American police: To serve and protect (the 1%)
The ongoing anti-greed Occupy protests have seen too many instances
of police using brutal tactics against demonstrators. Some says the US
is militarizing its police force and squashing the very freedoms it is
so keen to preach internationally.
In recent months, US police officers have made an enemy out of those
citizens using their freedom of speech to protest against corporate
greed and corrupt politics, reports RT’s Marina Portnaya.
Today’s
breed of law enforcers are dressed in riot gear and armed with heavy
weaponry, body armor, flash bangs, tear gas, and potentially lethal
projectiles. As tens of thousands of Americans assemble, cops have been
accused of creating confrontation, not defusing it. Some veterans of the
force can’t help but resent the situation..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/news/police-brutality-occupy-protests-207/
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uy, pati ilang mga beteranong pulis at sundalo ng kalbong agila nagagalit na sa ginagawa sa Occupy Movement na mga nagproprotesta. WALA daw dangal sa ginagawa sa kanila! hayzzz, sasabihin na naman ng mga zzzombie na pinoy/fil.am na kesyo kesa naman 'komunista...raa raa raa!'...LOL.
"“It’s a travesty of democracy, the way the police are totally suppressing the people’s right to assemble and to protest. I joined the force to protect people’s rights to assemble and protest, not to squash them,” said Ray Lewis, retired Philadelphia police captain.
"And America’s military veterans have a similar opinion.
"“There is no honor in this! If you want to go fight, go to Iraq and Afghanistan!” shouted US Marine Sergeant and Iraq veteran Shamar Thomas as he rebuked policemen for targeting Occupy New York protesters."
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