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Bluefalcon ,

The protesters walked directly into a large group of police officials, four officers deep, around 7:30 p.m. The officers began to push them the other way and yelled, “Move back, move back.” Scuffles began to break out, and officers wearing helmets moved into the crowd.

A police supervisor eventually declared it an “unlawful assembly.”

“This is an unpermitted event,” a supervisor declared on a bullhorn. “I am giving you a lawful order to disperse. If you do not disperse, you will be placed into custody by the Chicago Police Department.”

A video showed officials trying to keep photographers and legal observers at bay while officers completed an arrest.

Seems like the police were the ones escalating things.

PainInTheAES ,

CPD classic, I still remember when Lori and them decided to raise the bridges downtown to trap protestors during the George Floyd protests. Then they played disperse messages and hit the protestors at the pinch points. Chicago is a great city but CPD is pretty icky, they even have a blacksite.

aodhsishaj ,

I mean, doesn’t everyone in Chicago have a basement? /s

Here’s some distressing reading if anyone wants to know more.

thenation.com/…/lawrence-ralph-torture-letters-re…

FlyingSquid ,
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I’m sorry, media. It’s not going to be 1968. It’s just not.

aodhsishaj ,

Can you tell CPD that too?

FlyingSquid ,
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Sorry… you think because this is nowhere near what was happening in 1968, that somehow excuses police actions? How did you even make that connection?

The point is that the media has been spending weeks hyping this up as though it is going to be just as tumultuous and it just hasn’t been. They wanted it to be so people would pay attention to the news and they’ve been pretty much disappointed that it isn’t happening. Some of them are angry it isn’t happening.

I think you need to go read up on what happened in 1968 at the DNC. It started with the cops murdering a teenager who was protesting. By the end, there were hundreds of people in hospitals.

aodhsishaj ,

I’m sorry, media. It’s not going to be 1968.

In 1968 protesters died because CPD killed them. I was drawing a through line from you saying it’s not 1968 to the current police violence, and asking those police to not act like the police did at the DNC in 1968

Again Squiddy, you’re being defensive and not asking for context but reacting to what you think I said.

FlyingSquid ,
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You were reacting to something I said because you didn’t ask for the context and ended up talking about something other than the media. The thing I was talking about.

I’m sure you won’t be defensive about that though.

aodhsishaj ,

Wat? I was agreeing with you and made a joke in the spirit of your comment and you attacked me. Look at my other comments in this thread I don’t support police violence. Wtf are you talking about?

FlyingSquid ,
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Yes, I totally attacked you. And I definitely didn’t ask for context either. I mean, if I had asked for context, I would have said something like:

Sorry… you think because this is nowhere near what was happening in 1968, that somehow excuses police actions? How did you even make that connection?

And then after that, I would have done something like explain my position. Maybe saying something like:

The point is that the media has been spending weeks hyping this up as though it is going to be just as tumultuous and it just hasn’t been. They wanted it to be so people would pay attention to the news and they’ve been pretty much disappointed that it isn’t happening. Some of them are angry it isn’t happening.

And then finally, I might have tried to explain why I thought you should be more informed:

I think you need to go read up on what happened in 1968 at the DNC. It started with the cops murdering a teenager who was protesting. By the end, there were hundreds of people in hospitals

But no, I just attacked you. You personally, not the things you said. Full-frontal attack with no explanation and no questions.

aodhsishaj ,

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    FlyingSquid ,
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    Now that is a personal attack.

    Especially when you almost certainly don’t actually care what my answer is.

    aodhsishaj ,

    I literally asked you how your dog is doing in another post Squiddy and sent you what worked for us when Bucket died of brain cancer to help him with his fear of the vet.

    You’ve been increasingly inflammatory with the language you use and are more defensive about your positions than you have in the past.

    When I asked if things are ok at home that was legitimate concern. And you removed that comment and called it a personal attack.

    FlyingSquid ,
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    I didn’t remove anything. I am not a moderator in this community.

    I didn’t even flag the comment.

    Remember what you just accused me of a few posts up about reacting to assumptions?

    aodhsishaj ,

    Ahahaha that’s right you mod worldnews. But of course mods don’t talk to each other about such things going on in their respective communities now do they? Lol

    FlyingSquid ,
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    Dude, turn down the paranoia a few notches. I didn’t talk to anyone about you. It’s not important enough to me.

    I didn’t even downvote your comments.

    aodhsishaj ,

    I don’t think my humor is landing, I was laughing at myself.

    gAlienLifeform OP ,
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    First of all, fuck attacking reporters for just bringing us the fucking news, second of all that’s an incredibly fucking low bar to clear.

    That said, I do think the Democratic party is handling this a lot better than they’ve handled dissent previously (e.g. giving the uncommitted delegates a panel to raise awareness about the Palestinian genocide was a step in the right direction), it’s just that cops are still prone to doing cop bullshit like this and there’s only so much they can do about that.

    FlyingSquid ,
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    I’m not attacking any specific reporters, but you cannot deny that the media has literally spent weeks trying to hype this up as the next 1968.

    gAlienLifeform OP ,
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    Yeah, actually, I got slightly more angry there than you deserved and wish I had phrased the first part of the last comment differently, I’ve just got a lot of pent up frustration over seeing a lot of Messenger shooting recently.

    But still, I don’t think The comparisons to or general discussion about 1968 is any kind of media hype. The fact is, when the Democratic party chooses to hold a convention in Chicago, and there’s controversial things going on overseas, and there’s a nominee change, that’s just way too many parallels for them not to pick up that thread

    And it’s not like the comparisons to 1968 make the Democratic party look bad, they’ve come a long way and gotten a lot better. I don’t think that should be a determining factor and what the media does or doesn’t cover, but still.

    FlyingSquid ,
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    I understand. I probably should have said I wasn’t referring to WBEZ specifically, just the overall “let’s turn everything into amazing breaking news you have to watch” attitude of this election. It’s been like that in previous elections too, but they’ve been turning it up to 11, hyping up the idea that the DNC will erupt in chaos and violence.

    I don’t like what is happening here and I’m glad they’re reporting it. Heavy-handed police response to protests against genocide is not a good thing. But the media overall is still salivating over the idea that this will end in a massive brawl.

    aodhsishaj ,

    Two officers were hurt in the fray,

    An undercover cop saw a 31-year-old man chuck a water bottle at another officer. The bottle missed, but the officer was hit with an “unknown liquid,”

    How many protesters were “hurt” then?

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