Occupy Wall Street and police brutality

JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
edited January 2013 in A Moving Train
Not usually something that gets much coverage in the mainstream press, that's for sure.

Until it gets taken down...

Our finest doing what they do best?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgr3DiqW ... r_embedded
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  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,087
    "The trouble makers were carrying guns, pepper spray and were wearing badges." That about says it all.
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  • There is no other way to say this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE7swdrX ... e%26aq%3Df
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  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    brianlux wrote:
    "The trouble makers were carrying guns, pepper spray and were wearing badges." That about says it all.

    Definitely.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    that is a good one by mr o'donnell...

    it is stuff like this in that video that inspired cube, ren, dre, and eazy e to compose the following in the very early '90s....


    fuck tha police- nwa

    Right about now NWA court is in full effect.
    Judge Dre presiding in the case of NWA versus the police department.
    Prosecuting attourneys are MC Ren Ice Cube and Eazy muthafuckin E.
    Order order order. Ice Cube take the muthafuckin stand.
    Do you swear to tell the truth the whole truth
    and nothin but the truth so help your black ass?

    Why don't you tell everybody what the fuck you gotta say?

    Fuck tha police
    Comin straight from the underground
    Young nigga got it bad cuz I'm brown
    And not the other color so police think
    They have the authority to kill a minority

    Fuck that shit, cuz I ain't tha one
    For a punk muthafucka with a badge and a gun
    To be beatin on, and throwin in jail
    We could go toe to toe in the middle of a cell

    Fuckin with me cuz I'm a teenager
    With a little bit of gold and a pager
    Searchin my car, lookin for the product
    Thinkin every nigga is sellin narcotics

    You'd rather see me in the pen
    Then me and Lorenzo rollin in the Benzo
    Beat tha police outta shape
    And when I'm finished, bring the yellow tape
    To tape off the scene of the slaughter
    Still can't swallow bread and water

    I don't know if they fags or what
    Search a nigga down and grabbin his nuts
    And on the other hand, without a gun they can't get none
    But don't let it be a black and a white one
    Cuz they slam ya down to the street top
    Black police showin out for the white cop

    Ice Cube will swarm
    On any muthafucka in a blue uniform
    Just cuz I'm from the CPT, punk police are afraid of me
    A young nigga on a warpath
    And when I'm finished, it's gonna be a bloodbath
    Of cops, dyin in LA
    Yo Dre, I got somethin to say

    Fuck the police (4X)






    M. C. Ren, will you please give your testimony to the jury about this fucked up incident.>

    Fuck tha police and Ren said it with authority
    because the niggaz on the street is a majority.
    A gang, is with whoever I'm stepping
    and the motherfuckin' weapon
    is kept in a stash box, for the so-called law
    wishin' Ren was a nigga that they never saw

    Lights start flashin behind me
    But they're scared of a nigga so they mace me to blind me
    But that shit don't work, I just laugh
    Because it gives em a hint not to step in my path

    To the police I'm sayin fuck you punk
    Readin my rights and shit, it's all junk
    Pullin out a billy club, so you stand
    With a fake assed badge and a gun in your hand

    But take off the gun so you can see what's up
    And we'll go at it punk, I'ma fuck you up

    Make ya think I'm a kick your ass
    But drop your gat, and Ren's gonna blast
    I'm sneaky as fuck when it comes to crime
    But I'm a smoke em now, and not next time

    Smoke any muthafucka that sweats me
    Or any asshole that threatens me
    I'm a sniper with a hell of a scope
    Takin out a cop or two, they can't cope with me

    The muthafuckin villian that's mad
    With potential to get bad as fuck
    So I'm a turn it around
    Put in my clip, yo, and this is the sound
    Ya, somethin like that, but it all depends on the size of the gat

    Takin out a police would make my day
    But a nigga like Ren don't give a fuck to say

    Fuck the police (4X)

    Police, open now. We have a warrant for Eazy-E's arrest.
    Get down and put your hands up where I can see em.
    Just shut the fuck up and get your muthafuckin ass on the floor.
    [huh?]>

    and tell the jury how you feel abou this bullshit.>

    I'm tired of the muthafuckin jackin
    Sweatin my gang while I'm chillin in the shackin
    Shining tha light in my face, and for what
    Maybe it's because I kick so much butt

    I kick ass, or maybe cuz I blast
    On a stupid assed nigga when I'm playin with the trigga
    Of any Uzi or an AK
    Cuz the police always got somethin stupid to say

    They put up my picture with silence
    Cuz my identity by itself causes violence
    The E with the criminal behavior
    Yeah, I'm a gansta, but still I got flavor

    Without a gun and a badge, what do ya got?
    A sucka in a uniform waitin to get shot,
    By me, or another nigga.
    and with a gat it don't matter if he's smarter or bigger
    [MC Ren: Sidle him, kid, he's from the old school, fool]

    And as you all know, E's here to rule
    Whenever I'm rollin, keep lookin in the mirror
    And there's no cue, yo, so I can hear a
    Dumb muthafucka with a gun

    And if I'm rollin off the 8, he'll be tha one
    That I take out, and then get away
    And while I'm drivin off laughin
    This is what I'll say

    Fuck the police (4X)

    The jury has found you guilty of bein a redneck,
    whitebread, chickenshit muthafucka.
    Wait, that's a lie. That's a goddamn lie.
    I want justice! I want justice!
    Fuck you, you black muthafucka!>

    Fuck the police (3X)
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    then there's this....


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdzv4aKDu60

    New York City cops...
    New York City cops...
    New York City cops...
    They ain't too smart ...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    The Dead Kennedy's - Police Truck

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PScmRiaZhwk

    Tonight's the night that we got the truck
    We're goin' downtown gonna beat up drunks
    Your turn to drive I'll bring the beer
    It's the late, late shift no one to fear
    And ride, ride how we ride
    We ride, lowride

    It's roundup time where the good whores meet
    Gonna drag one screaming off the street

    And ride, ride how we ride

    Got a black uniform and a silver badge
    Playin' cops for real/playin' cops for pay

    Let's ride, lowride
    Pull down your dress here's a kick in the ass
    Let's beat you blue 'til you shit in your pants
    Don't move, child got a big black stick
    There's six of us babe, so suck on my dick

    And ride, ride how we ride
    Let's ride, lowride

    The left newspapers might whine a bit
    But the guys at the station they don't give a shit
    Dispatch calls "are you doin' something wicked? "
    "no siree, jack, we're just givin' tickets"

    As we ride, ride, how we ride
    Let's ride, lowride
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    The protests are still going on in NYC. It is NOT being broadcast on mainstream media.
    Just to let you guys know what's going on, protesters shut down the Brooklyn Bridge now.

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/broo ... z1ZZayxfTk
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    Jeanwah wrote:
    The protests are still going on in NYC. It is NOT being broadcast on mainstream media.
    Just to let you guys know what's going on, protesters shut down the Brooklyn Bridge now.

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/broo ... z1ZZayxfTk
    i read that the protests are spreading to other cities as well.

    could this be the beginning, the very very small opening salvo of the "american fall/winter"?

    i am waiting for the national guard to come in and put this thing down, because, you know, that is what our government does to protestors...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 38,717
    Jeanwah wrote:
    The protests are still going on in NYC. It is NOT being broadcast on mainstream media.
    Just to let you guys know what's going on, protesters shut down the Brooklyn Bridge now.

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/broo ... z1ZZayxfTk
    Quick reading on CNN just now. Claimed 50 people arrested.
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  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    The protests are still going on in NYC. It is NOT being broadcast on mainstream media.
    Just to let you guys know what's going on, protesters shut down the Brooklyn Bridge now.

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/broo ... z1ZZayxfTk
    Quick reading on CNN just now. Claimed 50 people arrested.

    I searched for it earlier on cnn and couldn't find anything but see it now. Such a small little story, and of course doesn't mention much about the police brutality going on.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    there is hardly any coverage of the protests on any network newscasts..

    i wonder if that would be different ih this were a group of 100 tea partiers that showed up to protest something...
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    The protests are still going on in NYC. It is NOT being broadcast on mainstream media.
    Just to let you guys know what's going on, protesters shut down the Brooklyn Bridge now.

    http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/broo ... z1ZZayxfTk
    Quick reading on CNN just now. Claimed 50 people arrested.

    Might have to turn to the UK to get some news?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15140671
  • aerialaerial Posts: 2,319
    there is hardly any coverage of the protests on any network newscasts..

    i wonder if that would be different ih this were a group of 100 tea partiers that showed up to protest something...

    Ironically, these people and the Tea Party protest for the same cause. The only thing different here is theses people do not want to take on personal responsibilities. The one person interviewed was crying about having $130,000 worth of school loans between her and her boyfriend. I am not sure why that point was made unless she does not want to pay for it…. This is not a grass roots movement. These people have been tricked buy Union leaders and people like Van Jones, to create chaos.
    “We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    aerial wrote:
    there is hardly any coverage of the protests on any network newscasts..

    i wonder if that would be different ih this were a group of 100 tea partiers that showed up to protest something...

    Ironically, these people and the Tea Party protest for the same cause. The only thing different here is theses people do not want to take on personal responsibilities. The one person interviewed was crying about having $130,000 worth of school loans between her and her boyfriend. I am not sure why that point was made unless she does not want to pay for it…. This is not a grass roots movement. These people have been tricked buy Union leaders and people like Van Jones, to create chaos.
    oh PLEASE... it has nothing to do with not wanting to take personal responsibility. it is because there are NO JOBS, and the wall street execs and hedge fund managers are making out like bandits while people are on welfare and can't find jobs. they also can not qualify for financial aid because the government can not afford to give those loans because our money is tied up in things like WAR and those precious tax cuts...

    did you go to college aerial? did you come out of school eyes deep in debt oweing tens of thousands of dollars to some creditor that helped you pay for the education you just received? is it fair for people to come out of college sadddled and riddled with that much debt? i graduated college in 1998 and grad school in 2000. i came out of school believeing i had the world by the balls. i owed $50,000 for my education, and had i not gotten a graduate assistant position it could have easily been $65,000. you get a 6 month grace period from graduation to find work and then at 6 months you have to begin paying on your loans. the system is rigged so that they bank or lending institution is going to get its money over anything else. if you fail to make a payment in full they can fine you with heavy fines or in extreme cases send you to collections or even raise your interest rate. this can kill your credit rating. people are encouraged to go to college in this country, but going to college is the easy part. it is the finding of that career you were prepared for that is the problem because there are NO JOBS...how is it fair for banks and lending institutions to demand people begin re-paying these loans when they can not find anything other than minimum wage jobs?

    and spare me about van jones planning this thing. this was college kids doing it on their own. like the tea party, this is going to be co-opted by political bigwigs to taint the movement.

    my point in my past post was that the mainstream media is not covering this story. there are thousands of people in the street protesting our financial institutions. but if a group of 20 tea partiers showed up to protest a townhall meeting it is front page news. why is that??
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    I will give a shout out for our officers :clap:

    when you need one and they are there for you
    well, that is where appreciation for what they do hits you

    they put their lives on the line everyday every moment
    for another human being ... most are heroes

    but they have a job to do and like the military they will do it.
  • not all are the same..they are people like me and you..i know better than anyone how someone can change when he wears a uniform and carry a gun..
    thats why need to be well trained and stay calm whatever happens around..
    i wish the world to be different and we dont need the police
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    pandora wrote:
    I will give a shout out for our officers :clap:

    when you need one and they are there for you
    well, that is where appreciation for what they do hits you

    they put their lives on the line everyday every moment
    for another human being ... most are heroes

    but they have a job to do and like the military they will do it.

    :roll: Choosing not to read the OP Pandora?
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    not all are the same..they are people like me and you..i know better than anyone how someone can change when he wears a uniform and carry a gun..
    thats why need to be well trained and stay calm whatever happens around..
    i wish the world to be different and we dont need the police

    I'm with you on that!
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlVML5ih ... ure=fvwrel
    0:06..the guy says to the policeman..dont heat me..and..no comment what happen after.

    and for see a different note of this...the next video is legendary in Greece!!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HPb46aK7hM
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • aerial wrote:
    there is hardly any coverage of the protests on any network newscasts..

    i wonder if that would be different ih this were a group of 100 tea partiers that showed up to protest something...

    Ironically, these people and the Tea Party protest for the same cause. The only thing different here is theses people do not want to take on personal responsibilities. The one person interviewed was crying about having $130,000 worth of school loans between her and her boyfriend. I am not sure why that point was made unless she does not want to pay for it…. This is not a grass roots movement. These people have been tricked buy Union leaders and people like Van Jones, to create chaos.
    oh PLEASE... it has nothing to do with not wanting to take personal responsibility. it is because there are NO JOBS, and the wall street execs and hedge fund managers are making out like bandits while people are on welfare and can't find jobs. they also can not qualify for financial aid because the government can not afford to give those loans because our money is tied up in things like WAR and those precious tax cuts...

    did you go to college aerial? did you come out of school eyes deep in debt oweing tens of thousands of dollars to some creditor that helped you pay for the education you just received? is it fair for people to come out of college sadddled and riddled with that much debt? i graduated college in 1998 and grad school in 2000. i came out of school believeing i had the world by the balls. i owed $50,000 for my education, and had i not gotten a graduate assistant position it could have easily been $65,000. you get a 6 month grace period from graduation to find work and then at 6 months you have to begin paying on your loans. the system is rigged so that they bank or lending institution is going to get its money over anything else. if you fail to make a payment in full they can fine you with heavy fines or in extreme cases send you to collections or even raise your interest rate. this can kill your credit rating. people are encouraged to go to college in this country, but going to college is the easy part. it is the finding of that career you were prepared for that is the problem because there are NO JOBS...how is it fair for banks and lending institutions to demand people begin re-paying these loans when they can not find anything other than minimum wage jobs?

    and spare me about van jones planning this thing. this was college kids doing it on their own. like the tea party, this is going to be co-opted by political bigwigs to taint the movement.

    my point in my past post was that the mainstream media is not covering this story. there are thousands of people in the street protesting our financial institutions. but if a group of 20 tea partiers showed up to protest a townhall meeting it is front page news. why is that??

    I think you may have answered your own question in your post. It is because the tea party has been co-opted by political bigwigs. That is why it makes the news.
  • I've been reading this thread while listening to W.M.A.. It seems appropriate when you consider that these protests are taking place on Wall Street; the home of some of America's most entitled WMAs.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    pandora wrote:
    I will give a shout out for our officers :clap:

    when you need one and they are there for you
    well, that is where appreciation for what they do hits you

    they put their lives on the line everyday every moment
    for another human being ... most are heroes

    but they have a job to do and like the military they will do it.
    did you watch the same videos i did? :?

    these "policemen" being discussed in this thread don't need you to defend them. they need an attorney to defend them. in a COURT OF LAW!! :twisted:
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    pandora wrote:
    I will give a shout out for our officers :clap:

    when you need one and they are there for you
    well, that is where appreciation for what they do hits you

    they put their lives on the line everyday every moment
    for another human being ... most are heroes

    but they have a job to do and like the military they will do it.
    did you watch the same videos i did? :?

    these "policemen" being discussed in this thread don't need you to defend them. they need an attorney to defend them. in a COURT OF LAW!! :twisted:
    well of course! ... agreed!

    one bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch though
    so...

    I prefer to give a thumbs up
    than dwell on negative, there is plenty of posts here doing just that ...
    kind of redundant and obvious ...


    you say I am defending them
    really ?
    you got that from my post ... :?

    always important to reinforce that the majority are heroes
    BUT
    they also have a job to do and will do it.
  • JeanwahJeanwah Posts: 6,363
    "The world's economy has been wrecked by these rapacious traders. Yet it is the protesters who are jailed." - Salman Rushdie on the arrest of 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXXeV95C ... ata_player

    "...the police were responsible for shutting down the bridge and it was a trap to arrest all of us."



    oh, and Pandora... you're being a troll and trying to bait Gimme. Which is against guidelines...
  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    I read the same report about the $130k in student debt. It's their fucking problem . They signed up for it. They can't afford it now??? :?
    They said something about not wanting to have beans and rice again for dinner....
    Well, neither do your creditors!
    And what's wrong with beans and rice anyway?


    Most people went bc rumor Radiohead was playing . Free shit always gets these types out in droves. Be it health care or a concert .

    I heard the brutality claim was overblown. Typical in these left wing instances. It's in their playbook.
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    I read the same report about the $130k in student debt. It's their fucking problem . They signed up for it. They can't afford it now??? :?
    They said something about not wanting to have beans and rice again for dinner....
    Well, neither do your creditors!
    And what's wrong with beans and rice anyway?


    Most people went bc rumor Radiohead was playing . Free shit always gets these types out in droves. Be it health care or a concert .

    I heard the brutality claim was overblown. Typical in these left wing instances. It's in their playbook.
    that school debt is "their fucking problem??"

    dude you have no clue.

    funny how you are sticking up for the banksters and blaming the people. you sound like a typical republican.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,087
    I read the same report about the $130k in student debt. It's their fucking problem . They signed up for it. They can't afford it now??? :?
    They said something about not wanting to have beans and rice again for dinner....
    Well, neither do your creditors!
    And what's wrong with beans and rice anyway?


    Most people went bc rumor Radiohead was playing . Free shit always gets these types out in droves. Be it health care or a concert .

    I heard the brutality claim was overblown. Typical in these left wing instances. It's in their playbook.

    Hey, I'm with you man. I always show up for free shit- even if it means getting my head cracked open. :?
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
    Democracy Dies in Darkness- Washington Post













  • usamamasan1usamamasan1 Posts: 4,695
    Of course the student debt is their proeblem. They incurred it. Free will. Free country. Now pay up. If you can't, you won't get a loan on favorable terms going forward and shouldn't.
    There are rules to the game. There are many ways to win (and no, you don't have to step on people to do so).
    Funny on the moving train, when someone speaks their mind And it's not part of the majority, many say it's trolling and baiting.

    WOOT!
  • brianluxbrianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 42,087
    Funny on the moving train, when someone speaks their mind And it's not part of the majority, many say it's trolling and baiting.

    WOOT!

    Fair enough. Yes, we should respect everyone's right to their own opinion- especially mine :lol: Just kidding! But seriously, good call.

    And also, changing subjects briefly, no one answered my "WOOT!" question. Is that what Eddie yells out at the end of "Severed Hand"? Sounds like it to me. Is that where you got the term? Is it used elsewhere- becoming common? Sometimes I get curious about little things like that- especially word things. Must be from watching lots of George Carlin. :)
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.” Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
    Democracy Dies in Darkness- Washington Post













  • pandorapandora Posts: 21,855
    People only like people with shared mindset I guess but I didn't see anyone trolling :?
    How did we get to that :? confused

    With a daughter who will have student loans when her schooling is done
    it doesn't seem a problem if she can find a good job.
    We know here is where the problem lies.

    But it is a debt incurred and needs to be paid back perhaps with some compromise.
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