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In reply to the discussion: I guess it is a stupid way to get your idea across... and it does tend to alienate people. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)And to the NYPD, the Portland PD and all the other militarized PDs around the country who have been brutalizing American citizens for months now.
As your quote says, violence doesn't work, as we have seen by the rapid and continuing growth of this movement across the globe. But so far, the Police don't seem to understand that.
OWS is a non-violent movement and it has been met with a military-style force of thousands of robo cops armed with military style weapons.
MLK would recognize the violent actions of the cops. And he would say and do what the Occupiers repeatedly emphasize, that they should not react to the violence with violence, and so far, after four months of brutality against them, to their credit, they have stood by their non-violent pledge.