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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1388070" data-attributes="member: 14668">I&#039;m watching CNN and hearing the &quot;outcry&quot; over the &quot;overwhelming police presence&quot; and the complaints about their &quot;military&quot; gear.What I see though...is people peacefully protesting and being left alone. What I see...is an almost complete lack of looting and violence. What I see...is police armed with batons, shields, gas masks and other non-lethal weaponry standing peacefully in a line and observing the situation. No one is getting shot and no one is getting beat on. One reporter was even whining about the police being armed with &quot;machine guns&quot; when in reality they are carrying bright orange &quot;less-lethal&quot; shotguns loaded with beanbags or stingball rounds instead of live ammo.It looks like a success to me. The protesters are being allowed to freely protest, The police are doing their job, and the show of force is why there is no looting or robbing taking place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1388070, member: 14668"] I'm watching CNN and hearing the "outcry" over the "overwhelming police presence" and the complaints about their "military" gear. What I [I][B]see[/B][/I] though...is people peacefully protesting and being [I]left alone[/I]. What I [I][B]see[/B][/I]...is an almost [I]complete lack[/I] of looting and violence. What I [B][I]see[/I][/B]...is police armed with batons, shields, gas masks and other non-lethal weaponry standing peacefully in a line and observing the situation. [I]No one[/I] is getting shot and [I]no one[/I] is getting beat on. One reporter was even whining about the police being armed with "machine guns" when in reality they are carrying bright orange "less-lethal" shotguns loaded with beanbags or stingball rounds instead of live ammo. It looks like a success to me. The protesters are being allowed to freely protest, The police are doing their job, and the show of force is why there is no looting or robbing taking place. [/QUOTE]

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