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My understanding of it was that the protestors were trying to shut down business (much the same way they tried to do with Bechtel... a much better target if you ask me*) and there were altercations with the longshoremen as they prevented them from going to work. These are old retired Navy docks, so when companys sign on to use them they agree that they'll assist the government in times of war. As far as I know, this wasn't a Haliburton type company they targetted. When cops came to break it up the dock workers got caught in the middle and pinned. The article I posted, and a few others describe wood bullets (???). I've seen pictures posted around the web of injuries from these shots and they look fucking BAD. Fox News had footage of police aiming rifles RIGHT AT the crowd and just shooting people point blank in their backs. They must have been bad shots though because nobody seemed to be dropping from a hit.

What disturbs me about this most is knowing that the police get overtime for this kind of shit, and they're on tax payers salary...but a lot of these anarchists are professionals too, and they're earning a salary for these type of actions...so it's like paid thugs battling in the name of "peace". What the fuck?

(*Bechtel build nuclear reactors around the world, and mainly staffs foriegn nationals, predominantly from Middle Eastern countries. They're also closely tied to the Reagan and Bush presidencys. Oh and they're currently ruining Boston)