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23. And the same M$Greedia will give hours and hours of coverage about

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Sun May 20, 2012, 07:14 PM

May 2012

the rights of people in other countries when they are attacked during protests.
Do we still have rights in so called Western democracies?

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holy s*&%^ the chicago cops were beating the crap out of people - even don lemon just made the point [View all] arely staircase May 2012 OP

The police are wrong with what they are doing but Drale May 2012 #1

yeah some idiot threw an empty bucket - which didn't hurt anyone and then the cops arely staircase May 2012 #3

Police are NOT beating protesters. nt Saturday May 2012 #7

Apparently You Are NOT Watching CNN... WillyT May 2012 #11

Um, the sky is plaid not blue, rain falls upwards, the earth lights the sun. Dragonfli May 2012 #13

LOL!!! Well said! Zalatix May 2012 #49

OT, but holy shit, that 1-sentence anecdote sums up the entire GOP. Damn. yodermon May 2012 #52

It's not that she didn't try for those bonus agreements or enthusiasm, Dragonfli May 2012 #54

i saw it with my own eyes and so did cnns don lemon who called arely staircase May 2012 #17

(((infinite facepalm))) GRAPHIC, because they were BEATEN BY COPS Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #35

thanks for posting arely staircase May 2012 #37

It was terrible to watch on OccupyFreedomLA's ustream livestream. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #38

CNN: Police, protesters clash outside NATO summit pinboy3niner May 2012 #39

what a arely staircase May 2012 #45

Here is extremely clear video of cops using protesters as pinatas. Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #40

It looks like unnecessary force to me. randome May 2012 #47

Well, so long as I have the word of some sad rando on the internet. EOTE May 2012 #53

some idiot kardonb May 2012 #18

sure arely staircase May 2012 #19

Oh please, there are hours and hours of footage from hundreds of protests, almost all of them sabrina 1 May 2012 #8

Did I not say the police were wrong? Drale May 2012 #9

You are missing her point, the police are taking an eye for an eyelash Dragonfli May 2012 #10

Thank you, not to mention that the police always initiate the violence. sabrina 1 May 2012 #50

Except even the group may not be aware of who is doing what. randome May 2012 #14

You prove that you know nothing about 'due force.' ancianita May 2012 #22

No, that 'one guy' does NOT give the movement a bad name. sabrina 1 May 2012 #48

+1 SammyWinstonJack May 2012 #46

Oh, I'm sure the little plastic bottles will really hurt the guys in the heavy Stormtrooper armor. backscatter712 May 2012 #33

I am not going to defend throwing things at the police, but seriously they're riot cops Puregonzo1188 May 2012 #55

Yep... CNN Seems To Be Staying With This Story... WillyT May 2012 #2

looks arely staircase May 2012 #6

I'm watching it live and Saturday May 2012 #4

I'm in Chicago watching all the local coverage frazzled May 2012 #16

'Magnificent' job? They don't deserve praise for staying calm when ancianita May 2012 #25

Lemon also notes police are wearing "full combat gear" pinboy3niner May 2012 #5

Lemon has been a good announcer since he started - TBF May 2012 #30

i know he expressed his shock many times nt arely staircase May 2012 #36

the"right" to protest unfortunately seems to accompany G_j May 2012 #12

Wow. The headline from the SunTimes homepage: marmar May 2012 #15

Uhm ...protesters are "terrorists" now. L0oniX May 2012 #32

We know who the coppers work for. Dawson Leery May 2012 #20

Even Don Lemon said.. butterfly77 May 2012 #21

Yes, sulphurdunn May 2012 #27

Lemon was summarizing the view of the authorities pinboy3niner May 2012 #29

And the same M$Greedia will give hours and hours of coverage about malaise May 2012 #23

Watch Ustream We are Devo May 2012 #24

I was there, walked the whole march and saw nothing like that until I got home and saw it on tv. kas125 May 2012 #26

Good ol Chicago cops ...doing what they have always done. L0oniX May 2012 #28

Hello? liberalmuse May 2012 #31

FUCK YOU, RAHM EMMANUEL!!!!!!!! Ken Burch May 2012 #34

Emmanual (and his brother) were favorites of POTUS Obama PufPuf23 May 2012 #44

I lose more respect for cops all the time. 99Forever May 2012 #41

Big dumb animals with big toys. What could go wrong? nt Comrade_McKenzie May 2012 #42

I do not believe in capital punishment. PufPuf23 May 2012 #43

Way to go, Rahm, you piece of sh*t! Bake May 2012 #51