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raouldukelives

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27. Not to mention while this was happening with 100's of cops around

Reply to unionworks (Reply #11)

Thu Feb 2, 2012, 04:34 PM

Feb 2012

the peaceful protesters. The antics at City Hall were taking place at the same time a mile away with apparently no cops bothering to defend it or any internal security guards to be seen. Lots of cameras though.

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Not to mention while this was happening with 100's of cops around raouldukelives Feb 2012 #27

Or the morans who keep hollering "GIT A JOB!" backscatter712 Feb 2012 #20

Easy enough to ignore morans yelling 'git a job'. HappyMe Feb 2012 #23

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Clearly, you live in a more enlightened place than me. sudopod Feb 2012 #25

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"Dirty Flag Burnin' Hippie Boy" unionworks Feb 2012 #30