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diarrheaworldstarhiphop:

It’s Happened: Paramilitary Police vs Civilians in Anaheim

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In case you missed it, there’s been protests for days in Anaheim after another young man of color was shot and killed by the police.

Hundreds decrying police violence march in Anaheim

Who the heck are these guys?  Police, really?  If so, why the military gear?  If not, are they private contractors?  That’s allowed now, btw.  

Read the warning I posted December 5th, 2011

 SCARY: Department of Defense DIRECTIVE NUMBER 3025.18 December 29, 2010

If I have interpreted the DoD Directive correctly, Private contractors like Blackwater (Xe) and Dycorp, both now owned by Private Equity firms, or any of the thousands now working for the DoD could be used to corral us.

So, who are these guys in the photos?  Police, military, or mercenaries?  Who’s paying them?  Disneyland or Anaheim?

Anaheim needs to know.

This video of police shooting rubber bullets into crowd of women and children as well as unleashing a dog that attacked a women holding her baby was uploaded on July 22, 2012

Does anybody have a link to a fairly decent breakdown of what’s happening in Anaheim?  I gather police have shot dead a few people in fairly quick succession but I don’t know what Disney has to do with all of this.

The protesters want to protest as close to Disneyland as possible because it’s a surefire way to draw attention to both the killing and the draconian way Anaheim PD is handling the situation.