Miami FTAA Protest news blackout

[Perndog]

Okay, this is the way things are. Police in some places are dicks, are needlessly violent, and infringe heavily on rights. This is something that needs to be change.

However.

People know this is the case. It hasn't been changed yet. Protesters and obeservers and people who are even SEEN by police in certain areas will be attacked.

SO DON'T FUCKING PROTEST OR OBSERVE OR BE THERE! Yes, what they do is wrong and needs to stop, but if it's been happening and people go ahead and do the same thing again, they're just asking to get beat down. Protest somewhere else or stay out of the line of fire until something is done about it. Incidents like this are looking more and more like people just willfully slamming themselves into brick walls because they want to run to the other side of the wall and won't avoid it.

Common sense, people. I don't know how to ensure that freedom of speech is protected, but I do know how to keep from getting abused by the police.