ktlight
6th November 2011, 10:17
"You can see one protester (in a yellow jacket) get shoved to the ground repeatedly, to which he understandably reacts angrily.
He seems to be attempting to fight back against the police but one more level-headed protester holds him back.
Later an officer hits/shoves him again and activists pull him away from the officers, the individual then says, “I will fight back!”
Quickly another protester with bright orange arm bands and a black bandanna initially covering his face steps in and says, “No! **** you, we are non-violent!”
He pulls down his bandanna and continues, “Do not instigate that!”
The yellow-jacketed individual being held back by two protesters screams, “But they hit me!”
To which the more calculated activist replies, “So what?”
The individual being held back screams, “**** you!” and the other individual repeats, “So what?”
The yellow jacketed individual retorts, “They hit me!” and the man, now with his face uncovered, says, “Yeah, and they’re going to keep hitting you unless you back the **** away!”
The individual, still being held back by activists, continues to scream and the less reactionary protester says, “You ****ing instigator! Agent provocateur!”
I must commend the level headedness and quick thinking these activists employed to keep the situation from escalating from bad to worse.
Whether this individual was an agent provocateur or not is debatable although the relatively light response he received from the police is somewhat suspicious.
This is especially true when one looks at how the police attacked others who were not physically confronting the police in any way.
I find it reassuring that there are peace-loving non-violent activists who are taking action and preventing an escalation between protesters and police.
All activists have to remember that the police out there are part of the 99% as well, even if they choose to forget or ignore that fact.
Antagonizing police will only lead to more police brutality and hopefully more people like the man in orange arm bands will be around to keep people from justifying more brutal assaults on protesters.
Like in Oakland, there have been reports of activists being deliberately targeted by police when trying to assist other injured protesters.
In this CBS News article, you can see a picture of the man in the yellow jacket seemingly confronting police as the hands of other activists attempt to pull him back."
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He seems to be attempting to fight back against the police but one more level-headed protester holds him back.
Later an officer hits/shoves him again and activists pull him away from the officers, the individual then says, “I will fight back!”
Quickly another protester with bright orange arm bands and a black bandanna initially covering his face steps in and says, “No! **** you, we are non-violent!”
He pulls down his bandanna and continues, “Do not instigate that!”
The yellow-jacketed individual being held back by two protesters screams, “But they hit me!”
To which the more calculated activist replies, “So what?”
The individual being held back screams, “**** you!” and the other individual repeats, “So what?”
The yellow jacketed individual retorts, “They hit me!” and the man, now with his face uncovered, says, “Yeah, and they’re going to keep hitting you unless you back the **** away!”
The individual, still being held back by activists, continues to scream and the less reactionary protester says, “You ****ing instigator! Agent provocateur!”
I must commend the level headedness and quick thinking these activists employed to keep the situation from escalating from bad to worse.
Whether this individual was an agent provocateur or not is debatable although the relatively light response he received from the police is somewhat suspicious.
This is especially true when one looks at how the police attacked others who were not physically confronting the police in any way.
I find it reassuring that there are peace-loving non-violent activists who are taking action and preventing an escalation between protesters and police.
All activists have to remember that the police out there are part of the 99% as well, even if they choose to forget or ignore that fact.
Antagonizing police will only lead to more police brutality and hopefully more people like the man in orange arm bands will be around to keep people from justifying more brutal assaults on protesters.
Like in Oakland, there have been reports of activists being deliberately targeted by police when trying to assist other injured protesters.
In this CBS News article, you can see a picture of the man in the yellow jacket seemingly confronting police as the hands of other activists attempt to pull him back."
TFdwpkHA6f4