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LooseWilly

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6. Funny... get assaulted in Oakland and even odds no cop will show for hours... but Occupy...

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 02:02 AM

Dec 2011

and the cops show up to treat you like a threat to public safety, by beating you down.

At least the "Riders" have already fled the country, so Occupy protestors are less likely to have crack planted on them... so there's that.

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Oakland's PD puts its most violent pigs against Occupy. [View all] backscatter712 Dec 2011 OP

Good they are exposing the brutality of the Oakland PD. They have a reputation for that kind of sabrina 1 Dec 2011 #1

Not a surprise....... PDJane Dec 2011 #2

This makes me feel slightly nauseus, seriously. ~nt 99th_Monkey Dec 2011 #3

#Occupy is a bullshit detector. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #4

Yup part of the arc nadinbrzezinski Dec 2011 #5

Funny... get assaulted in Oakland and even odds no cop will show for hours... but Occupy... LooseWilly Dec 2011 #6