reply to post by AaronWilson
"Its the fact we follow the "peaceful protest" rule while the police spray the people with water cannons, tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs.
Somehow, that still doesnt seem fair"
This is what most of them preach.
Im sure most mean well...
But why not weed out the criminals with in your own protesting parties?
If you see someone breaking the law , which you know the police will have to respond too. Or else the public will cry why didn't you do anything for
so long! e.i the burning police car in toronto g20.
Why not have protester police within your own protest movements. to weed out the trouble maker.
It happens rarely.
They let it happen , knowing its going to piss off the cops and cause them to react ,
Great photo op sure. AFTER the fact .
They could surround the instigators , catch it on film. gather evidence and make a make shift type holding cell taht you can put away riot causing
"protesters" to find out what there real motives are and agendas if any?
This would show me that you do care about peaceful protests and want it to be as civil as possible.
Not this circus i see destroying property as "peaceful"
the people who just watch them commit clear illegal acts, but saying w/e F$#$ the cops and the establishment they deserve it !
only problem with this logic you see is the end costs of all these type of riots masked as various agendas. Is the tax payer pays at the end. Only
making bigger what they hated.
but regardless of that . THere are many steps that can be taken to do these protests properly , and gain public sympthay not anger for the mess it
causes .
I would happily join them if they do things that actually show me peaceful protests.
Remember if its just a few bad apples , then surley they can be dealt with ? with on site staff that the protesters put together?
Or am i asking for too much organization?
But they ALLOW and WATCH and many time PROMOTE it to happen.
They are just as guilty as the "few bad apples"
sure there are times when the bad ones are dealt with . But rarely and not ont he scale that can actually deturr some of these punk kids who just want
to cause a scene for photo ops to further push an agenda
its a info war now 2011
not the daisies of the 60's
You have to play the game differntly and make with the times. If you wanna make changes.
Actions speak louder then words a wise man once said.
"Things get heated when a line of riot police show up with billy clubs out. People start to get fearful and more defensive or aggressive in some
cases"
You know many of the headed battles you see are because of instigaters , who purposly try and start something , to get everyone inovled in the "heat"
of the moment. There are many ways to deal with it , but you need to work together
together ....