There's been intense protests sparked by the non-indictments in Michael Brown and Eric Garner's cases EVERY DAY in the Bay (between SF, Oakland and Berkeley).

Between different reports, the protests are costing the city more than $100,000 daily, and that's not including any damage that's done (broken windows, protester medical bills, etc). Many hundreds have been arrested (at least 450, but probably more). Cops have shot tear gas, rubber bullets, flashbang grenades, and are bringing in cops from agencies around the region for support (Oakland cops now working 13 hour days every day, with no days off). Cops are arresting young people of color and charging them with heinous shit only to have charges not filed at arraignment (ex: 4 felonies including assault on an officer and assault w/ deadly weapon, etc). Last night, an undercover cop who was wearing a mask during the protest was outed, and pulled a gun on protesters. At least a dozen, maybe a couple dozen businesses have been mildly looted. Freeways have been stopped about a dozen times. The subway system (BART) has had multiple station closures every day. The community college cancelled classes last night... it goes on and on and...

This article basically says we're winning: http://www.contracostatimes.com/my-town/ci_27103750/protests-bring-hardship-cops-police-departments.

Meanwhile cops have been involved in the deaths of two people in Oakland in the past week.

Crazy times we live in.

Peace to Oscar Grant and his family.
to Gary King and his family.
to Raheim Brown and his family.
to Andrew Moppin and his family.
to Deedee Jones and his family.
to Alan Blueford and his family.

NY

is F'N frightening

100s of cops in full riot gear

actively engaging peaceful protesters

and using military tactics

w/military grade equipment/vehicles

while the media keeps labeling the protests as violent

WTF?

cops are so F'N dumb

the protests start to die down

and then they kill somebody else

protests start up again

you want the protests to stop

STOP KILLING US!

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If you can't understand it without an explanation

you can't understand it with an explanation

its pretty clear where the antagonism is coming from and people really arent seeing/understanding that police are under cover in the midst

its a damn set up


dammnit my paranoid is acting up again
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first thing I said was "I bet the cops infiltrated some of these protest and are starting the rioting"

Pac was right tho...

In Cali where they riot not rally.

it may be happening, but there's a lot of righteous rage and anger being expressed, perhaps without specificity in targets, but it's sending the message that folks won't stand for it anymore. And it's not pushing people away from the protests either...

and its shady for a cop to exist. cuz Black lives matter.
so, yeah.

the movement now has sites

and some 'professional' demonstrators are going to flock to these areas

I think there is some agitation coming from them

AND planted agents

I'm just waiting for protestors to be labeled 'terrorists'

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If you can't understand it without an explanation

you can't understand it with an explanation

but im banned tho.
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Dallas Cavericks LETS GO!!

Is the klan marching with u guys down there?

meant to go look
something about its not the 60s anymore and protests in berkley
something or nother


let me see if i can find it

found it
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/us/berkeley-protests.html?_r=0

lemme read now
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.

the lady on the right side of that top pic is the mother of my first gf... a dozen years ago or something.

grassrootsphilosopher

https://againsthiredguns.wordpress.com/

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fairweather

click that link for more background history of these kinds of struggles in response to killings by police and some strategy (that I and others worked on).

There's also this transcript of testimony from family members of folks who've been killed by cops (and more): The transcript was submitted to the UN's committee on racism as well as the Oakland City Council (neither did anything with it, but it's important documentation).
--> Here is the link to the transcript (which I'd recommend reading through the index and only reading the parts your interested in, particularly Cathy King's voice): http://peopleshearing.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/full-transcription/
--> Here is the link to the video from that event. http://peopleshearing.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/video/

n/m

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If shit is true about a masked undercover cop being in the crowd then that's way messed up and it's a shame he wasn't rended right there in the spot.

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Everything looks like Oprah kissing Harvey Weinstein these days

and yeah. Peace to Amadou Diallo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlRKwJdvdO4

Here's the link to the article about the undercover. With gun drawn sideways cuz he thinks he's in a fucking movie: http://m.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2014/12/11/undercover-cop-apparently-from-the-chp-points-gun-at-journalists-and-protesters-in-oakland

http://www.ktvu.com/story/27606016/undercover-cop-pulls-gun-on-demonstrators

https://storify.com/CourtneyPFB/undercover-cops-outed-and-pull-gun-on-crowd

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seems police should be all for this kind of thing