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So you are saying they called all those police out there for one woman? You are full of it.What about the area behind that woman that the photograph does not show?
According to the linked article, it was a beautiful dress like that in any way has relevance to the situation.
Are there no journalists anymore?
Yes, it looks like she's wearing a powerful police-repellent!
Where would she be hiding any weapons? They could have shot her just in case, I suppose. Does it need three heavily armored policemen to take out a girl in a summer dress?
According to the linked article, it was a beautiful dress like that in any way has relevance to the situation.
Are there no journalists anymore?
No one is accusing those two officers with mistreating her.
Rather, at a bare minimum it shows how militarized the police have become, in the face of peaceful protest. Do you really think that's a good thing?
There were only two. Perhaps that helps illustrate how much armor they were wearing.
It is the image, the photograph that carries the weight.
One unarmed young woman all alone face to face with a phalanx of armed storm troopers.
The photo makes the US look like any other highly militarized society.
It did not look bad, not exactly what I would suggest to wear to a protest if you believe there could be any trouble.
Maybe the protesters staged the whole thing.
Police riot gear usually isn't bulletproof.
It's protection from blunt force trauma, like rocks or stones or baseball bats. And let's face it, it's also designed to intimidate people.
Police were showing up at protests in riot gear long before last week. It's standard issue, has been for years (if not decades).
What the photo really captures is the militarization of the current police, their desire for total control, and the fear the police have of the public -- even when it's just a woman in a sun dress.
The only difference between this photo and the TS photo is that in the latter the authorities were riding in tanks. In this one they are on foot.
All the other dynamics are essentially the same--runaway government asserting its authority.
Comparing this to Tiananmen Square now?
These clowns are beyond absurd at this point.
Where you see total militarization and a desire for total control, I see cops protecting themselves after five were killed and 9 wounded at a similar demonstration. I don't see a woman in a sundress. I see a person who has decided not to obey a lawful order from law enforcement.
Funny, isn't it?
Rifles Drawn.
Not to accuse this author of having not the slightest damn clue what she's talking about or anything, but how, exactly, does one "draw" a rifle?
Got to admit the optics are terrible!
You're missing the part about "proportional response" - she's clearly passive & unarmed! :doh
Hmmmm, been thinking about if there is any lesson to be learned by this girls actions. How about that we require all marchers, any march for any organization or cause, must wear their Sunday best clothes, makes you wonder how that would change the tone of the entire march.
Where you see total militarization and a desire for total control, I see cops protecting themselves after five were killed and 9 wounded at a similar demonstration. I don't see a woman in a sundress. I see a person who has decided not to obey a lawful order from law enforcement.
Funny, isn't it?
Rifles Drawn.
Not to accuse this author of having not the slightest damn clue what she's talking about or anything, but how, exactly, does one "draw" a rifle?
You would be surprised how well some people dress when they want to.Gee, that would mean that they would have to loot stores and steal nice clothes, to wear to the protest.
Well then she is way out of whack, because none of the cops in this picture are even so much as crayoning.
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