions than we did.
malaise
(269,237 posts)and not just in the USA
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Without these videos the police can kill someone and end up claiming their lives were in jeopardy. The video shows the complete opposite.
Always be ready to defend your life with the more powerful weapon of your own iPhone.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)and when they do everyone who is active in demonstrations should have one. I bet it happens soon.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)You can make your own bodycam harness for any pocket computer. Just modify a shirt and you can modify button hole to be big enough for the lens to see out of. Especially a breast pocket button hole.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Our posts here are lost at the bottom of the thread.
Its a great idea!
AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)Duppers
(28,127 posts)AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)If you're too young to remember it, look it up.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It is unrecognizable to me these days. I really fear for our future. I believe the fascist forces in this country will stop at nothing until they rule over the rest of us. For the first time ever, I feel like our democratic institutions are very fragile.
red dog 1
(27,889 posts)Plus post & re-post it EVERYWHERE!
Email all progressive talk shows, especially Thom Hartmann (you can write a blog there)
TELL EVERYBODY!
Like Tomthunkit tweeted above: "This is Trump's America"
K&R