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In reply to the discussion: FBI Knew of Plot to Execute Occupy Activists but Did Nothing [View all]HardTimes99
(2,049 posts)the scorn and derision which is being heaped upon you by a certain cadre. They seem entirely ignorant of the seamier sides of American history, like COINTELPRO and Operation Gemstone (to name only a couple) and blithely certain that such could NEVER, EVER happen again.
That said, leadership at Occupy was widely diffused and decentralized - both a curse and a blessing, A curse because it made it very diffcult to accomplish even the simplest tasks sometimes, but a blessing in that it gave those in the power structure who felt threatened by Occupy few identifiable targets upon which to loose their homicidial instincts.
I do want to point out that when Villain-raigosa sent in his 1500+ goons to smash the camp of Occupy Los Angeles on November 30, 2011, some 5-6 'campers' were subsequently observed leaving the camp and entering Los Angeles Police Department lines, whereupon they were greeted with whoops and backslaps. So there's little doubt in my mind that security services had infiltrated various Occupy demonstrations. Whether that infiltration ever rose to the level of COINTELPRO skulduggery remains to be seen and may never be known.
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