Did you notice a little difference in treatment of the teabaggers and the anti-war protesters?

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0407-06.htm

Police Attack California Anti-War Protesters



A protester, who refused to give her name, bears the wounds after she says was hit by Oakland police weapon during a anti-war protest in Oakland, Calif., Monday, April 7, 2003 outside the port area. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)



Berkeley resident Clay Hinson (R), who was shot once in the chest and twice in the back during an anti-war protest, shows his wounds to an Oakland Police sergeant (L) who takes his statement at the West Oakland train station, April 7, 2003. Oakland police fired rubber bullets and wooden pellets on Monday to disperse hundreds of anti-war protesters in what was believed to be their first such use against U.S. protesters since the American-led war on Iraq began. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne



An Oakland Police officer fires a shotgun towards a group of anti-war protesters near the Port of Oakland, April 7, 2003. Oakland police fired rubber bullets and wooden pellets on Monday to disperse hundreds of anti-war protesters in what was believed to be the first such use against U.S. protesters since the American-led war on Iraq began. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne


Published on Monday, April 7, 2003 by the Associated Press

by Martha Mendoza

OAKLAND, Calif. - Police open fired Monday morning with non-lethal bullets at an anti-war protest at the Port of Oakland, injuring several longshoremen standing nearby.

Police were trying to clear protesters from an entrance to the docks when they opened fire and the longshoremen apparently were caught in the line of fire.

Six longshoremen were treated by paramedics and at least one was expected to be taken to a hospital. It was unclear if any of the protesters was injured.

"I was standing as far back as I could," said longshoreman Kevin Wilson. "It was very scary. All of that force wasn't necessary."

[villager]

1. and not just from our benighted police, but our "liberal" media, as well...

n/t

[EFerrari]

2. Yeah and/but, this treatment is not discouraged by Democrats.

The Republicans court the teabaggers where the Democrats usually can't get far enough away from their populist base.

[redqueen]

4. Sad but true. (nt)

[Greyhound]

11. Indeed.

:thumbsup:

[scentopine]

24. liberals are hated by the leadership in both parties - the neo-dem is alive

and kicking, comprised of the the worst qualities of the neo-con and neo-lib. With the neo-dem you get all the war plus the corporate citizen bullshit, tax payer fincanced public companies, free trade and outsourcing to go along with it.

As for domestic policy, there is plenty of work to be found, too bad its in Afghanistan where civilian contractors now outnumber us troops. That's the stimulus bill for the rest of us.


Obama is back to following the trumpet of bi-partisanship, watering down the banking reform just so every republican will vote against it. He gets deeper and deeper in bed with the right wing of both parties. Liberals get a big fuck you.

Ain't it grand?

[virgogal]

3. Maybe the behaviour of the two groups was different. Why on earth

would police side with a group that is anti-government and anti-union?

[NNN0LHI]

5. The police themselves aren't the ones who called these shots

These kinds of orders come from the top.

Don

[Kolesar]

6. They were trying to block the movement of military goods, so they were attacked by the guards

Their direct action was peaceful law-breaking and more extreme than what whitey was doing on tax day.

Those guns are fired into the pavement, causing the wooden projectile to bounce into the crowd. I recall the thread from seven years ago. The guards may have fired into the crowd. Napoleonic

[virgogal]

7. Whitey ????

[Kolesar]

8. I struggled with that phrasing

What is the plural of "whitey"? Jumbo Clorox?

[EFerrari]

10. TeaKlan. n/t

[Chulanowa]

16. It's both singular and plural

Your grammar is correct, even if the word choice is a little puzzling :rofl:

[DirkGently]

9. That's because liberal protests are illegal. Duh.

[elocs]

12. Civil rights and antiwar marchers and demonstrators were stomped, beaten, and hosed.

You could certainly say that they paid their dues.

The teabaggers, on the other hand, expect to be treated with kid gloves.

[EFerrari]

13. That's exactly right. This is what "letting the dogs out" really means.

These tea klanners are some kind of obscene parody of civil rights protesters.

[laughingliberal]

21. +1000 nt

[T Wolf]

14. If the teabaggers were treated like we were back in the 60s and 70s, they would run home

and hide under their beds.

I would love to see the cops go off on these terrorists and beat, gas, shoot, and otherwise abuse them.

But since most pigs are on the enemy's side, this will never happen.

Thus the need for a guerrilla war against both the cops and the tehadists.

[One_Life_To_Give]

15. Did I miss something?

What did the Teapartiers do that was of the same lines as that particular Anti-War protest? Surely we can't compare a permitted event like the Answer Rallies to something like this either. If they block the streets of DC then it's a valid comparison. Otherwise, not so much.

[dem mba]

17. i can explain the difference right now

there are many, many people out there who are profiting, financially and politically, from the Tea Party Movement.

The anti-war movement profited Dennis Kucinich and Bernie Sanders politically, and maybe a handful of other people in state or local elections (more so as the war dragged on, and no WMDs were found).

I can't think of a soul who profited financially off the anti-war movement. Correct me if I'm missing something.

Because THAT is the key difference, and that is why the Tea People are getting so much screen time. A well funded and well executed PR machine is behind them, with lots of vested interest in its success.

[Naturalist111]

22. Could the key difference be because the Corporations run

the country and they like republicans in office, less taxes and no unions?

[Overseas]

26. Well said.

Lots of right wing PR muscle and cash driving the tea bagger movement.

[Quantess]

18. Nighttime kick

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. My local cops make no differenece

in fact, their goal is to maintain the peace and keep everybody's right to free speech intact.

And I know I am happy

[ChazInAz]

20. Got my share of those.

Those kids are what I call heroes.
I still remember Grant park in '68. Nothing like that thin blue line of heroes (Sarcasm, there) wading into a pack of raging hippies. Yes sir, a real display of courage on the part of that mounted cop whose horse bowled over this particular crippled freak, or the other ones who knocked my cane out from under me and proceeded to tenderize me with their "riot batons". So-called because they were used for rioting.
Wonder if the loons who plan to show up armed in DC will receive a similar welcome on the 19'th? Their reaction to such a marmalizing would be interesting to observe.

[Soylent Brice]

23. K&R

[me b zola]

25. K&R

[n.michigan]

27. Left really is for the people. T party is for the corporations.

I condemn the brutality of the police.

[Goldstein1984]

28. As the revolt builds, the violence is clearly going to begin as

action by the authorities. When a protester picks up a tear gas canister and throws it back at the police, it will officially be a "violent protest."

What the "liberal" (anti-war, anti-World Bank, anti-WTO, anti-imperialism, pro-civil rights) protesters offer is a challenge to the fundamental (corporate) order of things. The difference is waving the flag versus walking on it. Obviously, those willing to walk on it and burn it offer the more serious intellectual and political challenge.

If nothing else, look how well the Tea Party Movement reflects the anti-intellectual climate in the nation right now.

[TankLV]

29. It's hard NOT to notice!

I've been screaming at the TV about this since all this crap started.

And we still have YET to hear of the DEMOCRATIC WINS last week...

[stevedeshazer]

30. Hell, yes.

These teabaggers have no clue.

[Rex]

31. There is no money in peace.