Show me what a police state looks like! (Graphic! Dial-up warning!) Updated with livestream link

[Fire Walk With Me]

117. Marches were peaceful the day before and all that day. I watched livestream

and followed FB and Twitter feeds from various sources.

The first photos of riot cops, six+ deep, is from afternoon yesterday, when there was a completely peaceful and emotionally moving presentation from several Veterans who were throwing away their war medals because having been used to steal oil and line the pockets of the 1% is not honorable. Scott Olsen participated. There should be video on youtube by now, many people said how emotionally moving it was.

Then intel came in about hundreds of riot cops on the move. They began lining up at this rally as it continued, then afterward, when they were several deep, demanded the crowd disperse, that they were unlawful and would be met with arrest, force, chemical agents, and various "less-lethal" technologies (bet Scott Olsen loved to hear that). Some protesters left; many stood their ground, and cops eventually used force and bludgeoning to drive the protesters back.

I watched OccupyFreedomLA's livestream on ustream.tv. She knew what was developing, and that if cops managed to scare the protesters that some or many could be trampled (by cops as well). She and others -were- very nearly trampled a couple of times, as cops repeatedly beat them back. It was terrible to witness, having been in the same sort of situation (but lesser) in LA. Hell, Freedom was there that day as well, March 17, or "M17"; see the Video and Multimedia section for the video "speak truth to power" or close...

Cops were entirely to blame. They showed up to a peaceful, legal, 1st Amendment rally and proceeded to give illegal, unConstitutional orders and then forced and beat everyone out of the area. Period.