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When the National Guard and/or federal assistance is sent in when a cop kills a black man [View all] marym625 Apr 2015 OP

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my what? marym625 Apr 2015 #2

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I just said marym625 Apr 2015 #5

I feel and understand your pain. Stellar Apr 2015 #11

exactly marym625 Apr 2015 #13

It must stop, marym. STOP the killing! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2015 #23

. marym625 Apr 2015 #24

How big does a business have to be for it to be OK to destroy it? Nye Bevan Apr 2015 #4

How many young men need to be killed? upaloopa Apr 2015 #6

"You have move complacent people off their places of comfort." Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #7

Of Course. NOLALady Apr 2015 #18

That's not even coherent in relation to what I wrote. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #30

I have not heard NOLALady Apr 2015 #47

How about the call to end the murders by cops? marym625 Apr 2015 #19

I'm an anarchist; I don't even think there should be cops or a PIC or a state to suppress people. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #26

Good to know marym625 Apr 2015 #27

NO cops? None at all? And you think that would make things better? 7962 Apr 2015 #50

If there were to be cops they certainly wouldn't be this massive, self-perpetuating state that Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #63

But that sounds just like a vigilante society. 7962 Apr 2015 #65

And where was this picture taken? Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #68

Dimpur India. Fairly large city with a not so large police force 7962 Apr 2015 #116

"you can find stories like this by the dozens in places where the police are non existent..." Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #118

Yes it has happened here unfortunately, in the South, the West & elsewhere when prisoners & appalachiablue Apr 2015 #120

Well, yes of course, but not in recent history like the picture. 7962 Apr 2015 #189

Who have always been responsible? pocoloco Apr 2015 #144

No state? TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #142

Being an anarchist does not preclude orgainizing for the betterment of others. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #145

Then you will have the state and all its trappings. :) TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #146

If what we want can only be had with wars and a PIC then we ned to rethink our wants. Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2015 #148

This whole thread reeks of NIMBY... Oktober Apr 2015 #95

Good point 7962 Apr 2015 #190

Come on Nye. marym625 Apr 2015 #8

My friend in Ferguson . .. PosterChild Apr 2015 #40

And how many people have to die at the hands of cops. blackspade Apr 2015 #41

Well said marym625 Apr 2015 #58

Yes! mountain grammy Apr 2015 #61

+1000 heaven05 Apr 2015 #72

+10 appalachiablue Apr 2015 #123

I agree. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #154

That is it in a nut-shell -none Apr 2015 #169

'Trickle down looting': sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #113

Max Keiser hits the mark often- appalachiablue Apr 2015 #127

Have you been raising Cain about the daily murders of Joe Chi Minh Apr 2015 #140

Kicked and Recced SwankyXomb Apr 2015 #9

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #10

Results... Major Nikon Apr 2015 #131

+1 Enthusiast Apr 2015 #155

Thank you for speaking from the heart Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #12

I honestly feel like I am going to break. marym625 Apr 2015 #14

You aren't alone Demeter Apr 2015 #39

amen to that! marym625 Apr 2015 #42

I was a little white kid living about 100 miles away during the Detroit riots Novara Apr 2015 #60

Spot on. Joe Chi Minh Apr 2015 #141

I feel your pain ciaobaby Apr 2015 #73

I have been watching Al Jazeera America marym625 Apr 2015 #98

Mayor of Baltimore ciaobaby Apr 2015 #107

It's just unbelievable. absolutely unbelievable marym625 Apr 2015 #108

+1! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #157

If more people watched Al Jazeera this country wouldn't be so fucked up. CrispyQ Apr 2015 #152

+1000 marym625 Apr 2015 #156

don't break heaven05 Apr 2015 #83

Thank you my friend marym625 Apr 2015 #99

+10 No place for PoC, the vulnerable, 'weak' or non wealthy in a greed driven, savage nation now- appalachiablue Apr 2015 #129

Damn tootin'!! nt hifiguy Apr 2015 #15

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #16

Well the national guard was called in. romanic Apr 2015 #17

Yes, they have marym625 Apr 2015 #20

Those of us who lived through the sixties NOLALady Apr 2015 #22

I don't remember looting over the injust Vietnam war. realFedUp Apr 2015 #31

Your point? NOLALady Apr 2015 #45

Really? marym625 Apr 2015 #52

Really? Google Hard Hat Riot smokey nj Apr 2015 #125

I want to know what the tab is and who is paying for this phalanx of Police, Military, and other libdem4life Apr 2015 #21

so true marym625 Apr 2015 #25

Rec this. Ilsa Apr 2015 #67

Add to that the lawsuits that do make it through and the City has to shell out millions. Do the libdem4life Apr 2015 #109

Quite right, why isn't the police state $ being used to train people and create jobs! and appalachiablue Apr 2015 #126

Yup. Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #133

The only winner from the shift from rural to city is WalMart. Local jobs are almost non-existent. libdem4life Apr 2015 #151

One doesn't equal the others realFedUp Apr 2015 #28

Just like John Crawford? Eric Garner? Tamir Rice? marym625 Apr 2015 #33

meh heaven05 Apr 2015 #75

kick and rec nadinbrzezinski Apr 2015 #29

Thank you Nadine marym625 Apr 2015 #34

This is my opinion. The Plutocratic Oligarchs are currently waging war against all of the 99%. rhett o rick Apr 2015 #32

I respect your opinion marym625 Apr 2015 #35

The elected officials essentially do our bidding. It's our responsibility to let rhett o rick Apr 2015 #46

and over and over again, marym625 Apr 2015 #48

This is getting so fucking old. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #36

+1000 marym625 Apr 2015 #37

This^ bvf Apr 2015 #49

+1000 heaven05 Apr 2015 #77

The national media ignored Gray's death Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2015 #128

Only Rachel showed a slide show of the other murderous cell phone images. The talking point was libdem4life Apr 2015 #153

+1 uponit7771 Apr 2015 #178

La rage marym625 Apr 2015 #38

Yup. Iggo Apr 2015 #43

It's sad. just heartbreaking marym625 Apr 2015 #44

Sorry about your pain Thespian2 Apr 2015 #51

I don't mean to minimize anything by saying that marym625 Apr 2015 #53

CVS can be rebuilt. Iggo Apr 2015 #111

exactly marym625 Apr 2015 #112

The average American can give a shit. Glassunion Apr 2015 #54

+1000 marym625 Apr 2015 #56

I don't feel safe when I can be murdered by a cop who didn't like how I look or what I said. sarge43 Apr 2015 #147

Cool. You're not average. Glassunion Apr 2015 #160

It is difficult not to share the anger and outrage. guillaumeb Apr 2015 #55

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #57

The obvious question is "Why do peaceful protests not seem to work?" guillaumeb Apr 2015 #64

That is such a big part of it marym625 Apr 2015 #66

Peaceful protest worked during the Vietnam Era, Maedhros Apr 2015 #173

Very true marym625 Apr 2015 #177

They weren't all peaceful Omaha Steve Apr 2015 #184

I have mentioned this a couple times in this thread marym625 Apr 2015 #188

Kick AuntPatsy Apr 2015 #59

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #62

you're in fine form heaven05 Apr 2015 #69

Thank you, Heaven marym625 Apr 2015 #74

I would say the governor is concerned much more with assuring the property owning, tax appalachiablue Apr 2015 #130

Very much so. marym625 Apr 2015 #134

Well there is a better way, but frankly we don't have the courage to do it. zeemike Apr 2015 #70

We do have the courage marym625 Apr 2015 #78

I was talking about us not them. zeemike Apr 2015 #97

I did marym625 Apr 2015 #104

Black lives, the disabled, the poor, matter. Ilsa Apr 2015 #71

+1000 marym625 Apr 2015 #82

+1000000000000000 NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #76

wow! marym625 Apr 2015 #84

... NoJusticeNoPeace Apr 2015 #88

First time I smiled all night marym625 Apr 2015 #102

Let me give you +a brazillion! nt tblue37 Apr 2015 #119

Thank you! marym625 Apr 2015 #122

Sent in when crimes realFedUp Apr 2015 #79

? marym625 Apr 2015 #85

Post removed Post removed Apr 2015 #96

I am a person who has a right to my opinion marym625 Apr 2015 #103

I asked them in another thread... NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #117

Looks like it marym625 Apr 2015 #121

Like when cops are killing unarmed citizens? Iggo Apr 2015 #110

MIRT!! BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #163

Add dogs to the list of police atrocity killings! LibGranny Apr 2015 #80

True marym625 Apr 2015 #89

We know WHY the police are out of control. How do we stop it??? blkmusclmachine Apr 2015 #81

I don't know marym625 Apr 2015 #91

If the police can't abide by the law Depaysement Apr 2015 #86

absolutely! marym625 Apr 2015 #92

Agreed n/t broadcaster75201 Apr 2015 #87

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #93

Couldn't care less about the CVS Egnever Apr 2015 #90

Don't worry, CVS will take care of all of that marym625 Apr 2015 #94

Word BrotherIvan Apr 2015 #164

yep. marym625 Apr 2015 #165

What a perfect statement. Daemonaquila Apr 2015 #100

It is. Is it yours? marym625 Apr 2015 #105

Recommended. As go Freddie Gray and Mike Brown, so go we all. NYC_SKP Apr 2015 #101

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #106

Thanks Mary. If only the outrage over property damage would be as great when a human sabrina 1 Apr 2015 #114

exactly marym625 Apr 2015 #115

+1 Pooka Fey Apr 2015 #136

I agree with you marym. I've been reading through these threads and truth2power Apr 2015 #124

The dedication of the people in Ferguson marym625 Apr 2015 #135

and war is never pretty Quayblue Apr 2015 #132

I am very glad I made the decision to not bring kids into this world. marym625 Apr 2015 #137

Yup. I knew I couldn't handle the fear. sarge43 Apr 2015 #149

Same here marym625 Apr 2015 #150

I don't blame you Quayblue Apr 2015 #170

I understand that marym625 Apr 2015 #174

K&R! stonecutter357 Apr 2015 #138

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #139

Some posts out there with important information not getting attention marym625 Apr 2015 #143

It's sad, it's frightening, but Duval Apr 2015 #158

far, far better marym625 Apr 2015 #161

Kicked Enthusiast Apr 2015 #159

Thank you marym625 Apr 2015 #162

Exactly correct, no actual straight reporting. It all has a right wing corporate bias built in. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #166

+1000 marym625 Apr 2015 #167

Police react og1 Apr 2015 #168

That "news" and all the pundits should have to have a marym625 Apr 2015 #179

1964. 1968. 1972. 1980. raven mad Apr 2015 #171

I'm sorry marym625 Apr 2015 #180

K&R Hutzpa Apr 2015 #172

Thank you! marym625 Apr 2015 #181

It is war, Mary. 99Forever Apr 2015 #175

Power to the People! marym625 Apr 2015 #182

Indeed 99Forever Apr 2015 #185

This is anger. And it's extremely hard to say it's not justified. calimary Apr 2015 #176

Absolutely! marym625 Apr 2015 #183

Well, I'm a mom, and that's the first thing I'd do. Take their damn toys away! calimary Apr 2015 #186

with these "children" marym625 Apr 2015 #187