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@inthehands Well that, and a well-liquored crowd just looking for trouble of any kind they could make. #UmbrellaMan, and the guy who put up posts of himself handing out firebombs, and aspiring looters. First time I’ve ever seen a melted stoplight.
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 @wndlb That’s why the cops unleashed all that tear gas: not just hurt protesters, but to send most people home. Cops make the situation too dangerous for most people to say, create a much smaller, much more dangerous crowd, and then they have a situation they can push to the point of exploding. 2/2 @inthehands @wndlb exactly how it went down at Occupy Oakland, too - deliberate tactic to discredit citizens @joeblubaugh @wndlb Yup. Discredit, and even more importantly, terrorize. People who are afraid of violence (well, white people who are afraid, anyway) vote for bigger police budgets, even when it’s the police causing the violence. A protest turning violent is just pure win-win for police: bash heads today, get a bigger budget tomorrow. |
@wndlb Yeah, after everything went to hell, there were people showing up ranging from organized crime to frat boys who think getting drunk and stealing street signs is a good time.
It wasn’t like that at first, of course. Something people don’t understand: larger protests are generally •safer•. When you have a march full of grandparents and little kids, people keep each other safe, keep each other mentally in one piece. 1/2