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Rhinodawg

(2,219 posts) Mon Aug 18, 2014, 10:23 PM Aug 2014

Does anyone know how many non-peaceful protesters there are ? [View all]

Or to be less PC, how many people want to cause trouble ?

(Seems no whatever what the police do...
Riot gear...no riot gear
Curfew...no curfew
Talking ...no talking with them
Helicopters...no helicoptors

It really doesn't seem to satisfy the non-peaceful protestors protestors.

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Does anyone know how many non-peaceful protesters there are ? [View all] Rhinodawg Aug 2014 OP

Yes, the protesters are the villains. Goodbye forever. You're on Ignore. nt valerief Aug 2014 #1

Can you read? Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #5

The police should close all roads into Ferguson Politicalboi Aug 2014 #2

Does anyone know who will stop the RAIN? HangOnKids Aug 2014 #3

Wow...thanks a lot. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #7

Non peaceful? Other than a couple of blowhards with megaphones Warpy Aug 2014 #4

Yup Politicalboi Aug 2014 #9

None. None of the protesters there want to cause trouble. NYC_SKP Aug 2014 #6

THE POLICE ARE RIOTING!!!! bravenak Aug 2014 #8

99% of the protestors are peaceful, of course. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #13

Out of towners i think. bravenak Aug 2014 #18

So does the LEADERSHIP... Amonester Aug 2014 #19

I think the protestors are going to have to round the assholes up themselves and deliver them. bravenak Aug 2014 #20

Good idea. Amonester Aug 2014 #23

It looks to me like most of the rioters are cops. lob1 Aug 2014 #10

Does anyone know how many non-violent cops there are? Bjorn Against Aug 2014 #11

Someone on-scene just interviewed on MSNBC said 20-25. nt pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #12

Then those folks need to be arrested, and the peaceful protesters left alone still_one Aug 2014 #15

Definitely. 840high Aug 2014 #24

Thank you. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #16

If there are any, that is a problem, it only takes one to destroy a peaceful protest. still_one Aug 2014 #14

Anarchists from other parts of the country. conservaphobe Aug 2014 #17

CNN had the guy on that was talking to people on the megaphone davidpdx Aug 2014 #21

I hope I don't get a response like post # 1, Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #22

The kneejerk reaction on DU is one of the things that is unfortuante davidpdx Aug 2014 #25

True. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #32

Training for protesters often includes tactics for isolating disruptors pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #26

Chris Hayes just identified some who were on camera with shirts over their faces flamingdem Aug 2014 #27

We saw the same thing at OWS pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #29

They seem to show up everywhere flamingdem Aug 2014 #31

The police are in a no win situation... deathrind Aug 2014 #28

That won't work pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #33

earlier in the evening oldandhappy Aug 2014 #30

Captain Johnson called them "criminals" and "agitators" Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #34