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20. So you want the police to remove people dressed in black from Occupy meetings?

Mon May 7, 2012, 03:59 PM

May 2012

Unless an individual has acted illegally, the police cannot do anything.

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Occupy's anarchists seen as both divisive, crucial [View all] hack89 May 2012 OP

A black bloc is not an organized group... ellisonz May 2012 #1

Do such tactics have a place in Occupy? hack89 May 2012 #2

No. n/t ellisonz May 2012 #3

Who has the authority to toss them? ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #17

The police... ellisonz May 2012 #19

So you want the police to remove people dressed in black from Occupy meetings? ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #20

So you are good with them being part of Occupy until they start to smash stuff ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #22

Hah... ellisonz May 2012 #23

No. Black Bloc techniques are unfair, not just. JDPriestly May 2012 #6

I find it hard to believe that such tactics are acceptable to some IDemo May 2012 #4

Or, worse, doing nothing to stop them. randome May 2012 #8

or black bloc = police/government paid agitators nt msongs May 2012 #7

So all Black Bloc participants are police? hack89 May 2012 #9

Police budgets must consume about half of our GDP 4th law of robotics May 2012 #11

Can you imagine what the unemployment rate would be hack89 May 2012 #13

Oh man, that would be horrifying 4th law of robotics May 2012 #14

I think they are mocking the notion that all Black Bloc members are provocateurs ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #18

I don't intend to sound like a conspiracy theorist, Jamaal510 May 2012 #10

It's hard to bash the crap out of shit.. snooper2 May 2012 #16