that was trippy... as they start mass tackling, a giant "i love you" sign runs by in the background 2:17 .. and i do believe i heard the first Tony Bologna heckle around 3:10!

This was stupid.

A group of young people who want to be martyrs for the thrill of it, only they're not getting the reaction they need from "the man". They want an over reaction from the police, so they goad them until they manage to push one past his limit...then stand around pretending to be victims.

Look, the reality of the brutality and abuse of power perpetrated by a thuggish minority of the police force is appalling. This childish bating of the cops is pointless and insulting to all of us.

Every one of those jackasses screaming "get this on video", "police brutality", "the world is watching"...you undermine the entire social movement that you pretend to be there to support.

Disgusting.

*promote

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Hahaha I've been glued to that same granite wall while drunk...oh boy it felt about the same, I'm sure.

Deserved it. Being in a large group doesn't give you carte blanche to block traffic. Stop provoking the police and get the fuck off the road.

>> ^vex:

Deserved it. Being in a large group doesn't give you carte blanche to block traffic. Stop provoking the police and get the fuck off the road.



Blocking traffic means you can get beat in the face, I don't want to live in your world!

Protesters were douches and cocks...and they were definitely provoking them with the constant "fuck you's" But the police definitely started the violence there. You can even exactly see when the cop switched from doing his job to "lets beat on these guys" after that one protester said fuck you the second time. He immediately went into the crowd and started pushing them around. Guess what...someone inevitably pushed back.

>> ^TheFreak:

This was stupid.
A group of young people who want to be martyrs for the thrill of it, only they're not getting the reaction they need from "the man". They want an over reaction from the police, so they goad them until they manage to push one past his limit...then stand around pretending to be victims.
Look, the reality of the brutality and abuse of power perpetrated by a thuggish minority of the police force is appalling. This childish bating of the cops is pointless and insulting to all of us.
Every one of those jackasses screaming "get this on video", "police brutality", "the world is watching"...you undermine the entire social movement that you pretend to be there to support.
Disgusting.


*Baiting

Cops are in a position of power, THEY have more responsibility placed on them.

>> ^Yogi:
>> ^TheFreak:
This was stupid.
A group of young people who want to be martyrs for the thrill of it, only they're not getting the reaction they need from "the man". They want an over reaction from the police, so they goad them until they manage to push one past his limit...then stand around pretending to be victims.
Look, the reality of the brutality and abuse of power perpetrated by a thuggish minority of the police force is appalling. This childish bating of the cops is pointless and insulting to all of us.
Every one of those jackasses screaming "get this on video", "police brutality", "the world is watching"...you undermine the entire social movement that you pretend to be there to support.
Disgusting.

Baiting
Cops are in a position of power, THEY have more responsibility placed on them.


I agree completely. In my view, the psychological stresses inherent in law enforcement are an unavoidable part of the job. Any individual without the ability to deal with those stresses has no business in that job.

However, it's disingenuous to pretend that these protesters were not inciting these officers for the very purpose of creating this video and the thrill of the confrontation. We don't see the hours of video that represents all of the police who did NOT react to the baiting.

Roofs are supposed to be strong...but if I jump around on roofs long enough, sooner or later I'm going to fall through one. When that happens I can certainly claim that the roof shouldn't have failed but anyone who watched me do that for long enough is going to surmise that I'm a jackass. And rightfully so.

I am in no way an apologist for aggressive police, anyone who knows me knows that is as far from the truth as possible. Still...let's be reasonable, these people were being dicks.