No, that's why I never compared them.

Certain members decided I had, and made that erroneous claim.

Matt

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Not exactly self defense.

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The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
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I never said they should get a free pass. I think people that rob banks and take hostages should be in jail for a very long time. I would even go so far as life in prison. To kill one when it is not out of self defense is a different story.

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Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

It doesn't need to be done in self-defense. Deadly force is authorized to prevent the escape of a fleeing felon...

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Sayeth John Drake - 10/13/08: "OK, you're right, I admit to LYING"

Seems to me an implied comparison in that you refer to claims of "fascism", which seems to refer to the thread about the jaywalking historian.

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--Hunter S. Thompson

Then your impression was incorrect - I was not referencing that thread nor making any statement of support for the actions seen in the video.

Here's a helpful tip - if I were referencing the other thread, I would have put in a link or some other direct reference.

Matt

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You sure it wasn't on your mind when you started this thread?

Would you be willing to submit to a polygraph exam?

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Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid little rich kids like George Bush?

--Hunter S. Thompson

I've been poly'ed before, and I am never doing that again.....

Matt

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Am I to teach you English grammar, Matt ?
Now, which near thing could 'this' refer to ? It cannot be the 'USA' in the previous sentence since that was not used as a subject. At first sight it could refer to 'the present climate', yet that would be inconsistent with the earlier use of 'this'. As such, it is clear that the 'this' in the last sentence refers to the same subject as where it is used before, and that is the Atlanta police brutality. Ergo, hyperbole nor denial.
The perception of Anti-Americanism where there is none, is a handy debate tactic on this site, I admit, yet, utterly misapplied in my case.
Nevertless, I'll rephrase the issue:
The Atlanta police used methods, indistinguishable from fascist ones, to disrupt a gathering of scholars and to intimidate the partakers. It doesn't matter one bit to me whether it's Atlanta USA, Atlanta Chile, Atlanta Myanmar, or Atlanta Belgium.

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I have finally viewed this video, and what the police did there is straight up (attempted?) murder.

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NFA JJG 42-95

Free People/Free Markets

Following the Path of the Beam

If that bank robber/hostage taker didn't die immediately, then he should be tortured.

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"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

Were you caught lying?

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"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"—Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

Ahh, well I guess you don't have due process in Spain. It's a good thing that we do here.

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Free People/Free Markets

Following the Path of the Beam

Maybe Sam is just confused at your spike strips = wussy and leftists claiming fascism if it happened here. Those are clues that you support the contents of the video. The only clues that you don't support it came much later in the thread when you contradicted your OP and said you are against police committing manslaughter by car.

In any case, there are plenty of your right wing compadres cheering on this brutality and I don't see you arguing with them.

I just saw this video, and am quite shocked. If the police themselves are descending to such brutality, I wonder how they are any better than the criminals?

Catch the guy, put him in jail, but this? This shows callous disregard for human life, and shows the cops to be no better than the criminal himself.

JMO.