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Anyone care to compare stats between how many people are hurt by anarchist protests compared to police/military actions? Do police have medics in their ranks who they keep to immediately care for anyone hurt by their actions? Fuck, how badly have people been hurt? The worst I've ever heard of is the woman who was accidentally struck by a brick during the G8 protests in Seattle, who was instantly taken care of by the street medics and never chose to press charges.
Let's keep things in perspective. Most anarchists are not dangerous. Most anarchists don't even go to these protests. They organise, communicate, invent, create and work, dilligently and collectively. They do not oppress, they do not exploit, they do not torture.
Fortunately, as with this action, the police have entirely jumped on the wrong thing. One of the key points of a lot of these actions is the development of networks between activists, the establishment of working organisations and a collective encouragement to keep up the good fight. That's something no amount of police raiding can stop. They lost before they even started.
