Police Militarization in Anaheim, CA

**MaFioSo** · 07-31-12, 04:38 PM

Don't mind the police officers being there. However, what's the point of police officers being present if they are only going to agitate and arrest peaceful protesters. Looks to me like the protesters were walking on the side walk and the police officers on horses purposely got in their way. Had any violence broken out in that situation I would have but the blame on the officers for provoking it.

**deathgodusmc** · 07-31-12, 05:09 PM

What the rest of the story for this? Why is it the cameras always start rolling after the police are taking action? Anyway i lived in anaheim for several years and i can assure you the cops were pretty fair every time i saw or dealt with them. So something is going on thats not in the video. I like how they want respect while cursing at the cops that are there. Thats a failed plan every single time.

**MaFioSo** · 07-31-12, 05:19 PM

Cursing isn't against the law and I agree with you that we may not be getting the whole story. However you can see that one guy get arrested because he kneeled down with his sign in front of the police. He was still on the side walk, he didn't approach the police, the video shows the entire story regarding him, and it clearly shows that he was arrested without an justified reason.

**CivilWars** · 07-31-12, 05:29 PM

Not necessarily. If before the camera started they were told to vacate then him peacefully kneeling is not complying. I didn't watch the video, but if you are illegally protesting (as in no permit or some such) then doing it peacefully doesn't make a damn bit of difference.