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Bozita

(26,955 posts) Sat Jan 28, 2012, 11:21 PM Jan 2012

Local TV news: "An Occupy demonstration turns violent when police fire tear gas into the crowd" [View all]

It was a teaser at www.wdiv.com in Detroit, an NBC affiliate.

When they did the story after the break, they said demonstrators threw bottles at the cops.

I smell bullshit.

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Local TV news: "An Occupy demonstration turns violent when police fire tear gas into the crowd" [View all] Bozita Jan 2012 OP

Is this about Oakland, do you know? nt gateley Jan 2012 #1

Yes, Oakland, CA Bozita Jan 2012 #2

just read a Huffpost article unionworks Jan 2012 #3

weeks away? this should have happened a long time ago. niyad Jan 2012 #7

Interesting about the difference in the reporting.. midnight Jan 2012 #4

Some nasty stuff happening. tabatha Jan 2012 #5

I wonder if they realized how they presented it--the crowd wasn't violent UNTIL the cops fired the niyad Jan 2012 #6

Fucking pigs always go in and excalate shit gopiscrap Jan 2012 #8

K&R (nt) T S Justly Jan 2012 #9