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uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 04:42 PM Mar 2015

Police state much? Or...“looking for a black male.”

Crosspost from elsewhere on DU, words fail me.

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/swarms-cops-guns-drawn-raid-music-video-set-unlawfully-cuff-search-entire-cast/#ci47FhFAZCjVJk7g.99

Swarms of Cops with Guns Drawn, Raid Music Video Set, Unlawfully Cuff and Search Entire Cast

San Francisco, CA — A video was submitted to the Free Thought Project Wednesday, which shows what life looks like when you live in a police state.

San Francisco rap artist, Yung Lott was filming a music video at a public park in Bayview-Hunters Point, when their production was rudely and unlawfully brought to a halt.

As the video begins rolling the group is quickly interrupted as swarms of SFPD officers surround the group and demand they all put their hands up and get on their knees.

Cameraman, Brian Storm posted video of the raid on his Facebook page and it quickly began to go viral.....(more)





http://www.democraticunderground.com/118713023
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Police state much? Or...“looking for a black male.” (Original Post) uppityperson Mar 2015 OP
Race Baiter! Race Baiter! NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #1
All those sirens, all those cops yelling, I can hear the young men thinking "shit, be really really uppityperson Mar 2015 #3
If they had reacted the way they SHOULD have or DESERVED to react, yes, they would ALL be dead now NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2015 #13
kick Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #2
WTF? Everyone needs to post this to social media Marrah_G Mar 2015 #5
Kick Baitball Blogger Mar 2015 #6
with liberty and justice for all guillaumeb Mar 2015 #7
Is it against the rules to respond to this thread constantly so as to keep it at the top and hope NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #8
Not against the rules to kick and kick uppityperson Mar 2015 #10
what uppity said n/t Tsiyu Mar 2015 #25
Police used to do this all the tine when I was growing up. bravenak Mar 2015 #9
But I just got told off by dozen or more DU members that I am out of my mind NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #11
It's obvious that racism is all throughout our society. NutmegYankee Mar 2015 #12
And it is not just racism. zeemike Mar 2015 #18
Yup, keep the people scared and you can do whatever you want. uppityperson Mar 2015 #23
but we keep being assured that there is no police state in this greatest, niyad Mar 2015 #14
+1 It all depends on who you are. SomethingFishy Mar 2015 #16
Any chance these pigs . . . MrModerate Mar 2015 #15
Nope. MUST. LOOK. FORWARD. That's the refrain from people who are "in" on this. blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #20
Let's hope they can't figure out how to shut down these cams erronis Mar 2015 #17
POLICE STATE blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #19
Note this was not done in a small town like Ferguson BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #21
just really horrible, unspeakable....pretty sure they wouldn't do this to a group of whites! nt steve2470 Mar 2015 #22
Next up: The SFPD raids the 49ers.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2015 #24
Ugh. Cops suck so hard. Inkfreak Mar 2015 #26
Outragious. And commonplace. Shame on the SFPD. Scuba Mar 2015 #27

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
1. Race Baiter! Race Baiter!
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 04:47 PM
Mar 2015

Come on, these cops did nothing wrong, why are you showing this video, you are just gonna upset the nice white folks...

Dont you know if a group of black people are in one place they are guilty of something?




just so it is clear, I am not calling you a race baiter

uppityperson

(115,674 posts)
3. All those sirens, all those cops yelling, I can hear the young men thinking "shit, be really really
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 04:55 PM
Mar 2015

really really really really cooperative and don't put my hands down for anything".

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
4. If they had reacted the way they SHOULD have or DESERVED to react, yes, they would ALL be dead now
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 04:56 PM
Mar 2015

This NEVER happens if they are white

NEVER

Response to uppityperson (Reply #3)

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
8. Is it against the rules to respond to this thread constantly so as to keep it at the top and hope
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 05:07 PM
Mar 2015

that some other folks will try and explain this to me?

I want to know if this would have happened had these kids been white?


I say kids, give away my age, young men and women.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
9. Police used to do this all the tine when I was growing up.
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 05:22 PM
Mar 2015

I started getting searched at ten years old and they touched me weirdly.

NoJusticeNoPeace

(5,018 posts)
11. But I just got told off by dozen or more DU members that I am out of my mind
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 05:50 PM
Mar 2015

that racism is everywhere in America...

Weird.

I am starting to lose patience with the racists...

NutmegYankee

(16,177 posts)
12. It's obvious that racism is all throughout our society.
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 05:53 PM
Mar 2015

Those who deny are choosing to willfully ignore that.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
18. And it is not just racism.
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 07:11 PM
Mar 2015

It is Fascism too...but then you need fascism to do what these cops did and get away with it.
And they will get away with it.

We have a police state, and they are comfortable with it.

niyad

(112,424 posts)
14. but we keep being assured that there is no police state in this greatest,
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 06:35 PM
Mar 2015

bestest country in the entire universe.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)
16. +1 It all depends on who you are.
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 06:44 PM
Mar 2015

This video is outrageous. Cops can just walk up handcuff you and ask for your papers, without ever once giving a reason. That is a fucking police state.

 

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)
15. Any chance these pigs . . .
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 06:43 PM
Mar 2015

And I use that term because I don't see any police officers in the video -- will all be fired and sued until they don't have a nickel left?

Any chance at all?

erronis

(14,941 posts)
17. Let's hope they can't figure out how to shut down these cams
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 07:10 PM
Mar 2015

This is what lost RMoney his paid-for presidency.

This has probably stopped more police brutality than any other thing.

Let's try to figure out how to get our videos constantly streaming everywhere so nobody can stop the flow of information. It doesn't belong to the (police) state or the ISPs.

BumRushDaShow

(127,270 posts)
21. Note this was not done in a small town like Ferguson
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 07:27 PM
Mar 2015

This took place in the city of San Francisco, a city where the black population is only 6.3% . Across the bay Oakland is 28% black.

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