Ominous Pic Here...

[WillyT]

Link: http://yfrog.com/nuczdhkj

[lob1]

1. Very considerate of the cops to wear the sneeze-guards.

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. lol

[coalition_unwilling]

2. Great photo . . . BUT devoid of any commentary or context, I

am unsure what I'm looking at.

Care to elaborate?

Not a snark, but a request for more background.

[OhioChick]

3. I'm guessing as per link...Occupy Denver n/t

[Ruby the Liberal]

12. But posted by someone in Russia with an #eu hashtag

Is it that cold in Denver right now given how they are dressed?

[OhioChick]

14. LOL.....Don't know about Denver, but it's cold here in OH! n/t

[starroute]

17. I saw something about it going down to 34 degrees a couple of nights ago

That was when the protesters were complaining about the authorities turning on the fire sprinklers over them -- apparently a tactic routinely used to drive homeless people away.

[WillyT]

5. I'd Like That To, But...

all I have is the text from the link I provided, and the tweet I found it through...

Ilja_Oblomov 8 hours 43 mins ago Twitter
#Denver. Dictatorial regime of #bankers inciting the #police against the people yfrog.com/nuczdhkj #OccupyWallStreet #fed #crisis #eu

:shrug:

[coalition_unwilling]

10. I was thinking of the old Buffalo Springfield song "For What It's

Worth" and that line about 'Battle lines bein' drawn.'

[Mimosa]

21. I heard it in my head too.

*Scary*

[valerief]

19. Even without any commentary or context, it's clear that somebody ordered those cops

to stand in that line and hold those clubs.

[coalition_unwilling]

28. True. I wonder if the cops will trot out the old Nuremburg defense that

"We were only following orders."

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. They will fight you...

[xchrom]

6. paging sgt shamar thomas -- paging sgt shamar thomas -- please pick up the nearest

white coutesy phone & read these motherfuckers like the new york times.

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Now we see clearly what is wrong in America.

[gratuitous]

8. Yee haw, whup 'em sonzabitches!

Wait; is today a day we celebrate violence inflicted on unarmed persons or not? I get confused so easily anymore. I keep going with a principle that seems sound, but there are all these exceptions, and I'm never quite sure if we celebrate or abhor mob violence on any given day.

[lunatica]

32. Maybe you should make up your own mind for a change

Not everyone does either/or of what you're claiming.

[They_Live]

9. It just seems wrong

that we (as a society) have enough money for that many policemen/gear/jobs, yet not enough to house, feed, and care for everyone.

[SammyWinstonJack]

11. Wow ready to bash skulls of peaceful protesters. They must be so proud of themselves.

I wonder if their families are proud of them?

[femrap]

13. At some point the

cops will realize that they're beating their own family.

[They_Live]

18. That's right.

Let it be soon.

[valerief]

20. I wonder if they're cops or Xe in cop uniforms (or some other mercenary group). nt

[occupyeverywhere]

15. More fuel for the fire

Every picture posted like this makes the OCCUPY movement swell with numbers.

[SoCalDem]

16. Those people need special signs for that encounter

We are protesting to save YOUR jobs & pensions too

[dixiegrrrrl]

24. My sign for that encounter would be:

This is what democracy looks like, eh?

[Defectata]

26. How about a sign that says

this is what fascism looks like.


Then put a mirror on the bottom of the sign.

[rms013]

22. Rule of Law?

State of Colorado Constitution
Section 3. Inalienable rights. All persons have certain natural, essential and inalienable rights, among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; of acquiring, possessing and protecting property; and of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.

Section 10. Freedom of speech and press. No law shall be passed impairing the freedom of speech; every person shall be free to speak, write or publish whatever he will on any subject, being responsible for all abuse of that liberty; and in all suits and prosecutions for libel the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and the jury, under the direction of the court, shall determine the law and the fact.


New York State Constitution
§9. 1. No law shall be passed abridging the rights of the people
peaceably to assemble and to petition the government, or any department
thereof;

Constitution of the United States of America

Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

[Defectata]

25. I'm pretty sure that those are

Hickenlooper's goons (aka the Colorado state police)

[laylah]

27. You can write "Hick"

here: http://www.colorado.gov/apps/oit/governor/citizen/assistanceUtility/welcome.jsf

I just did.

A valid zip would be 80525, 21, 26. Of course, there are others, I just don't know them.

[Zoeisright]

29. That looks like Russia in the 1980s.

Scary.

[county worker]

30. The cops are on the wrong side. Their bargaining rights are at stake.

Their benefits are at stake.

[Marnie]

31. I have to wonder what cops feel when they are at home and

see themselves in photos and videos like these.

[Shagbark Hickory]

33. I always wondered why protesters don't wear riot gear themselves.

You're not even going to feel the baton in riot gear.
And good luck slapping handcuffs on someone with all that padding around their arms.

And, if you need another reason, wouldn't the cops think twice about beating the crap out of someone in riot gear? They'd wonder "is this person a cop?"