Video Essay: A Look Inside the RNC Protests

Thousands of protesters gathered in St. Paul, Minn., the site of the Republican National Convention. As tensions mounted between those gathered and police, AP photojournalist Evan Vucci was in the middle of the crowd. (Sept. 2)

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[TwiztedAnimator]

The cops don't trust us, in a cops eyes you are a ciminal. It does not matter what the circumstance is. Cops love violence, they use it against us every chance they get. Cops do not care about you. They see you as fresh meat for them to throw in jail. You can't call the cops for help because, they don't want to help, they want to put someone in jail. You can't even say Good Morning to a cop at the local gas station because he thinks you are saying Hi to him so he doesn't bother you, so he does.

[andie2244]

Theres freedom of speech for you; American Style

[ebrowne369]

@steveahmann that's funny, where i live (Melbourne,australia) they do a lot more than 5%. the city and neighborhood i live in has never been more crime free. a guy at my school's dad is a doctor, and he has only encountered one bullet wound here in 10 years. your statistics are stupid.

[steveahmann]

@ebrowne369 my pointtwith the hippis is that theyare not materialistic they would be going after REAL criminals and not trying to get in everybodys biz so they could make a profit....the dolphin was out there...but my point is that there is no reason to be greatful to these pukes for doing the goddam job that we pay them to 1-5% of the time like stopping people from breaking into my home when they get around to it (which they dont do) no, there is no money in that is there?

[steveahmann]

@ebrowne369 40,000 new laws came into effect the beginning of this year? 40,000...think about that. we have REAL crimes like murder and we have non-crimes that I pay 50% of my income to enforce. And then stupid idiots say dont break the law as they break the law everyday not even aware of it because there are so many laws. Chasing murderers is not profitable but chasing pot smokers and prostitutes are.  Figure it out please. read my website.

[ebrowne369]

@steveahmann well first off, 5% is a retarded figure. it is also a lot less because you need EVIDENCE, and the victim gets a fair trial until proven guilty. if it were just anarchy people would just go off killing others they don't like. that would be horrible. second, how the fuck would a dolphin do a better job? they need water splashing on them half the time! ( i know they aren't fish, but they need to be wet or else they'll die) third, hippies are are pacifist, what you said is dumb

[steveahmann]

@ebrowne369 u must mean about 5% of the time that theyare ACTUALLY doing their job of catching REAL criminals like murderers and rapistS LIKE WE PAY THEM TO? We could pay a fucking trained dolphin to do that would you still be sitting here saying...'but the trained dolphin does the job we pay it to everyonce in a while so we should be greatful...'? give the hippis there the guns and tell them to go catch REAL criminals like rapists and I bet they do a MUCH better job

[ebrowne369]

@TwiztedAnimator while the police are obliged to serve the state, they still help thousands of people who's lives would be otherwise ruined.

[TwiztedAnimator]

@ebrowne369 I don't agree with the people in this video other than the belief that most Cops aren't there to help us. I am a Libertarian, notthing more, nothing less.

[ebrowne369]

@TwiztedAnimator im just glad australia escaped the recession. however, while some investors may go into debt, you still live in a great country with countless opportunities, and instead of smashing windows, which increases insurcance debts on local businesses and makes you look bad, the anarchist movement should try find solutions to the debt.