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The Velveteen Ocelot

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15. Lawrence O'Donnell is interviewing a radio reporter
Wed Aug 13, 2014, 10:42 PM
Aug 2014

who says the police has told all the media people that they had to turn off their cameras and recorders! Now the cops are throwing tear gas canisters into a residential neighborhood. The crowd has dispersed but the cops are still throwing tear gas. Amazing and appalling.

FUCK NO! MohRokTah Aug 2014 #1
RACIST FUCKING PIGS IS RIGHT randys1 Aug 2014 #4
Cameras are threatening?!? n/t winter is coming Aug 2014 #2
Polite assholes aren't they! L0oniX Aug 2014 #3
To wit we shall politely reply -- Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2014 #92
Hey, they said "please" progressoid Aug 2014 #101
Um, go fuck yourselves. n/t theaocp Aug 2014 #5
What law says that you cannot use cameras in public? liberal N proud Aug 2014 #6
The press has special freedoms in the Constitution. jwirr Aug 2014 #12
don't shoot from a different point of view!! oldandhappy Aug 2014 #7
The Feds need to be sent in, just as JFK and LBJ ordered. Dawson Leery Aug 2014 #8
Yes, where are the Feds. My god. onecaliberal Aug 2014 #30
Martha's Vineyard AngryAmish Aug 2014 #45
Eating at The Sweet Life Cafe. (I swear, you cannot make this s*it up!) VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #69
Please go home and read the Constitution you pigs. jwirr Aug 2014 #9
A Lawrence's guest just asked malaise Aug 2014 #10
Yes. And that guest is a law enforcement analyst. nt conservaphobe Aug 2014 #11
people from Gaza are tweeting how to handle tear gas to the citizens living in Ferguson HipChick Aug 2014 #13
seriously? 2banon Aug 2014 #18
Well to be truthful I could do that malaise Aug 2014 #22
IS there something about using vinegar, or is straight water the best? hedgehog Aug 2014 #31
One-third vinegar - two thirds water malaise Aug 2014 #43
I will keep that in mind... HipChick Aug 2014 #38
That's what we used in D.C. back in the day - but there weren't any ziplock bags. We wet bandanas freshwest Aug 2014 #41
After the first experience you learn from the experts malaise Aug 2014 #46
Oh, I'm talking about Nixon escalating the war, first times. We organized nationally and practiced freshwest Aug 2014 #70
I even got tear gassed at a fucking music festival Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #85
At a music festival? malaise Aug 2014 #90
Denver in 1969 Blue_In_AK Aug 2014 #103
Wow! malaise Aug 2014 #89
This is why you are filled with awesome sauce! JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #94
Lots of variations malaise Aug 2014 #49
well, there's similarities... Scootaloo Aug 2014 #56
This is a human rights issue now. oldandhappy Aug 2014 #14
Lawrence O'Donnell is interviewing a radio reporter The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2014 #15
Yep, they were launching gas into people's YARDS!! arcane1 Aug 2014 #21
Can you fugging believe that? malaise Aug 2014 #23
Looks like a F'en war zone. ... watching live feed someone posted further on. RKP5637 Aug 2014 #34
That's no longer live, it begins at around 7:20pm arcane1 Aug 2014 #37
Thanks for the update! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2014 #39
I just saw them firing rubber bullets at the dudes with the camera. bravenak Aug 2014 #51
Yep, saw that too, and also damaged the camera. They were just standing there, and the cops fired on RKP5637 Aug 2014 #55
The police department needs to be fired. bravenak Aug 2014 #59
Absolutely, and they appear to answer to none. It's like a rogue invasion force egging RKP5637 Aug 2014 #60
I noticed that tgey were trying to CAUSE a RIOT. bravenak Aug 2014 #61
Agree so much! Some have been remarking at how the cops handled the Bundy Ranch where arms were RKP5637 Aug 2014 #63
I agree. bravenak Aug 2014 #65
I'm in total agreement bravenak JustAnotherGen Aug 2014 #95
They do seem to remind me of a bunch of Zimmermans. bravenak Aug 2014 #97
I see similarity with 2naSalit Aug 2014 #102
Two cans of CS gas down the block nearly did me in Warpy Aug 2014 #36
I guess they need the practice aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2014 #27
Unfucking real Bobbie Jo Aug 2014 #40
The mayor should resign and a special election held. Local lawyers should be all over this shit. ancianita Aug 2014 #84
Like the WTO in Seattle. It was horrible. They also brought in rural cops who assaulted aid workers. freshwest Aug 2014 #44
I hate Alex Jones PAProgressive28 Aug 2014 #16
Alex Jones is a fucking dumb-ass who cares no more about black people than these asshole pigs. arcane1 Aug 2014 #26
And he's a racist, sexist homophobe. freshwest Aug 2014 #48
And he thinks a black-robed Henry Kissinger makes sacrifices to Satan. arcane1 Aug 2014 #52
"And he thinks a black-robed Henry Kissinger makes sacrifices to Satan." winter is coming Aug 2014 #67
DUzy! arcane1 Aug 2014 #68
Well, now, I can't disagree with that! freshwest Aug 2014 #72
This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Aug 2014 #71
The Bohemian Grove is part of his Paleo-Christianity routine. He's Bill Hicks reincarnated, too. freshwest Aug 2014 #74
Debbie Gibson is a CIA plot to make you think malls are good. arcane1 Aug 2014 #78
'And bottled water turns men gay!' says the Oracle from Austin. Want video? It's epic. freshwest Aug 2014 #82
Alex Jones does whatever will bring in $$$$$ and he has enough fools following him to RKP5637 Aug 2014 #66
Exactly. arcane1 Aug 2014 #76
is this happening right now? 2banon Aug 2014 #17
YES bobduca Aug 2014 #24
Thanks for the live feed. Just as a suggestion, maybe you can post it as RKP5637 Aug 2014 #28
I was about to and i saw this one, kick it! bobduca Aug 2014 #33
thanks... n/t 2banon Aug 2014 #73
chant from the past----the whole worlds watching dembotoz Aug 2014 #19
fresh tear gas, sound cannons and rubber bullets going off now. bobduca Aug 2014 #20
Had enough of this bullshit myself. AverageJoe90 Aug 2014 #25
Hey cops -- who you hidin' from? Blue Owl Aug 2014 #29
WTF? I'm not as quick to criticize police as some, but this is BS. Hoyt Aug 2014 #32
Tear gas: hedgehog Aug 2014 #35
And asthma, etc. I want federal troops there. Wondering though... freshwest Aug 2014 #53
What the ACTUAL fuck? AzDar Aug 2014 #42
We'll put down our cameras when you put down your weapons. JEB Aug 2014 #47
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2014 #50
Not that I believe it but... Takket Aug 2014 #54
watch the live streams. citizens doing the 1A. KG Aug 2014 #57
Here are some tweets.. HipChick Aug 2014 #58
2014 it is Tsiyu Aug 2014 #86
Fuck. that. Shit. kath Aug 2014 #62
^^^^ this ^^^^ bobduca Aug 2014 #75
Time to send in Federal Marshalls, like they did back in the '60s kath Aug 2014 #64
Only when cops disperse and stop rioting. Rex Aug 2014 #77
WTF country do they think they're in? liberalmuse Aug 2014 #79
We don't do it in movies. littlemissmartypants Aug 2014 #80
TRANSLATION... kcdoug1 Aug 2014 #81
Please blow me. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #83
Now why would they want people to do that? Warren DeMontague Aug 2014 #87
I think not! nt tblue37 Aug 2014 #88
That'll work wheniwasincongress Aug 2014 #91
GGRRR!!!!!! maced666 Aug 2014 #93
Police Riot. Sunlei Aug 2014 #96
There will be lawsuits Gothmog Aug 2014 #98
Is there any part of our Government that still has any integrity? nt ladjf Aug 2014 #99
kick woo me with science Aug 2014 #100
Answer.... abakan Aug 2014 #104
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