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7. "The Authorities" vs. Occupy

Reply to JDPriestly (Reply #1)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 08:32 AM

Nov 2015

I recall back when the Occupy movement was gaining momentum during their Zuccotti Park campouts, THE AUTHORITIES really came down hard on them. Didn't a few successfully SUE the NYPD for police brutality or something?

My point is that, if us average Americans ever get our shit together and start an actual movement to restore our Democracy or fight Totalitarianism or try to check the power grab of "the Establishment", our militarized police will crush all of us like insects.

-90% Jimmy

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