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treestar

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2. What is with the obsession with blaming cops for every ill on this board today?

Reply to redgreenandblue (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2012, 02:05 PM

May 2012

No, people who protest peacefully will not find the cops bothering them. Large gatherings of people, no matter how good a purpose they have, could attract people who start shit. Then the rest need protection.

Whatever is being protested, I notice, seems not to be enough. There has to be a "cop attack" and then the attack on cops generally? What was being protested? Framing the issue this way causes that to become a nullity.

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All in all, cops are the biggest beneficiaries of the occupy movement. [View all] redgreenandblue May 2012 OP

The drug war is better for them.. Fumesucker May 2012 #1

What is with the obsession with blaming cops for every ill on this board today? treestar May 2012 #2

Where was I "blaming cops"? redgreenandblue May 2012 #3

I don't think you have any proof or way of knowing how cops are assigned treestar May 2012 #4

Protests last for mere hours. Sometimes over a weekend. randome May 2012 #5

Venting? Huh? redgreenandblue May 2012 #8

Seems like a subtle way of saying the police are acting in concert again for their own interests. randome May 2012 #9

Cops are hardly in control of when and where there is a protest. redgreenandblue May 2012 #10

I would think that most cops absolutely HATE being on the front lines of a mass protest. randome May 2012 #11

I imagine they're getting plenty of overtime. dmr May 2012 #6

Glad it's working out for somebody NoPasaran May 2012 #7

Solid middle income union jobs that can help to support a family. NCTraveler May 2012 #12

It certainly seems that way, doesn't it? n/t Trillo May 2012 #13