Mass Riots and Human Rights Violations in US: Can They Preach China?

[TaiShang]

State Violence and Mass Anger in Missouri: Pentagon supplied police with military-grade weapons

A police officer watches over demonstrators protesting the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown on August 13, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. (Reuters / Getty Images / Scott Olson)

Images coming from a tense Ferguson, Missouri this week show local police armed to the teeth and appearing as an occupying force in attempts to suppress citizen outrage over the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager by a police officer.

Through its 1033 program, the Pentagon offers hundreds of millions of dollars of surplus military equipment to police forces throughout the US. St. Louis County, which encompasses Ferguson, is part of the program, according to Michelle McCaskill, media relations chief at the Defense Logistics Agency.

“St. Louis County law enforcement agencies received twelve 5.56 millimeter rifles and six .45 caliber pistols from the Department of Defense between Aug. 2, 2010, and Feb. 13, 2013,” a Missouri public safety official confirmed to USA Today.

A police officer holds his riot gun while demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri August 13, 2014. (Reuters / Mario Anzuoni)

As RT has previously reported time and time again, local police forces across the United States havebenefited from the militarized mindset of the post-9/11, “war on terror” era, as wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and funding from the likes of the US Department of Homeland Security have resulted in a mass proliferation of military-grade weaponry.

And, as seen in Ferguson or during the Occupy protests, police forces have used these arms and M-RAPs against domestic uprisings, not to fight some terrorist menace. "The United States of America has become a war zone," as one Indiana sheriff said to justify his department’s use of military vehicles in his county of 13,000 people.

Video captured in Ferguson have shown citizens fired at by St. Louis County police with tear gas cannisters while standing on their own private property.

Millions of dollars’ worth of military gear is distributed to local police forces on an annual basis, the New York Times reported in June. These regular exchanges are occurring from coast to coast in towns and cities that are hardly considered epicenters of violent crime, let alone on par with the foreign war zones where these hand-me-downs — machine guns, armored cars and other made-for-battle items — were originally intended to be used.

Tweets from the region:

Top: Baghdad, Iraq - Bottom: #Ferguson, Missouri.

These photos show the striking similarity between the police in Ferguson and troops in Iraq

Police, for some unfathomable reason, were pointing guns at unarmed civilians

Rich Porter @AC_Hussle

My boy in the service said he didn't even have as much armor in Iraq as the officers have in #Ferguson smh

10:34 PM - 14 Aug 2014

Sebastian Walker ✔ @sebwalker
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#Ferguson heavily armed police in military gear arriving on armed personnel carriers now

6:46 AM - 14 Aug 2014

chris roberts @cbloggy
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Iraq veteran on #Ferguson "police" weaponry, gear: "We rolled lighter than that in an actual warzone." http://www.businessinsider.com/police-militarization-ferguson-2014-8…

7:52 AM - 13 Aug 2014

 

[TaiShang]

More tweets and images from the mass riot zone:

Occupy Congress @OCongress
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Only in a #policestate would police shoot at people at a protest against police shooting people. #Ferguson

12:18 AM - 15 Aug 2014

Mother Jones ✔ @MotherJones
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The pictures from Ferguson last night are just horrific A Few Horrifying Pictures From Ferguson Last Night | Mother Jones

12:26 AM - 15 Aug 2014




NBC News ✔ @NBCNews
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PHOTOS: Tensions mount in #Ferguson, Mo. after police shooting Tensions Mount in Ferguson Over Police Shooting - NBC News

9:41 PM - 14 Aug 2014

 

[SrNair]

This much of weapons for police,,,,, unbelievable.
Seems they are armed themselves for marketing of their own weapons.
Racisim is stil remains in the developed nations like US.

 

[BuddhaPalm]

Even in Ukraine's maidan they used riot shields and batons. In America they sweep protestors with machine guns. Who is the evil regime is clear to anyone with half a brain...

... and that's just the "local police." Hate to see what their riot squad would look like.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Even in Ukraine's maidan they used riot shields and batons. In America they sweep protestors with machine guns. Who is the evil regime is clear to anyone with half a brain.

Many white racists in the US are gloating over the death of Michael Brown Jr.

For them, a good black man is a dead black man.

 

[TaiShang]

Even in Ukraine's maidan they used riot shields and batons. In America they sweep protestors with machine guns. Who is the evil regime is clear to anyone with half a brain...

... and that's just the "local police." Hate to see what their riot squad would look like.

They say the US regime's police force is more heavily armed than a small nation's armed forces.

 

[terranMarine]

Tiananmen Square protest they say whereas in the land of freedom Americans can demonstrate without crackdown.
Looks like cops using military grade stuff to subdue peaceful Americans seeking justice.

 

[Okemos]

I wish the Chinese police can learn from the U.S. in dealing with terrorists and riots. You guys are bunch of chicken that only know how to mock proper handling of riots in the U.S. while the stupid terrorists in China have been repeatedly killing innocent people.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Mass Riots and Human Rights Violations in US

Ferguson, Missouri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Population 21,203.

Hard to get excited about a riot in some tiny tiny town in the middle of Missouri.

There's more people sitting in class at Harvard than that.

 

[Globenim]

The international community condemns the violent crackdown of peaceful protests by forces loyal to the Obama regime.

 

[dlclong]

The notorious American human rights problems displayed again,Strongly condemns the violent repression of
peaceful protests against the people's government,Strongly urges the US government to stop the violations of human rights of minorities.
The Chinese government should learn from the United States, expressed serious concern about the matter.

The international community condemns the violent crackdown of peaceful protests by forces loyal to the Obama regime.

Obama is just a puppet of the authoritarian oligarchy U.S. government

 

[Genesis]

Mass Riots and Human Rights Violations in US

Ferguson, Missouri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Population 21,203.

Hard to get excited about a riot in some tiny tiny town in the middle of Missouri.

There's more people sitting in class at Harvard than that.

That's the wrong attitude. If this was China, with our 4 times the population that number could easily be 100,000. This is like saying nothing in Cyprus is ever bad because it's only a few dudes.




Now to the others, yes America still has the moral high ground, even if we go by a list of things we both did we still come out on top, easily.

We need change, not looking at how badly others are and say, we are good, we are not good. America still far out rank us.

China needs to better human rights, that's a fact, apologize for the Tiananmen, apologize and make amends for other mistakes in our past. We made them be a man and say it.

If you don't want criticism, either do the right thing, or stop doing stupid ones. Obama can be hitler and we still did what we did.

 

[Aepsilons]

China needs to better human rights, that's a fact, apologize for the Tiananmen, apologize and make amends for other mistakes in our past. We made them be a man and say it.

How very prudent of you. I like this new side of you, Genkaysis-Senpai.

 

[dlclong]

That's the wrong attitude. If this was China, with our 4 times the population that number could easily be 100,000. This is like saying nothing in Cyprus is ever bad because it's only a few dudes.




Now to the others, yes America still has the moral high ground, even if we go by a list of things we both did we still come out on top, easily.

We need change, not looking at how badly others are and say, we are good, we are not good. America still far out rank us.

China needs to better human rights, that's a fact, apologize for the Tiananmen, apologize and make amends for other mistakes in our past. We made them be a man and say it.

If you don't want criticism, either do the right thing, or stop doing stupid ones. Obama can be hitler and we still did what we did.

China needs to better human rights, every country needs better human rights, that's a fact,
but china never should apologize for the Tiananmen!
That few traitors abroad, should come out to apologize to China

 

[Genesis]

China needs to better human rights, every country needs better human rights, that's a fact,
but china never should apologize for the Tiananmen!
That few traitors abroad, should come out to apologize to China

Were they under foriegn influence? Don't know, but who made them like that if true. This is why I never blamed the Chinese collaborators with Japan, China forced them to be like this, if they had a country that can protect them and advance their interest would they do it? Who wants their name cursed.

Chinese economy was a result of weakness in the imperial government, in 1949 the country was suppsoe to begin anew, yet by 1989 the country was still a hole rats won't live in. Can Deng ever get as many Americans out on the street and do this, hell no.

I don't care what motives the leaders had, and I can see China is good now, so had it succeed would it be good? Don't know. But that doesn't mean they should be shot, and even if it is a necessary sacrifice, you must still acknowledge it, move forward, not back.

Things happened in the past, leave it there.