I will only act as a soldier to protect and defend the constitution of a people whos love for it is as great as my own.

these traitors must die.in mass and without reservation or trial.
the trial is by the will of the people alone.

no surrender no prisoners. kill them all.

when you have the guts we will come.

Yes, because one of those jerk cops YANKED ON HER FUCKING CUFFS, you dimwit.

If the gear worn by riot police had very clear, legible numbers that distinguished each officer as an identifiable individual, then I believe much of these behaviors would end. The fear os being identified as a specific abuser would make it more difficult to use the identical uniforms and chaos of the situation as a way of remaining anonymous.”
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Great observation and similar to a suggestion I made in another forum sometime ago. However it’s obvious that the cops don’t want to be able to identify individual officers because then they would have to deal with their abusive behavior.

If it is good enough for the members of sports teams, it should be good enough for those we employ to keep us safe.

Sad to see such a flagrant violation of rights in front of a building dedicated to educating the legal scholars of the future.

As far as I can tell, there wasn’t even a protest in Oakland the next night. The police simply ran a pacification sweep through Oakland on Forbes Avenue. Since this is the middle of a college campus, people lined the sidewalks because everybody loves a parade, especially with clowns. Once the police realized how silly they looked blocking traffic with their march,
they decided to clear the sidewalks. Pushing, shoving, assault, and tear gas ensued. One student reported that a cloud of tear gas drifted into the William Pitt Student Union building, forcing uninvolved students out onto the street where the police were.

I’m ashamed for my city.

In April 2008 I wrote: “I don’t expect that the broader public will question the use of tasers or other new technologies (such as new heat rays that superheat the skin, sonic weapons that induce pain, or green lasers that temporarily blind pedestrians and drivers) to compel compliance with the wishes of government demands. Tasers will continue to be used more broadly, and the precedent they set will be used to introduce new tactical options for our paramilitarized police forces.”

There are allegations that authorities both infiltrated protest groups and their actors provoked chaos in order to justify the crackdown. I haven’t weighed a lot of evidence but would not be surprised if there was an element of truth to that.

I ran across this video yesterday. It includes footage from several sources, including the news, and a commentary. I don’t necessarily agree or disagree with the comments in the video, but will say that the show of force was more extensive than I had imagined. What happens at 5:20 in the video? Is that actually the military capturing protesters, and shoving one into the back seat of a car while speeding away?

Well said

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/sep/25/sonic-cannon-g20-pittsburgh