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This is the raw footage of the St. Paul police repeatedly tear-gassing a peaceful protest at the Republican National Convention, having given no announcements, orders, or warnings.

I have to keep reminding myself that this happened yesterday in the United States of America.

Mainstream media has not covered the RNC protests or the extreme police response.

(via Lindsay Campbell)

This is crazy. But, I hate how these little indie filmmakers feel they have to sensationalize everything. This crowd was getting violent and police force is trained to peacefully and non-violently break up these crowds before they escalate into full-blown riots that often result in serious injuries or fatalities. They do not have political agendas, they are just doing their job while trying to keep people safe. I don’t need to hear this “newscaster” screaming “HOW DO WE GET OUT OF HERE!!” while crying as if this is some sort of urban blair witch project. If you see riot police near a violent protest, you better be sure you’re willing to deal with the consequences when they try and break it up. Don’t panic and start screaming in a Cloverfield-induced haze. Just get up and leave. I know people will take this as free-speech bashing, but I think the police did the right thing, and did their job to keep people safe. It could have turned out a lot worse.

Source: marco

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  1. vland reblogged this from marco
  2. sarahpoetica reblogged this from popquizkid2006 and added:
    I can’t get over this. I watched it, and I literally could not stop tears from streaming down my cheeks. I haven’t been...
  3. popquizkid2006 reblogged this from peterwknox and added:
    This is horrifying.
  4. whileyouweregone reblogged this from marco and added:
    footage is what Marco says it is, but, as Lindsay Campbell says, it is hard to reconcile it with
  5. neiflheim reblogged this from marco
  6. robina reblogged this from marco and added:
    since been covered, but this video is still rather crazy.
  7. thebusstop reblogged this from fairlyoddmuse
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  10. transparentcommunity reblogged this from marco and added:
    can’t tell you how mad...video makes me. It is insane that we are allowing
  11. geekfriendly reblogged this from marco and added:
    wish I could say I was stunned...sort of thing is going on
  12. jaykaybeethree reblogged this from veektor
  13. fairlyoddmuse reblogged this from amandine and added:
    this always happens. it almost always happens at right wing events too. idk. this country is very two faced about...
  14. indieandyy reblogged this from robot-heart
  15. montoya reblogged this from marco
  16. veektor reblogged this from pilnick and added:
    Absolutely horrifying. I weep for this country if we see more of this. pilnick:
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  22. kevintwohy reblogged this from markyb and added:
    I feel ~exactly the same way on this.
  23. lurr reblogged this from robot-heart
  24. barthel reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    It was on the cover of the fucking New York Times, you fucking dipshit. Here is a quote from that article:
  25. rosiesiman reblogged this from poortaste
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  27. yeahapparently reblogged this from justin and added:
    Reblogging even though only five people a day actually look at my blog, because that’s at least five more people that...
  28. justin reblogged this from marco
  29. lindseykirkbride reblogged this from marco and added:
    there not more outrage about this?...poke around a bit on CNN to find
  30. chriscavs reblogged this from pilnick and added:
    and they’re getting away with this. unbelievable.
  31. pilnick reblogged this from marco and added:
    Unbelievable. Marco also posted more info on...were made which you can see here.
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  34. markyb reblogged this from robot-heart and added:
    This is crazy. But, I hate how these little indie filmmakers feel they have to sensationalize everything. This crowd was...
  35. amandine reblogged this from robot-heart and added:
    I feel physically ill after watching this.
  36. euphonicbrew reblogged this from robot-heart and added:
    “Along with the actions on the street, there are also a number of reports of mistreatment of those being held in the...
  37. robot-heart reblogged this from peterwknox
  38. peterwknox reblogged this from soupsoup and added:
    And suddenly 1968 doesn’t seem forty years ago.
  39. peroty reblogged this from marco and added:
    Woo hoo! Let’s bring on...Police State! Doublethink! Though Police! NewSpeak! I’ve got my...
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  41. wiesen reblogged this from marco and added:
    I think another unbelievable aspect to this...large portion of
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