the fox and the boys in blue

anyone suffering from delusions that the media is reformable and isn't inherently counter-revolutionary, should take a close look at how fox news and the police worked together at the counter-recruitment protest in pittsburg on saturday.

not only was fox news aggresively videotaping demonstrators, the cameraman instigated the police by claiming that demonstrators "assaulted his camera." it was at this point that the pittsburg coppers descended onto the crowd, pepperspraying, tasering, letting loose a dog on an elderly woman, overturning a man in his wheelchair, and pepperspraying small children. according to the police, fox news is now pressing charges against one demonstrator who they allege was responsible for the "assault" on the inanimate object, and who was also "hit and pepper sprayed, during which time a cop held a taser two inches from his face" during his arrest.

i think it is quite likely our friends in black shoved this fucker's camera out of their faces. when asked to stop filming, this fox news asshole got aggresive, and our friends pushed him away. he claims his camera was broken (which he then continued to use) and the police moved in, attacking the crowd. i'm not claiming a conspiracy, but it seems obvious that the reactionary elements of the media and the police were working in concert together, namely to quell and supress opposition to the powers they both represent.

another interesting facet of this demonstration was the banner:

you can see that behind the structure of the frame and the banner itself is orange netting (like they use at construction sites). this is an interesting solution to the age-old problem of "people" stepping through a torn banner. namely, they can't. i can't quite figure out what material they used for the frame, and see an alarming amount of zipties, but for protective banners, this seems like a great idea. i don't think this banner would work well in other situations, such as when you might need a battering ram, since you can't adequately put all of your weight into it, but i think it shows a clever ingenuity that makes me excited!

oh, one more thing: fuck the police!!