@njaard to politics • 5 months agoFederal Agents Unleash Militarized Crackdown on Portland (Published 2020)www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square16arrow-up183arrow-down19file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish43•5 months agoRemember when there were unmarked federal agents in combat gear (for those in the back, that’s read as “secret police”) literally abducting random citizens off the street and interrogating them at unknown locations? Pepperidge farm remembers.
minus-square@NobodylinkEnglish10•5 months agoAnd never forget that Occupy ended in violence. A coordinated strike on all remaining major camps in the dead of night.
minus-square...m...linkfedilink3•edit-25 months ago…obama’s administration were democratic establishment; conservative government was totally in-character for them… (still preferable to balls-out fascism)
Remember when there were unmarked federal agents in combat gear (for those in the back, that’s read as “secret police”) literally abducting random citizens off the street and interrogating them at unknown locations?
Pepperidge farm remembers.
And never forget that Occupy ended in violence. A coordinated strike on all remaining major camps in the dead of night.
Occupy was under Obama. As much as it pains me to say.
…obama’s administration were democratic establishment; conservative government was totally in-character for them…
(still preferable to balls-out fascism)