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woke wedding drone
Jun 1, 2003

by exmarx
Fun Shoe

Zeitgueist posted:

Haha nope.

This is honestly tamer than the 60's, even if the tech is newer.

It's tamer because the tools and techniques of suppression are more efficient. The sixties scared the poo poo out of business and every increase in armament since that time has been in some sense a reaction to it.

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D_I
Aug 31, 2004

Javes posted:

Don't think they had LRAD's in the 60s.
No but they had dogs and fire hoses

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

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Nevermind it's RFT. Cops are getting mad at them lol. One cop started to talk poo poo and another had to escort him away

Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp

SedanChair posted:

It's tamer because the tools and techniques of suppression are more efficient. The sixties scared the poo poo out of business and every increase in armament since that time has been in some sense a reaction to it.

Yeah that's pretty much true


D_I posted:

No but they had dogs and fire hoses

That's my point. They used to turn hoses and dogs on kids.

Things are both better and worse.

Accretionist
Nov 7, 2012
I BELIEVE IN STUPID CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Neo Duckberg posted:

I think I'm sitting next to the infowars guys

Make sure to rep Forums dot Something Awful dot Com when the foot patrol comes to save you on livestream

Also, take lots of pictures

Franks Happy Place
Mar 15, 2011

It is by weed alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the dank of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by weed alone I set my mind in motion.

Cheekio posted:

There's pretty much no recourse through the legal system.

You could try to pursue wrongful arrest charges in civil court, if you're actually arrested, but even in that case it's a multi-year process where you'd need a lawyer to like your case enough to front the cost of his time. It would then be an agreement where he'd get up to X amount of your settlement, where X is likely way more than you'd actually end up receiving in damages. Basically you need a fairy godfather who, four years down the road, would walk away with with the payout.

I didn't say a civil suit, like for money, though that's certainly coming too.

No, I said civil RIGHTS suit, the kind that police departments can and do lose from time to time. When a cop is recorded muttering about shooting people in the head, federal judges take note.

axeil
Feb 14, 2006

Franks Happy Place posted:

I didn't say a civil suit, like for money, though that's certainly coming too.

No, I said civil RIGHTS suit, the kind that police departments can and do lose from time to time. When a cop is recorded muttering about shooting people in the head, federal judges take note.

Also isn't "setting some random guy's lawn on fire from flashbangs and tear gas" some sort of destruction of property crime?

i am the bird
Mar 2, 2005

I SUPPORT ALL THE PREDATORS
Listening to an Alex Jones affiliated production and nodding along is surreal.

Javes
May 6, 2012

ASK ME ABOUT APPEARING OFFLINE SO I DON'T HAVE TO TELL FRIENDS THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR MY VIDEO GAME TEAM.
Seeing a lot of people on twitter trashing libertarians for being silent on this issue. You'd think this would be right up their alley?

Pythagoras a trois
Feb 19, 2004

I have a lot of points to make and I will make them later.

Franks Happy Place posted:

I didn't say a civil suit, like for money, though that's certainly coming too.

No, I said civil RIGHTS suit, the kind that police departments can and do lose from time to time. When a cop is recorded muttering about shooting people in the head, federal judges take note.

Do you have an example of this? I've only heard of police brutality going through civil court.

Chelb
Oct 24, 2010

I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!
Infowars guys preparing to sign off. Things might be cooling down a bit for the night

extremebuff
Jun 20, 2010

Naet posted:

Listening to an Alex Jones affiliated production and nodding along is surreal.

Is info wars supposed to be really lovely or what?

Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp

Naet posted:

Listening to an Alex Jones affiliated production and nodding along is surreal.

Yeah and reddit aggregator is not bad either

http://www.reddit.com/live/tdrph3y49ftn/


Javes posted:

Seeing a lot of people on twitter trashing libertarians for being silent on this issue. You'd think this would be right up their alley?

Yeah but black people so mostly not.

kdrudy
Sep 19, 2009

Bobnumerotres posted:

Is info wars supposed to be really lovely or what?

Very conspiracy heavy

Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp

Bobnumerotres posted:

Is info wars supposed to be really lovely or what?

It's mostly crazy conspiracy bullshit but stopped clock and all that

Adjunct Cheesecake
Mar 19, 2009

mmmmmm

Bobnumerotres posted:

Is info wars supposed to be really lovely or what?

Alex Jones has some, um, interesting political opinions.

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

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Two shots fired at cops

Franks Happy Place
Mar 15, 2011

It is by weed alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the dank of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by weed alone I set my mind in motion.

Cheekio posted:

Do you have an example of this? I've only heard of police brutality going through civil court.

I'm phone posting, and there are a ton of bigger/better examples, but here's just a recent one:

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/06/17/cameraman-settles-suit-against-suffolk-police-over-arrest-for-taping-officer/

Chelb
Oct 24, 2010

I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!

Bobnumerotres posted:

Is info wars supposed to be really lovely or what?

Yes. Conspiracy theorist bullshit, usually. This is a different situation.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Bobnumerotres posted:

Is info wars supposed to be really lovely or what?

Let me tell you about how the moon landings were faked and this great video called Loose Change...

unwantedplatypus
Sep 6, 2012
Jesus loving Christ. This poo poo can't go on forever. The police are just adding more and more heat to a boiling pot.

Adjunct Cheesecake
Mar 19, 2009

mmmmmm

zen death robot posted:

[url]if you weren't from around here and there weren't "Welcome to ____" signs every once in a while.

Those signs are easy to miss.

im gay
Jul 20, 2013

by Lowtax

Javes posted:

Seeing a lot of people on twitter trashing libertarians for being silent on this issue. You'd think this would be right up their alley?

Libertarians siding with overreaching police or black people is one of the great modern conundrums.

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011

Neo Duckberg posted:

Two shots fired at cops

Fo real? You ok?

axeil
Feb 14, 2006

Neo Duckberg posted:

Two shots fired at cops

As in gunshots?

The cops finally have their casus belli.

Stay safe.

Real hurthling!
Sep 11, 2001




Neo Duckberg posted:

Two shots fired at cops

right in front of you? get down.

extremebuff
Jun 20, 2010

Chelb
Oct 24, 2010

I'm gonna show SA-kun my shitposting!
Reddit feed is saying police are retreating from the (edit: apparently from a quickly arriving car)

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

Neo Duckberg posted:

Two shots fired at cops

gently caress that might be the worst thing that could happen right now

Sierra Nevadan
Nov 1, 2010

Gonna be a lot more gun fire real soon.

vseslav.botkin
Feb 18, 2007
Professor

im gay posted:

Libertarians siding with overreaching police or black people is one of the great modern conundrums.

http://www.amazon.com/Rise-Warrior-Cop-Militarization-Americas/dp/1610392116

Can we #NotAllLibertarians this? This problem is bigger than that.

My Imaginary GF
Jul 17, 2005

by R. Guyovich

Neo Duckberg posted:

Two shots fired at cops

50/50 by other cops. Unsure right now, am sure we'll find out within a decade.

Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp
https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/status/499755251625242624/photo/1

holy poo poo

Grondoth
Feb 18, 2011
Are there any streams of this? MSNBC didn't mention anything about shots and they were talking to a guy there.

Zeitgueist
Aug 8, 2003

by Ralp

My Imaginary GF posted:

50/50 by other cops. Unsure right now, am sure we'll find out within a decade.

Twitter:

Cops set up on Florissant, turning southbound back vehicles. Guns drawn. Distant voice "under whose authority are you out here?" #Ferguson

Spiritus Nox
Sep 2, 2011

gently caress gently caress gently caress

Sierra Nevadan
Nov 1, 2010

firefight!!

Woof Blitzer
Dec 29, 2012

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They retreated to the bridge now

Dayvan Cowboy
Feb 11, 2014
I have to remember to take the headphones off the next time the police start using the LRADs, I still feel sick. I think I'd be the worst protester.

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Dirt
May 26, 2003

Zeitgueist posted:

Yeah and reddit aggregator is not bad either

http://www.reddit.com/live/tdrph3y49ftn/



This is awesome, and I had no idea reddit could be useful like that.

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