Protesters Smash Google Shuttle Bus Piñata In Fight Against Rent Increases

Re:Protesters Smash Google Shuttle Bus Piñata In Fight Again... by grbalaffa on Monday May 06, 2013 @08:21PM (#5665688)

Anybody else watch the video? There were at least as many cops as protestors present. It's eerily reminiscent of those pictures from OWS where the cops were lined up outside banks.

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Re:Protesters Smash Google Shuttle Bus Piñata In Fight Again... by gyardley on Monday May 06, 2013 @09:22PM (#5665965)

Sure, but in both cases that's because when there aren't as many cops, these protests result in widespread property damage.

This has unfortunately been the case since the WTO protests in Seattle in late 1999.

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Re:Protesters Smash Google Shuttle Bus Piñata In Fight Again... by beatpanda on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @01:13AM (#5666619)

Yeah, look, given the organizers, I am shocked there weren't a bunch of fires in the streets last night. So from a distance the police presence looks like overkill, and I am no fan of the police in general, but they had every reason to believe the event yesterday was going to turn violent.

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Re:Protesters Smash Google Shuttle Bus Piñata In Fight Again... by jurassic on Monday May 06, 2013 @09:00PM (#5665855)

Tax dollars at work!

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Re:Protesters Smash Google Shuttle Bus Piñata In Fight Again... by thrownaway2424 on Tuesday May 07, 2013 @12:06AM (#5666465)

The protest is right across the street from the cop shop.

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