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In reply to the discussion: 13 Photos From The Protests In Ferguson, You Won't Believe Happened In The U.S.A [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)52. Looked to me like someone kicked back one of the cops own smoke bombs before it went off.
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13 Photos From The Protests In Ferguson, You Won't Believe Happened In The U.S.A [View all]
xchrom
Aug 2014
OP
It sure as hell wouldn't be the first time the fascists provided their own reason to fire on
loudsue
Aug 2014
#4
Kent State for starters. Cointelpro also had a standard tactic of embedding provocateurs.
byronius
Aug 2014
#56
Definitely a possibility. That is what happened during Occupy which looked a whole like these photos
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#32
Looked to me like someone kicked back one of the cops own smoke bombs before it went off.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#52
Remember when the cops attacked the Democratic National Convention in Chicago?
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#75
No, I saw broken glass in the street in front of the advancing line of Robo Cops
Warpy
Aug 2014
#101
On FOX "News" the Chief claimed he was dealing with rioters throwing pipe bombs....
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#102
So throwing something at police is worse than drawing down on one with a rifle?
A Little Weird
Aug 2014
#10
Draw out the geometry before making conclusions. Look at the shadows and calendar for time and
DhhD
Aug 2014
#92
So snipers aiming their guns at Federal Law enforcement is lesser than someone throwing a
myrna minx
Aug 2014
#13
Well said. Good grief, I can't believe even on DU we have to read this BS!
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#80
Bundy looted the Treasury. He stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from you and I.
riqster
Aug 2014
#27
And when will the Cops be lobbing tear gas and such into the NYSE? They stole billions.
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#81
You surely just forgot 'you have the right to do so until you cross the line, meaning killing a
sabrina 1
Aug 2014
#34
LoFkingL. So armed and organized is OK? Which makes them less of a threat--the arms or the
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#82
The fascist government is not concerned about rightwing thugs with guns.
Fantastic Anarchist
Aug 2014
#16
Only the Police Chief who wasn't there because he was talking to FOX "News".
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2014
#53
The police chief should be fired and the cop's toys taken away! If an escalation like this is
RKP5637
Aug 2014
#76
At least the governor seems to realize that's who the problem is, not the people of Ferguson,
Warpy
Aug 2014
#77
You don't need the National Guard when the police start to rival them in armaments...
EEO
Aug 2014
#22
treading very close to conspiracy theory, but this looks bigger than Ferguson PD
MindPilot
Aug 2014
#21
Technical Note of Clarification: The Ferguson, MO police department has 53 cops, but the
VanGoghRocks
Aug 2014
#47
"Go home! Your Constitutional rights are not being denied! Go home or we will kill you!" nt
raouldukelives
Aug 2014
#28
Or, at least stand close to them only in the daylight hours. If I recall correctly,
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2014
#84
Looks like Germany and Italy during the thirties . Like Benjamin Franklin said , " all democracies
geretogo
Aug 2014
#46
Franklin did not say that. The quote you are thinking of is attibuted to Alexander Tytler,
Bluenorthwest
Aug 2014
#49
I stand corrected . I heard some one on talk radio say he said it . If you look back to the Greeks
geretogo
Aug 2014
#96