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curmugeonThe last few days have seen the Occupy movement grow. It has seen its share of violence by those who wear badges, most clearly meant to cause pain and suffering, not to control crowds. In some ways I pity the cops who have to stand their, all the while thinking how they will use all that overtime they are making, to probably buy something for the wife, mistress, or kids, or take a vacation somewhere, away from the city No, the cops are the new Centurions, the new mercenaries, hired guns of those in power, who while taking an oath to uphold the constitution, haven't a clue what First Amendment rights are.
It seems that under Obama, justice doesn't exist either, as the response to the abuse by Oakland PD got no response, no investigation, even though the Oakland Police Department has one of the worse records when it comes to violations of civil rights.
It appears that the people will have to bring Occupy to the political conventions and the people can expect police and other para-military units more than willing to trample all over civil rights because the 1% (and this includes the lackeys in Washington who do their bidding) don't want to give the people a voice. What they don't realize is that if you ignore the people and abuse the people, the numbers just get larger and in the end you have a real insurrection. When that occurs there will be a lot of lives lost and those in power will be suffering those losses too.
All the people want is justice, under the rule of law, social justice, and more of a democracy, not the plutocracy we have now.
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It seems that under Obama, justice doesn't exist either, as the response to the abuse by Oakland PD got no response, no investigation, even though the Oakland Police Department has one of the worse records when it comes to violations of civil rights.
It appears that the people will have to bring Occupy to the political conventions and the people can expect police and other para-military units more than willing to trample all over civil rights because the 1% (and this includes the lackeys in Washington who do their bidding) don't want to give the people a voice. What they don't realize is that if you ignore the people and abuse the people, the numbers just get larger and in the end you have a real insurrection. When that occurs there will be a lot of lives lost and those in power will be suffering those losses too.
All the people want is justice, under the rule of law, social justice, and more of a democracy, not the plutocracy we have now.
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