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On April 30 2005 10:51 lil.sis wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2005 10:49 ronhaak wrote:
they pinched a bunch of people....you want police brutality? watch the martin luther king video.... lol you mean rodney king? edit: Show nested quote +On April 30 2005 10:47 SoLsiTO wrote:
....I think it is clear that a line was crossed that did not need to be.
dude if the university wanted them off of the property, and the people protesting did not comply, how else are they supposed to get them off? i'm sure the police didn't resort to physical contact immediately.
They did not try anything else... and again the protest was moved to another, less visible, site on university property.
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I think you mean the Rodney King video... and even that wasn't unwarranted since the officers were being provoked.
You are one amazing individual.
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wait wait hold up so you honestly think that the police showed up, and without saying a word, started ripping up tents and putting people in sleeper holds? give me a break.
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On April 30 2005 10:59 TeCh)PsylO wrote:Show nested quote +I think you mean the Rodney King video... and even that wasn't unwarranted since the officers were being provoked. You are one amazing individual.
you didn't see the whole thing then
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it looked like all the police were doing was trying to drop students with a squeeze on the jugular. This usually takes about 5 seconds or so and just makes you pass out. Although i did see some head snaring.. all of it totally unnecessary of course, but passing out isnt that big of a deal.
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On April 30 2005 11:00 lil.sis wrote:
wait wait hold up so you honestly think that the police showed up, and without saying a word, started ripping up tents and putting people in sleeper holds? give me a break.
no, they flexed their muscle, threatened them, and then proceeded to rip up tents and put people in sleeper holds (isn't that a fucking wrestling move?). They never tried fines, or any number of other measures they could have taken.
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On April 30 2005 10:59 TeCh)PsylO wrote:Show nested quote +I think you mean the Rodney King video... and even that wasn't unwarranted since the officers were being provoked. You are one amazing individual.
I think you need to watch more than the 5-second buzz clip that circulated throughout the media. That event took over 20 minutes and only the last 5 seconds were ever shown. First an officer goes up to Rodney King, but he is belligerent. He doesn't get out of his truck. Suspecting something, the officer calls for backup. Rodney King is still in his car, quite obviously intoxicated. Remember the officers still don't know if he has a weapon. They continue to yell at him to get out of the truck but he keeps refusing. So then they quickly open the door and drag him out before he can get to a weapon (they assume he has one) and they subdue him with some rough physical force. He keeps resisting so the officers keep hitting him. So what would YOU do in the cops' situation? The constant beating wasn't necessarily a good thing, but remember what I said before about how stressful being a cop is. If you're pulled over and a cop tells you to get out of the car, you better get out of the car and keep things friendly.
Cops aren't allowed to be that violent anymore though. That event really threw the ranks into chaos.
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we all know that if the police wouldnt have put a stop to this it would have ended in another hippy music festival
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On April 30 2005 11:09 imRadu wrote:
we all know that if the police wouldnt have put a stop to this it would have ended in another hippy music festival
drum circles and everything...
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Should have just tear gassed them like they did here in East Lansing. 
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students should create a situation in which the police feel it is not worth it to pursue any further. Like covering themselves in urine and feces. Tear gassing themselves to cause authorities to disperse without their masks ready. Anything that isnt done directly to the police, but rather to themselves in which the police must be a part of.
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On April 30 2005 11:07 Excalibur_Z wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2005 10:59 TeCh)PsylO wrote:I think you mean the Rodney King video... and even that wasn't unwarranted since the officers were being provoked. You are one amazing individual. I think you need to watch more than the 5-second buzz clip that circulated throughout the media. That event took over 20 minutes and only the last 5 seconds were ever shown. First an officer goes up to Rodney King, but he is belligerent. He doesn't get out of his truck. Suspecting something, the officer calls for backup. Rodney King is still in his car, quite obviously intoxicated. Remember the officers still don't know if he has a weapon. They continue to yell at him to get out of the truck but he keeps refusing. So then they quickly open the door and drag him out before he can get to a weapon (they assume he has one) and they subdue him with some rough physical force. He keeps resisting so the officers keep hitting him. So what would YOU do in the cops' situation? The constant beating wasn't necessarily a good thing, but remember what I said before about how stressful being a cop is. If you're pulled over and a cop tells you to get out of the car, you better get out of the car and keep things friendly. Cops aren't allowed to be that violent anymore though. That event really threw the ranks into chaos. If he's only the ground with police over what threat does he pose?
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Eniram, he was still trying to resist even when he was on the ground, attempting to push his way back up onto his feet.
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I remember seeing the whole video, which is different than the anti-cop 7 second clip. If you haven't seen it, you should.
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uh...so an 8pm curfew was placed on protesting, and the hippies decided to violate this and protest after 8? because of the violation of the curfew, the police had to break it up and use force? sounds about right, no one died did they? hippies are pretty damned lucky they weren't charged with resisting arrest.
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Seems like a bunch of kids broke curfew and daddy had to come give a spanking (a very light spanking at that!).
If whatever they are protesting is serious enough, there would be more protests and more shit like this would happen until some law gets changed.
BUT, the issue they are protesting is probably NOT significant at all... these college students will find another hobby.
I mean we arn't talking about something on the terms of black rights protests where sitin's were hosed out....
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wow that video was seriously edited so much too the point that i can laugh about it. too me it seemed like a class or two of kids walking around and then taping as much video of police holding the kids while they just sit there and goof off. does seem that big of a deal since their just couple of hippy kids that didnt do jack. police being brutal? i didnt see any blood or fleash ripping. they even used gloves please.....
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What were the protests about? Ie why were they protesting?
The videos are hilarious.
Anyone have a link to the Rodney King Beating? (ie a long one)
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On April 30 2005 11:06 SoLsiTO wrote:Show nested quote +On April 30 2005 11:00 lil.sis wrote:
wait wait hold up so you honestly think that the police showed up, and without saying a word, started ripping up tents and putting people in sleeper holds? give me a break. no, they flexed their muscle, threatened them, and then proceeded to rip up tents and put people in sleeper holds (isn't that a fucking wrestling move?). They never tried fines, or any number of other measures they could have taken.
sounds like the cops showed up, were like we are going to have to ask you to leave, they said no, the cops said if you do not leave we will have to make you leave by force, the protestors retorted, and, as promised, the cops made them leave by force
in other words, they asked for it
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something about the displacement of higher education, and a variety of other issues.
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